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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 223654" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkgreen">Lisa, you may recall that I recently went through mice he// at my house. We caught something like 42 mice but now we're certain that at least half of them were likely the very same mice!!</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkgreen">We bought, from Walmart very cheap, little plastic traps wherein you place a small peice of cracker with peanut butter on it and then smear a bit on the door that swings in but not out. Then, when you trap a mouse, do not let it go within 1 mile of your home. Bring it far far away. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkgreen">We were letting them loose down the street and still trapping mice. I was horrified to think that we had that many living with us. Then, we started dropping them far away in fields and at local farms (at night, in the dark) and that's when the collection declined. We have had the traps set up for weeks now and gotten nothing. My defenses went down and I wasn't checking the traps as often. The other night I leaned in to grab a bowl from under the cabinet and saw a shadow in one of the traps. Sure enough, there was a dead mouse. He could have been in there for DAYS, but not likely - they only last about 1 day without food and water and air inside the traps. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkgreen">Anyway, long story short, the traps are decent. They work. I am going to buy new ones tonight because ours smell like death now and I don't want them in my house. I hesitate to put down poison and I don't like the idea of throwing away a live mouse stuck to those sticky pads. Good luck!</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 223654, member: 2211"] [FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkgreen]Lisa, you may recall that I recently went through mice he// at my house. We caught something like 42 mice but now we're certain that at least half of them were likely the very same mice!![/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkgreen][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkgreen]We bought, from Walmart very cheap, little plastic traps wherein you place a small peice of cracker with peanut butter on it and then smear a bit on the door that swings in but not out. Then, when you trap a mouse, do not let it go within 1 mile of your home. Bring it far far away. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkgreen][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkgreen]We were letting them loose down the street and still trapping mice. I was horrified to think that we had that many living with us. Then, we started dropping them far away in fields and at local farms (at night, in the dark) and that's when the collection declined. We have had the traps set up for weeks now and gotten nothing. My defenses went down and I wasn't checking the traps as often. The other night I leaned in to grab a bowl from under the cabinet and saw a shadow in one of the traps. Sure enough, there was a dead mouse. He could have been in there for DAYS, but not likely - they only last about 1 day without food and water and air inside the traps. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkgreen][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkgreen]Anyway, long story short, the traps are decent. They work. I am going to buy new ones tonight because ours smell like death now and I don't want them in my house. I hesitate to put down poison and I don't like the idea of throwing away a live mouse stuck to those sticky pads. Good luck![/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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