The fastest and surest way I've found to catch a mouse is to go to Wal-Mart
and buy Catchmaster brand glue boards. They are sold in a package of 4 for
under two dollars. Don't buy the black plastic ones. Get the thin white
ones
that are made of cardboard. When you get the glue boards home, cut the
paper
edges off of them and line them up in a row along the thresholds of the
doorways between your rooms. Don't fold them like the instructions say,
just
lay them out flat. Like us, mice must walk through the doorway to go from
one room to another. This method will get them when they do. I live out in
the country and I use this method on my front door to keep mice from
entering in through the gap under my screen door. Last summer I found a
small rattles**** stuck from head to tail in the glue of the Catchmaster
brand glueboards that I had in my front door. If it weren't for the
glueboards he would have gotten into the house and I wouldn't have known
about it. Catchmaster brand works better for me than the other brands I've
tried.
"Machete" <sirfuxalot@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:1192263846_331@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> I am trying to finsish up nursing school and was a little short on
money.
> So I moved into this ****hole (so to speak) small one bedroom apt.
About
> three weeks ago, while it was still quite hot outside, I noticed a mouse
run
> into my kitchen from under my bed. I must have jumped ten feet in the
air,
> knowing how dirty and diseased filled these little bastards are. Well,
in
> the last three weeks, since the cooler weather has arrived, the
population
> has increased a great deal. I now see them during the day, on occasion,
> although I'm not foolish enough to think I could corner one and catch
it.
> Can't have pets here so no cats. I'd say it's a moderate infestation
> because I can't find their droppings anywhere.
>
> I set about six or seven snap traps at first, and I caught probably four
or
> five mice with them but now they are becoming trap-shy. I also captured
two
> or three with glue strips but that's just nasty. I have a feeling, now
that
> the cooler weather has set in, that this problem is going to get worse.
My
> landlord has provided me with the supplies but I'm not sure I want the
place
> nuked with chemicals. The guy downstairs (although he is a major
pothead)
> claims he doesn't have any but others in the building do. Do I have a
> chance of stopping this infestation by using traps and strips alone? I
have
> about six traps out now but it's hard to know where to put them without
any
> fecal evidence. Usually I put them close to the wall, under my bed
(against
> the wall) and in the kitchen. Would cleaning my apartment to the point
of
a
> 5 star hotel help? There's no food laying around but I'm willing to
bleach
> down the entire place at this point, hell, I'd use weapons grade
plutonium
> if I thought it would help. FA
>
> Any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks for *listening*
>
>
>
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