"modom (palindrome guy)" wrote:
>
> I baited the traps with some crumbly Mexican queso at first, but the
> little *******s were able to steal the bait. Then late at night I
> switched to small strips of cabbage. It did the trick. After
> rebaiting one trap and setting it in the pantry (only clobbered my
> thumb once in the process), I turned to another mouse whacker and more
> cabbage only to hear a WHACK! in the pantry.

The idea that mice love cheese seems as bogus
as the idea that rabbits love carrots.

For mice, rats, and squirrels (death to squirrels!)
walnuts in my experience have been most effective.
In the last couple of months, that worked on one mouse,
two rats, and two squirrels.

I mount one walnut half on the trigger, and I take
a few small pieces and crumble them up over the
trigger area, so that they emit an attractive
nut aroma. It's all about presentation. :-)

In article >,
Mark Thorson > wrote:

> "modom (palindrome guy)" wrote:
> >
> > I baited the traps with some crumbly Mexican queso at first, but the
> > little *******s were able to steal the bait. Then late at night I
> > switched to small strips of cabbage. It did the trick. After
> > rebaiting one trap and setting it in the pantry (only clobbered my
> > thumb once in the process), I turned to another mouse whacker and more
> > cabbage only to hear a WHACK! in the pantry.
>
> The idea that mice love cheese seems as bogus
> as the idea that rabbits love carrots.

No, rabbits DO love carrots, and a variety of other veggies. ;-)
We used to raise them and fed kitchen scraps.

>
> For mice, rats, and squirrels (death to squirrels!)
> walnuts in my experience have been most effective.
> In the last couple of months, that worked on one mouse,
> two rats, and two squirrels.
>
> I mount one walnut half on the trigger, and I take
> a few small pieces and crumble them up over the
> trigger area, so that they emit an attractive
> nut aroma. It's all about presentation. :-)

<grins>

Peanut butter is simpler, stickier, and it works. I've noted that 3
other people have recommended it. I learned it from my high school
biology professor and it's never failed me.
--
Peace! Om

"He who has the gold makes the rules"
--Om

"He who has the guns can get the gold."
-- Steve Rothstein

Omelet wrote:
>
>> The idea that mice love cheese seems as bogus
>> as the idea that rabbits love carrots.
>
> No, rabbits DO love carrots, and a variety of other veggies. ;-)
> We used to raise them and fed kitchen scraps.

Indeed they do. I have had a few pet rabbits and they loved carrots, as
do most herbivores. My brother has a Labrador Retriever for whom carrots
are a favourite treat. He loves them.

Years ago when I looked after the animals in a psychology lab there was
one monkey in my charge. One day I took him a variety of fruits and
vegetables to see which he would eat first. I took and orange, an apple,
a banana and an onion. He went for the onion first.



> Peanut butter is simpler, stickier, and it works. I've noted that 3
> other people have recommended it. I learned it from my high school
> biology professor and it's never failed me.

It is an effective bait. I never have peanut butter in the house. The
last time I had to set a trap I got a few peanuts and ground them up
with the stick blender to make enough peanut butter to bait a few traps.
It worked.

In article > ,
Dave Smith > wrote:

> Omelet wrote:
> >
> >> The idea that mice love cheese seems as bogus
> >> as the idea that rabbits love carrots.
> >
> > No, rabbits DO love carrots, and a variety of other veggies. ;-)
> > We used to raise them and fed kitchen scraps.
>
> Indeed they do. I have had a few pet rabbits and they loved carrots, as
> do most herbivores. My brother has a Labrador Retriever for whom carrots
> are a favourite treat. He loves them.
>
> Years ago when I looked after the animals in a psychology lab there was
> one monkey in my charge. One day I took him a variety of fruits and
> vegetables to see which he would eat first. I took and orange, an apple,
> a banana and an onion. He went for the onion first.

Probably needed the sulphur. It's a drastically underestimated
nutrient. Eggs and garlic are good for that too. It is needed for joint
repair.

> > Peanut butter is simpler, stickier, and it works. I've noted that 3
> > other people have recommended it. I learned it from my high school
> > biology professor and it's never failed me.
>
> It is an effective bait. I never have peanut butter in the house. The
> last time I had to set a trap I got a few peanuts and ground them up
> with the stick blender to make enough peanut butter to bait a few traps.
> It worked.

I only purchase peanut butter for rat poisoning or trapping. I never eat
it myself any more. ;-) It's calorie content WAY outstrips it's
nutritional value so I don't bother with it as a dietary item.

I used to also use it in baby bird formulas just for the calories when
we did wildlife rescue. It cured "failure to thrive" in omnivorous
infant birds like those in the crow family.
--
Peace! Om

"He who has the gold makes the rules"
--Om

"He who has the guns can get the gold."
-- Steve Rothstein

For three weeks in a row, when I opened the Food Pantry, where I work,
there was a chewed open styrofoam "cup of soup" on the floor. I figured
it was eaten by a mouse until the church secretary told me that there
was a red squirrel in the church.
She called pest control to remove it and they baited a "have-a heart"
trap with peanut butter and nuts, no luck after a few days. I took the
trap to a different location closer to the food pantry and re-baited it
with a styrofoam Cup of Soup We caught the little bugger the same day.

It chewed a little hole in the styrofoam and ate all of the dry
ingredients in the cup.

Denise

"Denise in NH" > wrote in message
...
> For three weeks in a row, when I opened the Food Pantry, where I work,
> there was a chewed open styrofoam "cup of soup" on the floor. I figured
> it was eaten by a mouse until the church secretary told me that there
> was a red squirrel in the church.
> She called pest control to remove it and they baited a "have-a heart"
> trap with peanut butter and nuts, no luck after a few days. I took the
> trap to a different location closer to the food pantry and re-baited it
> with a styrofoam Cup of Soup We caught the little bugger the same day.
>

haha! You genius you!

cyberprosti wrote:

> "Denise in NH" > wrote in message
> ...
> > For three weeks in a row, when I opened the Food Pantry, where I work,
> > there was a chewed open styrofoam "cup of soup" on the floor. I figured
> > it was eaten by a mouse until the church secretary told me that there
> > was a red squirrel in the church.
> > She called pest control to remove it and they baited a "have-a heart"
> > trap with peanut butter and nuts, no luck after a few days. I took the
> > trap to a different location closer to the food pantry and re-baited it
> > with a styrofoam Cup of Soup We caught the little bugger the same day.
> >
>
> haha! You genius you!


You might use that l'il trick to lure some more "clients" for your
streetwalking gig, luv...

:-)

--
Best
Greg

" I find Greg Morrow lowbrow, witless, and obnoxious. For him to claim that
we are some
kind of comedy team turns my stomach."
- "cybercat" to me on rec.food.cooking