I have 4 bags placed throughout the trailer and over this weekend the cats (Chloe & Nala) were in hunting mode at bottom of the stairs looking into the space below the stairs. Yesterday I placed a new bag in that area and last night Cheri was watching tv in Liv. rm. Cloe had a small mouse and they both were playing with it until it made it's escape. Will be getting the ole-reliable mouse trap out now, It's last meal will be peanut butter.
-- Edited by CJSX2fromCT on Monday 1st of September 2014 05:36:51 AM
SnowGypsy said
04:47 PM Sep 1, 2014
We had a cat, Creepers, that we tried to get to be enthusiastic about mice. I think he was a distant cousin to Garfield. There are some mice that are so small and crafty that you can't catch them with the snap trap and we had to use the sticky traps. I didn't really care for having to whack them after they got stuck but was better than having them face me down. We had some luck with those metal box ones where they get caught inside and can't get out but then you have to take them for a ride to release them. I'd rather just whack them!
rascal55 said
09:39 AM Sep 12, 2014
We were just outside of Las Vegas Nv. last March. I went into the bathroom to use the loo, as I opened the lid I saw a mouse looking back up at me. It didn't seem to get out because the sides of the porcelain loo is too slippery and so I was able to put a plastic pail over it and slide a plastic road map under it. I then carried the lot outside and sent the mouse some distance form the MH. Long story short, we got some snap traps and after some days and several kin later we seemed to be mouse free.
flyone said
09:56 PM Sep 13, 2014
I opened the cabinet below the sink, Micky 's cousin and I came face to face. I went out purchased some fresh cab threw some packets around and never saw him or a sign of him again. I was quite impressed.
Flyone
Terry and Jo said
12:26 PM Sep 20, 2014
The WAR is on here. Amazingly, after spending three years in one place in Oklahoma City, we NEVER saw a mouse in the fifth wheel. Now, we've been in Colorado just over two months and we have one, and he is a sneaky little devil.
It started out with rustling noises, which I thought were squirrels square-dancing on the roof. Then one morning, Jo spotted a mouse inside the coach. Uncertain as to whether Fresh Cab would work for us, we decided to get regular mouse traps. We were at the hardware store when we bought them, and along with the mouse traps, there was a liquid that one is supposed to put on the trap as bait. (Apparently they are supposed to attract without other types of bait.) So, we "baited" with the liquid and placed three traps inside the coach and I put one in the basement area, right next to the small opening I have going from the basement to the underbelly.
That next morning, I heard what sounded like the trap in the basement activating. So, when it became daylight, I went out to check. After all, one doesn't want a dead mouse very long to start stinking up the place. To my surprise, I opened the basement door to find that the little bugger took off with the trap. Apparently, he tripped it in passing and it got either a leg or his tail. All my looking with a flashlight was unsuccessful with finding either the mouse or the trap.
Next, Jo put peanut butter on the traps since we didn't have any cheese. I again put one trap in the basement. This morning, I went to check the trap and it had been activated. Peanut butter was gone and so was the mouse. I guess I need to "glue" the bait to the trap in some way to insure we trap this cagey little bugger.
I have 4 bags placed throughout the trailer and over this weekend the cats (Chloe & Nala) were in hunting mode at bottom of the stairs looking into the space below the stairs. Yesterday I placed a new bag in that area and last night Cheri was watching tv in Liv. rm. Cloe had a small mouse and they both were playing with it until it made it's escape. Will be getting the ole-reliable mouse trap out now, It's last meal will be peanut butter.
-- Edited by CJSX2fromCT on Monday 1st of September 2014 05:36:51 AM
Flyone
The WAR is on here. Amazingly, after spending three years in one place in Oklahoma City, we NEVER saw a mouse in the fifth wheel. Now, we've been in Colorado just over two months and we have one, and he is a sneaky little devil.
It started out with rustling noises, which I thought were squirrels square-dancing on the roof. Then one morning, Jo spotted a mouse inside the coach. Uncertain as to whether Fresh Cab would work for us, we decided to get regular mouse traps. We were at the hardware store when we bought them, and along with the mouse traps, there was a liquid that one is supposed to put on the trap as bait. (Apparently they are supposed to attract without other types of bait.) So, we "baited" with the liquid and placed three traps inside the coach and I put one in the basement area, right next to the small opening I have going from the basement to the underbelly.
That next morning, I heard what sounded like the trap in the basement activating. So, when it became daylight, I went out to check. After all, one doesn't want a dead mouse very long to start stinking up the place. To my surprise, I opened the basement door to find that the little bugger took off with the trap. Apparently, he tripped it in passing and it got either a leg or his tail. All my looking with a flashlight was unsuccessful with finding either the mouse or the trap.
Next, Jo put peanut butter on the traps since we didn't have any cheese. I again put one trap in the basement. This morning, I went to check the trap and it had been activated. Peanut butter was gone and so was the mouse. I guess I need to "glue" the bait to the trap in some way to insure we trap this cagey little bugger.
Terry