tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21703275.post844413472256258850..comments2023-09-23T21:46:27.209+01:00Comments on Day to Day Life of a Very Lazy Gardener: Best Bait For MousetrapsPeggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15445927851498985260noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21703275.post-14315801646751795932010-07-07T23:18:54.854+01:002010-07-07T23:18:54.854+01:00Stuff holes with steel wool and hold in place with...Stuff holes with steel wool and hold in place with spray insulation (like good stuff) - mice don't like chewing threw the metalAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21703275.post-41614746981444009552007-03-14T08:23:00.000+00:002007-03-14T08:23:00.000+00:00Jay - No, they don't scream. Their death is too q...Jay - No, they don't scream. Their death is too quick.<BR/><BR/>Nursewholvedme - Our cats never liked peanut butter. Tuna, yes. Peanutbutter, no.<BR/><BR/>Sally - Lots of muffled snaps on Saturday. I'm glad you no longer have mice either.<BR/><BR/>Susan - I'd say the number was more horrifying than impressive. Who'd sacrifice chocolate to vermin? Not me!<BR/><BR/>Ex- LOL You are one twisted woman! <BR/><BR/>Mrs Nesbitt - No guns here, just mousetraps. Thankfully I've never seen a rat.<BR/><BR/>Tink - I think it was a mousy convention. Nine was a lot, huh?Peggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15445927851498985260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21703275.post-6722078648612017832007-03-13T20:35:00.000+00:002007-03-13T20:35:00.000+00:00Eeeeew. NINE mice in one day? Were they having a r...Eeeeew. NINE mice in one day? Were they having a reunion under there?Tinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16188363142469404823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21703275.post-64259807048366785842007-03-13T14:08:00.000+00:002007-03-13T14:08:00.000+00:00When we kept chickens we often got the odd rat pas...When we kept chickens we often got the odd rat passing through as we are between a few farms...hubbie would lace the grain with whisky then pop the rats with his gun! Quick and we hoped they died happy!mrsnesbitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16882736507772457598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21703275.post-75674159671144892762007-03-12T19:57:00.000+00:002007-03-12T19:57:00.000+00:00I have never tried to catch a mouse with peanut bu...I have never tried to catch a mouse with peanut butter, but whenever I have an empty plastic peanut butter jar, I wedge it in the fork of our pear tree, and watch the squirrels antics to get at the treat. Pretty funny to watch a squirrel with his head stuck in the peanut butter jar! (That sounds cruel, but rest assured, he escaped pretty fast).Shammickitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11969803866899076638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21703275.post-16804932073249896332007-03-12T18:51:00.000+00:002007-03-12T18:51:00.000+00:00Wow..that's a pretty impressive amount in one day....Wow..that's a pretty impressive amount in one day. I agree with you about not wasting the chocolate on the little critters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21703275.post-28960340250404532222007-03-12T03:55:00.000+00:002007-03-12T03:55:00.000+00:00Have you ever fed peanut butter to a cat? It's a r...Have you ever fed peanut butter to a cat? It's a riot.Erynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07092766293980045246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21703275.post-81967508255084364432007-03-12T02:33:00.000+00:002007-03-12T02:33:00.000+00:00Wow! Nice mice! Do they scream when the trap sna...Wow! Nice mice! Do they scream when the trap snaps on their tiny little necks?Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17134850383532818765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21703275.post-78234278503848724332007-03-11T22:00:00.000+00:002007-03-11T22:00:00.000+00:00Joe - We're fresh out of cats at the moment. They...Joe - We're fresh out of cats at the moment. They wouldn't have been any good at getting these particular mice. Under the sink is a no-cat area.<BR/><BR/>Betty - I will try that. We've got some steel wool in the shed somewhere. An ounce of prevention and all that . . .<BR/><BR/><BR/>No mice were caught today - I may have got them all in one day.Peggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15445927851498985260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21703275.post-34452429080556598422007-03-11T19:54:00.000+00:002007-03-11T19:54:00.000+00:00Peggy, I have always heard that if you fill the ho...Peggy, I have always heard that if you fill the hole around the pipes and any other holes with steel wool, it will keep the mice out because they can't chew it.Bettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07309266986583326824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21703275.post-53410330895739877422007-03-11T17:24:00.000+00:002007-03-11T17:24:00.000+00:00And the cats were just letting this happen? For s...And the cats were just letting this happen? For shame! Feline freeloaders...Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08520044547883422883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21703275.post-24722711638917196152007-03-11T13:45:00.000+00:002007-03-11T13:45:00.000+00:00Ma, How horrid that a beautiful Georgetown condom...Ma, How horrid that a beautiful Georgetown condominium would have not only one mouse, but MICE! Aren't mice only for the proletariat? I remember being impressed that you could smell mice in our house in Iowa before we saw them. I smelled these on Saturday. Today the smell is gone.<BR/><BR/>Joy - None caught today. I may have got them all in one day. Fingers crossed.Peggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15445927851498985260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21703275.post-24196815295461781222007-03-11T13:21:00.000+00:002007-03-11T13:21:00.000+00:00Yep, peanut butter works wonders...I've used it fo...Yep, peanut butter works wonders...I've used it for years when I see signs of a mouse. I haven't seen any so far this winter, but last year I had a batch...like you. I set traps in a kitchen cabinet by the sink too. I can't rest until I know they're gone Peggy.Joy Des Jardinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893445642606862131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21703275.post-55299017210902425442007-03-11T11:52:00.000+00:002007-03-11T11:52:00.000+00:00nine in one day!! that's a great haul! congratul...nine in one day!! that's a great haul! congratulations, and i agree with the effectiveness of peanut butter. they can't stay away. <BR/><BR/>don't forget you've been doing a LOT of construction, and you've probably destroyed years of mouse housing in the process. generations of mice have lived in whitelees since long before you were born. maybe the new crop under the sink were congratulating themselves on moving closer to the food.<BR/><BR/>we had a similar problem here in stuffy old georgetown when we were in our renovation phase a few years back. hysterical young folks began screaming "MICE (plural) IN OUR CONDO!!" well, yes....<BR/><BR/>xo, maAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21703275.post-56654006716469059332007-03-11T11:12:00.000+00:002007-03-11T11:12:00.000+00:00j-funk - It seems to be a lot to me too. I was ju...j-funk - It seems to be a lot to me too. I was just speaking to our plumber and asked him if he had seen any signs of mice while working on our house. He was as shocked as I was when I told him how many mice I had trapped yesterday.<BR/><BR/>UKBob - I haven't even STARTED on the greenhouse. I tackle that once the chicken feed is out of there.Peggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15445927851498985260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21703275.post-48030622792084761072007-03-11T10:17:00.000+00:002007-03-11T10:17:00.000+00:00Hi Peggy, I usually use chocolate in my traps, I’v...Hi Peggy, I usually use chocolate in my traps, I’ve had a lot of trouble with mice in the greenhouse this winter, they love sweet pea seed, I will try the peanut butter bait sometime.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07181200914575879730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21703275.post-89275263723025228372007-03-11T06:25:00.000+00:002007-03-11T06:25:00.000+00:00Whoa! I grew up on a farm and that seems like a lo...Whoa! I grew up on a farm and that seems like a lot even to me. <BR/><BR/>The worst part about mice is when they die and you can't find them and it stinks like crazy. When we moved our piano we found a mouse skeleton under there that explained the strange stink that had haunted us during the summer of '95. It may have helped if we had set a few traps with peanut butter nearby in '94.J-Funkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02348757702939322368noreply@blogger.com