We all know the saying, "if you build a better mousetrap..."
Here's a great DIY trap - it's pretty simple. (Also, if you prefer,
AND the bucket is as deep as the one in the video, you can put 2
inches of water in the bottom. You don't want the water to be too
high, and you don't want it accessible to pets or children, of
course.)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=03xMecBdVvk
One nice thing about it is that the video itself is non-verbal, so
it's intelligible to any interested person in the world with Internet
access!
I suspect one reason it works is that it doesn't look anything like a
regular trap, even though any mouse or rat could detect the human
smell on it.
There's also a video - from Cambodia? - that's even simpler. The
cardboard was replaced by a sticky piece of long tubing, maybe an inch across, that was longer on one side of the wire than the other, so
that the edge of the bucket would stop it. So, aside from the drill
and the wire clipper, all you needed was the bucket, the "ramp," the
thick wire, the tubing, and the bait. The problem was that the bait
seemed to come off too easily.
Lenona.
We all know the saying, "if you build a better mousetrap..."it.
Here's a great DIY trap - it's pretty simple. (Also, if you prefer, AND
the bucket is as deep as the one in the video, you can put 2 inches of
water in the bottom. You don't want the water to be too high, and you
don't want it accessible to pets or children, of course.)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?vxMecBdVvk
One nice thing about it is that the video itself is non-verbal, so it's intelligible to any interested person in the world with Internet access!
I suspect one reason it works is that it doesn't look anything like a
regular trap, even though any mouse or rat could detect the human smell on
There's also a video - from Cambodia? - that's even simpler. Thetoo easily.
cardboard was replaced by a sticky piece of long tubing, maybe an inch across, that was longer on one side of the wire than the other, so that
the edge of the bucket would stop it. So, aside from the drill and the
wire clipper, all you needed was the bucket, the "ramp," the thick wire,
the tubing, and the bait. The problem was that the bait seemed to come off
Also, someone mentioned that it's a good idea to make sure the bait is
fresh. Then, someone else claimed to use the same Tootsie Roll over
and over - with the cardboard-disk trap, maybe. You could use glue or
a nail. At any rate, that bait wouldn't spoil easily.
You need to move to South America!!
Alpaca suitcase for ya, baby!!
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