What is the best mouse bait?

[Glimmer of Hope]

I have nice humane trap all set up for a mouse who has been visiting me for the last two weeks but it is not falling for it! I just added some pumpkin bread because the peanut butter and popcorn is not working. It is cute and I am becomeing somewhat attached to it but its chewing wakes me up at night and I would like to give it a new home.

I also have peppermint oil soaked cotton balls everywhere and that hasn't deterred it. No kitty!

[Lilyhoney]

1. I read on DU a few years ago that Beer works...

The mice love the sugar, so they really drink it up. Plus they get too wasted to do the deed that helps them to reproduce.

Good luck. We had a litter of mice last year and they really made a mess of our tiny living space. Once we got the mom, the babies came out looking for food. Our Pointer was very good at locating and pouncing on them. She caught them all.

Lilyhoney

[Glimmer of Hope]

5. I don't have any beer, bacon or carbonated beverages so I will try rolling the PB in sugar.

Little bugger!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Try bacon.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

3. roll the peanut butter in sugar

good luck

[Angry Dragon]

4. Carbonated beverage

[Denninmi]

6. Try some bird seed.

That seems to work well for me in my never-ending fight against voles and chipmunks that invade my greenhouse and destroy my garden.

[Curmudgeoness]

7. From someone who has too much experience......

I put peanut butter down and stick a chocolate chip in the middle of it. Or you can melt chocolate on the tripper. I find my way is much easier after trying both ways.

They LOVES chocolate chips.

[Glimmer of Hope]

8. I will try that too. I think it is bypassing the trap though. This is one smart & finicky mouse!

[Curmudgeoness]

10. I had a Mensa mouse a few times in my house too.

But sooner or later, you will win. One mouse got my chocolate chips for 2 weeks before I got it.

On edit: I really really felt bad about that one!

[Glimmer of Hope]

11. Oh no! I can't kill it so I hope the humane trap works.

[Kali]

13. yep

and my usual rant about "humane" traps = feel good bull shit

just use a snap trap and own up to reality

mice in the house are vermin, letting them "go free" is a death sentence. get it over with by using a snap trap and killing it fast

[cliffordu]

15. Yep. Vermin.

[HappyMe]

18. Exactly.

[Curmudgeoness]

22. I didn't think I could do it either.

I understand the feeling. But I get about 20 mice a year (usually in the fall), and I just cannot have them here---even though I do hate to kill anything. But the snap traps are quick and efficient and I have learned to deal with it. If someone only has one mouse get into their house, I can see where they would just want to do it with the humane traps.

I do know that few animals will survive when they are relocated, but I don't want to be the one to burst bubbles. But you are right, snap traps are really more humane since they do not suffer a slow death.

[rrneck]

9. Walnuts. nt

[pokerfan]

12. dry cat food

pick a shape that can be tied to the trap.

[bif]

14. Peanut butter

Works for me every time.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

16. The trouble with peanut butter ...

... it just smells too damn good. If I put it on a mousetrap, I'd probably later end up with a mousetrap snapped shut on my tongue. Mmmm, peanut butter!

[Brickbat]

17. Frosting.

And I second the use of snap traps over humane ones.

[PassingFair]

19. Everyone KNOW....it's

CHEESE!

[LeftinOH]

20. Chocolate never seems to fail. n/t

[rug]

21. Porn links.

[NV Whino]

23. You must have a persnickety mouse

Because peanut butter is the best mouse bate ever. Maybe lose the popcorn if you are using them together.

Placement of trap is important as well. The little terrorist tend to scurry along the baseboards. So put traps against the wall... even in cupboards.

[Glimmer of Hope]

24. Yep. It is steering clear of the trap no matter where I place it.

The popcorn is gone so now there is nice big blob of PB rolled in sugar. I also doused my apartment again with peppermint oil.

I have named it Paneer.

[Moondog]

25. Another mouse. A hot one.

[RebelOne]

26. Unfortunately, I had a rat problem

and had to hire a pest exterminator. He used peanut butter in the rat traps. It worked and he killed 14 rats with those traps. I love animals, but when they are invading my home, those little beasts are dead.