2 by 2 they came, I saw double, twice.
With very cold weather / rain the mice seemed to want to come and play indoors, so out with trusty the mouse trap, and we caught a few but now it seemed that no matter what the mouse ( as we thought there was one left ) was a highly trained ninja operative as it did not matter how we were baiting the trap, each time it just took the cheese and ran away.
After searching the net for better mouse traps ( very true, I need to solve a problem ) I started to not focus on the trap but why they were taking the bait, i cut flat panels the size of the front bit of the trap and put that on the trigger with cream cheese, surly they could not get this, but they did.
The I decided to get a thin strip if tissue paper / paper towel and wrap this around the trigger over the spike adding a layer of cream cheese each time i wrapped it around, creating a cream cheese multi layer sandwich.
It was long and I heard BANG! I had this pesky mouse after so long, he was outsmarted.
It was when i went to remove the mouse from the trap, I see 2 tails and I says to the trouble n stiff, that mouse it a mutation and has 2 tails, yuk !
But no, for the first time in my life I had caught a double header, 1 trap one bait two mice, so with such a rare occurrence I said to the tin lids grab a picture of that.
Now you would think after many blue moons of never seeing this in my lifetime that lightning could not strike twice in the same spot, but it did after resetting the trap, about 30 mins later BANG! again, I have caught another mouse. But no I had caught another double header, a very rare moment that I will probably never see in my lifetime again.
After searching the net for better mouse traps ( very true, I need to solve a problem ) I started to not focus on the trap but why they were taking the bait, i cut flat panels the size of the front bit of the trap and put that on the trigger with cream cheese, surly they could not get this, but they did.
The I decided to get a thin strip if tissue paper / paper towel and wrap this around the trigger over the spike adding a layer of cream cheese each time i wrapped it around, creating a cream cheese multi layer sandwich.
It was long and I heard BANG! I had this pesky mouse after so long, he was outsmarted.
It was when i went to remove the mouse from the trap, I see 2 tails and I says to the trouble n stiff, that mouse it a mutation and has 2 tails, yuk !
But no, for the first time in my life I had caught a double header, 1 trap one bait two mice, so with such a rare occurrence I said to the tin lids grab a picture of that.
Now you would think after many blue moons of never seeing this in my lifetime that lightning could not strike twice in the same spot, but it did after resetting the trap, about 30 mins later BANG! again, I have caught another mouse. But no I had caught another double header, a very rare moment that I will probably never see in my lifetime again.
I went on to catch 3 more single critters after that all on the one same bait, so next time do not look for a better mouse trap, just bait it different, use a thin strip of tissue paper and wrap it around the trigger / hook adding a little cream cheese / jam, or what ever as you wrap it around, this builds a gauze soaked with the goodies the mice need to munch into and it gets them every time with no escapes.
Sal
When the Roads and Paths end, learn to guide yourself through the wilderness
Beyond the Path
Sal
When the Roads and Paths end, learn to guide yourself through the wilderness
Beyond the Path