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1718338 No.1718338 [Reply] [Original]

No bullshit, cheap, and gets the job done. The perfect mousetrap.

>> No.1718341
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1718341

>>1718338
>no bullshit
Anon, I...

>> No.1719258

>>1718341
these mice are retarded. or suicidal. what made them get there

>> No.1719291

>>1718341
>have one single mouse in house
>set five gallon bucket contraption in living room
>my dog won't stop drinking the bait water
I'll just stick with my little old school mouse trap thank you.

>> No.1719309

>>1719258
They smear some grease or some food on the moving roll.

>> No.1719335

>>1718338
Do they still make them like this? Those ones could break skin and would just end a mouse. These new ones with the cheese trigger to make killing mice seem cuter barely leave a welt. Nothing quite like being awoken to a shrieking mouse because the trap only crushed a couple non viral bones. If I wanted them to suffer I'd just use glue traps. Just kill them and be done with it.

>> No.1719381

>>1719335
They sure do, I have one behind my fridge right now.

>> No.1719384

>>1719335
They sure do. I find that sometimes these have a trigger that is not sensitive enough. Solved the issue by smearing peanut butter on the trigger bar as well to lubricate the action.

>> No.1719667
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>>1719384
Most have a small hole on the end of the trigger plate that you bait. You can take a piece of string and knot it through that hole then cut it off fairly short. Then slather on the peanut butter so it works into the string material. When the mouse has licked off all the peanut butter then tend to try to pull on the infused string and the trap triggers.

>>1719335
They are sold by the 6-pack here. I use both those and choker mouse traps, the ones where the mouse must chew through the string in order to get to the bait and spring the trap (pic.) I get mice almost every night and feed them to my chickens.

Some mice don't like one style of trap so the other style usually makes up for those mice. Same goes for those bucket traps.

>> No.1719673
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>>1719335
Buy a pack of the weak ones and place a wood block under the spring arm to lift it up and make the trap stronger. Be careful; how far you lift it. Too much and the spring will put the staples out that hold everything to the wood board. Of course you can reinforce that staple attachment.

You can also glue a short piece of bamboo skewer to the part of the trap where the wire slaps onto the mouse. Just make sure that skewer is off set so the wire does not hit it. This makes the forces involved with the striking wire ratchet up quite a bit. You can see these features and more in this image.

>> No.1719677

>>1719673
why the wire mesh?

>> No.1719685

>>1719677
Those are shrouds that protect the trigger plate from a mouse/rat that tries to climb over the wrong direction. If forces them to enter over the raised piece of wood where the wire slaps down in front.

>> No.1719689

>>1719291
The water is not the bait.

>> No.1719693

>>1719689
Some versions pour a bit of peanut oil into the water to attract the mice. Expensive, but it can work.