The 'Eat Your Food and Like It' Complaint Thread

Richard Haseltine

garrett_3d said:

LeatherGryphon said:

carrie58 said:

Complaint : Discovered I have a smart furry free loader last night ,set out a sticky trap with peanuts for bait behind my micro ,got up this morning to find the trap on the floor ,below the micro covered in fur but the peanut shells were empty and no furry friend ,need to try a bigger sticky trap I think

 

I tried sticky traps for little furries, once.  But after you hear their paniced screeches for an hour I decided a quick "SNAP" was more humane and relieves me of personally dispatching the critter.   I have an overgrown garden plot that conveniently hides the corpse and feeds the bugs too.

You need a pussycat  

Which will catch mice outside and bring them inside, given half a chance. Two cats back used to catch baby rabbits and then climb up the trellis on the side of the garage, leap out to hook her paws into the gutter, swing up on to the garage roof, and come in through my side window with a muffled but triumphant meow to let us know she's snuck another live one in.

LeatherGryphon

carrie58 said:

LG I've had no luck with snap traps ,I haven't had this issue in a couple of years (that I know of) but I use to have a dedicated bucket to drown the ones stuck cause I didn't want to leave them alive stuck to the trap......and yes the squeeking was sad ,and I'd cry every time I had to drown one ...... my kids thought I was nuts ......might be who knows ......also thought about just keeping them in a cage ,but that would just encourage more furry freeloaders ....... maybe I should get a pet snake ....... naaah ....now to get a bigger sticky trap oh and some peanut butter and corn bread  mix  to mix with baking soda ......so much fun ugh!!

Hmmm..., well then, you must have clever mice.  I'm sorry for you.  Mine are apparently not so clever.  Although,  I use peanut butter and I keep putting the three traps in the same three places (near stove, behind trash, silverware drawer) and they stumble into one of them.  Unfortunately it seems to be more often than not, my silverware drawer.

I have recently started using mint fragrence packets under my sink area (which I think is where they are entering).  Designed as a mouse deterent, supposedly.  They seem to be working, and the undercabinet smells minty instead of musty but haven't seen a mouse in a while.

carrie58

garrett_3d said:

LeatherGryphon said:

carrie58 said:

Complaint : Discovered I have a smart furry free loader last night ,set out a sticky trap with peanuts for bait behind my micro ,got up this morning to find the trap on the floor ,below the micro covered in fur but the peanut shells were empty and no furry friend ,need to try a bigger sticky trap I think

 

I tried sticky traps for little furries, once.  But after you hear their paniced screeches for an hour I decided a quick "SNAP" was more humane and relieves me of personally dispatching the critter.   I have an overgrown garden plot that conveniently hides the corpse and feeds the bugs too.

You need a pussycat  

The problem with that is I have open cupboards which means the cat would ignore the mice while emptying the cupboards onto the floor ,plus my parrot wouldn't be happy ,of course he's not happy about the mouse either .

carrie58

Richard Haseltine said:

garrett_3d said:

LeatherGryphon said:

carrie58 said:

Complaint : Discovered I have a smart furry free loader last night ,set out a sticky trap with peanuts for bait behind my micro ,got up this morning to find the trap on the floor ,below the micro covered in fur but the peanut shells were empty and no furry friend ,need to try a bigger sticky trap I think

 

I tried sticky traps for little furries, once.  But after you hear their paniced screeches for an hour I decided a quick "SNAP" was more humane and relieves me of personally dispatching the critter.   I have an overgrown garden plot that conveniently hides the corpse and feeds the bugs too.

You need a pussycat  

Which will catch mice outside and bring them inside, given half a chance. Two cats back used to catch baby rabbits and then climb up the trellis on the side of the garage, leap out to hook her paws into the gutter, swing up on to the garage roof, and come in through my side window with a muffled but triumphant meow to let us know she's snuck another live one in.

yup yup

carrie58

LeatherGryphon said:

carrie58 said:

LG I've had no luck with snap traps ,I haven't had this issue in a couple of years (that I know of) but I use to have a dedicated bucket to drown the ones stuck cause I didn't want to leave them alive stuck to the trap......and yes the squeeking was sad ,and I'd cry every time I had to drown one ...... my kids thought I was nuts ......might be who knows ......also thought about just keeping them in a cage ,but that would just encourage more furry freeloaders ....... maybe I should get a pet snake ....... naaah ....now to get a bigger sticky trap oh and some peanut butter and corn bread  mix  to mix with baking soda ......so much fun ugh!!

Hmmm..., well then, you must have clever mice.  I'm sorry for you.  Mine are apparently not so clever.  Although,  I use peanut butter and I keep putting the three traps in the same three places (near stove, behind trash, silverware drawer) and they stumble into one of them.  Unfortunately it seems to be more often than not, my silverware drawer.

I have recently started using mint fragrence packets under my sink area (which I think is where they are entering).  Designed as a mouse deterent, supposedly.  They seem to be working, and the undercabinet smells minty instead of musty but haven't seen a mouse in a while.

 Just ordered some mint packs as well as peanut butter and corn bread mix to mix with baking soda ,though I'm kinda afraid that will cause little mouse corpses where I can't get to them ......