Tip of The Day
Tip of The Day
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- Nairn0
Got a mouse in the house?
Best Bait Ever - a bit of stale bread dipped in toasted sesame oil.
Little fuckers cannot resist, as evidenced by the mouse carcass at the other end of the kitchen here which I'll need to clear up after a cup of tea.
Poor wee thing - I hate killing mice, but balanced off against my partner's sanity and her fear for floor-crawling baby creature, it's the least bad option :(
- you could buy / build a trap that doesn't kill?Projectile
- Myeah, a) i used to try humane mouse traps, but they either didn't work or took much longer. b) release into LDN is just a slow death sentenceNairn
- c) i got home at 7.30pm, partner was hysterical*, we had old mouse traps anyway, mouse had to be gone by sunriseNairn
- there was a d) but I forget it now.
* This is one thing I lose total respect for her on - it's a fucking mouse, not the end of the world.Nairn - oh, that was d) - if it wasn't gone by sunrise, it wold require an expensive Exterminator call out and me staying home all day. I'm cheap. And busy.Nairn
- Does toasted sesame oil kill mice?dopepope
- Nope, they (like me, actually) just can't resist the smell of the stuff.Nairn
- Humane traps don't work. Mice way too smart to wander into a box with a flap-door.
Hate to say it but glue traps are the most effective...microkorg - ...just make sure to check them as often as possible so the little bastards dont suffer too much or gnaw off a leg to escape.microkorg
- Mice are stupid AF and walk into trap door and flap door boxes without a fucking though except " I love peanut butter."monospaced
- Glue traps are not effective unless you can get them EXACTLY where a mouse is guaranteed to go, and then you have to deal with that shit. no thanks.monospaced
- A simple closed killer trap with bait is the best. I will DEFINITELY try sesame oil next time. Thanks.monospaced