• peoplebeproblems@midwest.social
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    6 days ago

    They will have a joyous time with it. And you might find eviscerated mice under your couch one day. But my two dumbass fur balls just thought they were awesome toys.

    Never figured out quite when they stopped coming in. The only really humane way to kill em is snap traps. I probably went through a couple dozen of them before they stopped showing up.

    I was against using poisoned food traps because the last thing I wanted was my cat consuming a poisoned mouse. But, since our whole neighborhood had a problem with the mice, I wouldn’t be too surprised if a neighbor did it.

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      6 days ago

      Snap traps in a brown paper bag baited with peanut butter.

      When you catch something, curl up the top of the bag and throw it all in the trash.

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        5 days ago

        Ooooh that paper bag idea is nifty.

        We actually discovered something that worked far better than peanut butter - Reese’s peanut butter cups. You break off a little piece, squish it into a ball, and place it on the bait lever. Not a single trap misfired once we switched to that.