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Re: [VAL] Mice



Good call, Brad.   I've never seen aluminum wool.  Where do you buy it?

On the subject of mice...

I will never store a trailer again without using the best mousetrap I have 
ever seen.  I believe I got the design from someone on this list.  It is not 
my own, but it works like a charm.

Materials needed:
5 gallon bucket
1" dowel, just shorter than the diameter of the bucket
2 nails
drill bit (larger than the heads of the nails)
peanut butter
about a gallon of anti-freeze
yard stick or similar piece of wood

Design:
Drill two holes in opposite sides of the bucket, approximately three to four 
inches down from the top
Cut your dowel about an inch shorter than the diameter of the bucket
Drive one nail in each end of the dowel, leaving approximately one inch of 
nail exposed
Place dowel in bucket with each nail protruding through one of your drilled 
holes
Make sure dowel spins freely without falling out of holes
Smear the dowel liberally with peanut butter
Pour a gallon of anti-freeze in the bottom of the bucket (should be a few 
inches deep at least)
Place yard stick on rim of bucket to act as a ramp for mice to climb up
If you have cats, I recommend using a lid on the bucket and cutting a three 
inch hole in the middle of the lid

Place the whole thing in your trailer (or wherever you have mice).  The mice 
climb up to check out the peanut butter.  They can't reach it so they have 
to jump to it.  They hit the dowel, which spins and flings them into the 
anti-freeze where the drown and stay preserved.
The best thing about this trap is that it never needs resetting and it works 
on multiple mice, preserving their bodies in the antifreeze.  Just scoop 
them out every now and then.  I leave it in the trailer all winter and just 
clean it out in the spring.  Thankfully, I only got one this past winter.  I 
got a lot in our shed, though.

I hope this is helpful!
Wally
www.vintageairstreamer.com


> On the subject of mice, I prefer to use aluminum wool as the steel  wool 
> will eventually rust away and leave a nice stain.
>
> Brad
> Phx