I left my travel trailer at a repair shop for a couple of weeks in order to fix some scrape marks I put on the left rear side. When going into my compartments I found evidence of Mice, Turds and a couple of broken wild nuts. We never leave any food in the trailer when not in use. I have had bad luck using glue traps because I've never been able to get them to work. A neighbor came by with the larger rat glue trap and said this is the way to go. He told me the small glue traps are too light and they will not get the job done. Just put one tiny dab of peanut butter in the middle of the rat glue trap, that's all. I baited two of them along with two more regular traps baited with peanut butter. Two days later I have not caught anything but after cleaning up I do not see any turds. I know others who swear baiting with a small bit of flower. Now all I have to do is figure out how they got in. The weather warmed recently and I figure they left the trailer no doubt looking for food. What do yo use?

A glue trap is not very humane in my opinion. How would you like to be trapped by your hair. The best trap is an old-fashioned bang on the head baited with peanut butter.However, I use the green poison bait that you can get at Lowe's or Home Depot. This is basically a blood thinner. After they eat it they get thirsty and go outside in search of water and die. The bait is a green cake about an inch long that I throw behind the drawers underneath the couch by the water heater any place out of sight.

Spade Cooley wrote:I left my travel trailer at a repair shop for a couple of weeks in order to fix some scrape marks I put on the left rear side. When going into my compartments I found evidence of Mice, Turds and a couple of broken wild nuts. We never leave any food in the trailer when not in use. What do yo use?If you found shells from nuts it wasn’t a mouse, it was a squirrel. The little green rodent blocks work very well, the rodent eats from it then goes to find water and dies upon drinking, away from where you placed the bait. No need to dispose of a body and reset trap either.

JaxDad wrote:Spade Cooley wrote: If you found shells from nuts it wasn’t a mouse, it was a squirrel. Not necessarily. We had mice issues at our old place and they would gather acorns just like squirrels. They eat them differently as their mouths are smaller, but they eats nuts and we found plenty of shells in mice nests.To the OP, we used to use live traps and I would then let them go about a mile or so from the house. That or a snap trap. Glue traps are cruel and poison always adds the risk of them dying in a wall somewhere and then you have a different problem.

Keep mice away 2007Prevent mice 2011Kill/prevent mice 2011 Mice 2013Mice, Apr 2014Mice, August 2014peppermint oil - mice 2015Mice - get rid of 2015Mice - mothballs etc 2016mice- July 2016

Peanut butter on a simple snap trap will tell you if there are mice in there. If they are getting away, “glue” a chocolate chip to the trip mechanism with Karo syrup. The mouse will have to work at it and even the sneakiest mouse will be caught.I maintain bait stations all over the farm and around the house. Never had a mouse die inside something. I’ve heard they seek water when the poison takes effect which causes them to go outdoors. I have no idea if this is true or not, but since the poisons cause internal bleeding it would seem reasonable.

Best mouse trap? | Good Sam Community

Dave_H_M
Explorer II
Nov 10, 2020
obgraham wrote:
ppine wrote:
A hungry cat.
Or even a not-so-hungry cat. They love to torture mice, evil critters that they are (the cat, that is).

yep when I read abut poisoning, I immediately thought of ole Socks (our beloved cat). He is over weight, but still has room for an occasional mouse. :E
2oldman
Explorer II
Nov 10, 2020
obgraham wrote:
ppine wrote:
A hungry cat.
Or even a not-so-hungry cat.
Hunger not required. My 10yo female brings me gifts all the time. Eats some, but mostly likes showing me what a good hunter she is. She came in with a rat in her mouth.. about 1/3 her size..still kicking. I begged her to take that thing back outside...don't drop it in here!!
coolmom42
Explorer II
Nov 10, 2020
Please do not use poison. Eating a poisoned rodent is one of the main causes of death for raptor-type birds. It might also be found by a dog or cat who is someone's loved pet.

I prefer the snap traps.

Possibly the mice are long gone. Just keep an eye out.
magicbus
Explorer II
Nov 10, 2020
Bobbo wrote:
A Rat Zapper, while expensive, also works.

My choice too. As a kid I was in charge of the snap traps, but I got tired of them snapping (on me). This thing works as advertised.

Dave
Sjm9911
Explorer
Nov 10, 2020
coolmom42 wrote:
Please do not use poison. Eating a poisoned rodent is one of the main causes of death for raptor-type birds. It might also be found by a dog or cat who is someone's loved pet.

I prefer the snap traps.

Possibly the mice are long gone. Just keep an eye out.

That was true in like the 1970s /1980s times and posions have changed.
Poison them, keep the poison in the hard type case so cats dogs can't eat eat it. Ive never had a dead rodent in my wall, and even if you did the smell will go away in a week or so, there small. I put out traps, poison and use like ortho home defense. Adding Irish spring or whatever they says works. Why take a chance.
MEXICOWANDERER
Explorer
Nov 10, 2020
Female felines before tossing a litter can be hunters without parallel. The trick of course is finding one. I had WW III one night in my kitchen between a bobtail "manx"? And a pound and a half rat (the norm down here). Nose to tip of tail 13" and they eat tomato.

Crash went the coffee grinder and coffeemaker. Pots and frying pans fell from the wall (not in the rig). Cat hisses, rat hisses and bodies tumbling. I was a little antsy so I put on my boots. The cat had the rat by the neck but the rat was struggling so hard it shook the cat. I opened the kitchen door and the cat with rat shot out into the night.

That occurred early on. I rat proofed the kitchen and when the 8 foot long Mexican whip snake took up residence on the roof all rodents fled.
Ron3rd
Explorer III
Nov 10, 2020
coolmom42 wrote:
Please do not use poison. Eating a poisoned rodent is one of the main causes of death for raptor-type birds. It might also be found by a dog or cat who is someone's loved pet.

I prefer the snap traps.

Possibly the mice are long gone. Just keep an eye out.

X2 because as noted you potentially introduce a poisoned mouse into the food chain
azdryheat
Explorer
Nov 11, 2020
I used an old fashioned mouse trap baited with peanut butter just today. One dead mouse.
ppine
Explorer II
Nov 11, 2020
I set a trapline each spring and fall with snap traps and peanut butter. The best ones are plastic with names like Jaws. No poison.
Seon
Explorer II
Nov 11, 2020
I've tried mouse/rat traps using peanut butter, chocolate, grain, etc with very little luck. I tried glue pad but only get one mouse and my barn is full of mice so that gets expensive having to throw away a rat glue pad for one mouse. I tried the 5 gal bucket with a rolls dabbed with peanut butter drowning just a couple at a time then nothing.

I even got a barn cat but then I got bitten up from their fleas.

Forum Discussion

Best mouse trap?

About Technical Issues

Related Content

Trapped?

Mouse

Dead mouse

getting trapped inside a park

P trap