11-22-2016, 10:15 AM
Tamara's idea with the plastic bottles is a great idea. I think I know how that would work...
1) the neck is cut off.
2) lightweight bait is put at the bottom of the bottle.
3) There is some object (like a piece of wood etc) placed on the floor and the bottle is balanced on it with the 'entrance' facing downwards.
4) when the mouse gets in, by the time it reaches the bait, its weight tips the bottle entrance-up, bait end down. When the mouse tries to get out its feet slip on the inside of the bottle and it can't run out.
Is that how it works?
Good idea. But my main thought is....it's impossible for me to know how many mice there are. There may be just one, or as the winter wears on, there may be a whole family of them. Setting a trap will only catch one at a time, and there may be long intervals between catching one and catching the rest. So the one/ones I caught I would have to put in a holding area, until I am certain there are no more. That's why I think I need to make the cage.
Then they can be re-located all together.
At the moment, there are no problems so long as I remember to put a little food down each night, and some water in a glass candle holder. Then he/she/they don't get onto my surfaces.
1) the neck is cut off.
2) lightweight bait is put at the bottom of the bottle.
3) There is some object (like a piece of wood etc) placed on the floor and the bottle is balanced on it with the 'entrance' facing downwards.
4) when the mouse gets in, by the time it reaches the bait, its weight tips the bottle entrance-up, bait end down. When the mouse tries to get out its feet slip on the inside of the bottle and it can't run out.
Is that how it works?
Good idea. But my main thought is....it's impossible for me to know how many mice there are. There may be just one, or as the winter wears on, there may be a whole family of them. Setting a trap will only catch one at a time, and there may be long intervals between catching one and catching the rest. So the one/ones I caught I would have to put in a holding area, until I am certain there are no more. That's why I think I need to make the cage.
Then they can be re-located all together.
At the moment, there are no problems so long as I remember to put a little food down each night, and some water in a glass candle holder. Then he/she/they don't get onto my surfaces.
