Boron Elgar > wrote in
:

> On Sun, 28 Dec 2003 07:31:16 GMT, Blair P. Houghton > wrote:
>
>>I had a mouse.
>>
> (snip delightful story)
>
> ...and a gourmand, at that.
>
> You will find that peanut butter on the traps is a cheap and effective
> attractant. I cannot be lifted or snatched off the traps, but needs to
> be licked, so the mouse comes fully into the trap.

My husband used to mix some of our bird's seed with peanut butter and
bait the traps with that.
>
> I do understand your desires for humane trap and release, but you
> should know that it is rarely one " Wee, sleekit, cow’rin, tim’rous
> beastie" about the place.

Yep - no such thing as a solitary mouse, in my experience! Did not try
humane trap and release as I knew they'd just be back.


Rhonda Anderson
Cranebrook, NSW, Australia