So it looks like our 16 year old mouser is loosing her touch and although we’ve never had a problem before there’s definitely signs that there’s a moose loose aboot this hoose.

Going to put some traps down, but what bait? I’ve heard peanut butter goes down well…any experiences / suggestions?

Chocolate works pretty well.

My dad used to use bits of twix

I’ve tried pretty much everything. Caught one a day with peanut butter (until there were none left anyway)!

Peanut butter has been the most successful for me.

Chocolate

peanut butter works well

Energy bars. The wee buggers had half a Clif bar in my garage before I knew of their existance – the rest of that Clif bar was their downfall.

My parents used to use raisins with great success

How about chocolate covered in peanut butter?

+1 for chocolate.
I got one of those humane mouse traps where when the mouse runs in ,it tips over and so he’s trapped.You then have to take the trap and release the mouse into the wild a couple of kms away.
Unfortunately I forgot to check it for a couple of weeks and my humane trap actually became a rather inhumane starvation chamber for some wee mouse….I had wondered what the smell was coming from.

Use raisins here too, stay nicely stuck to the trap, some raisins have had a whole 3 months of trapping

raisins or the bits of papaya/mango you get in some muesli’s, less messy than peanut butter

Baby food

Mars bars. Unwrap ’em first though.

Nutella

Chocolate and peanut butter (Snickers). That’s what worked best with Marvin the mouse in my kitchen! He’d not touch everything else that I tried for the first couple of days. Put the Snickers out and hey presto, gone in an hour!

To all those who suggest some sort of chocolate bar – what a waste! Peanut butter worked for me.

Sometimes don’t matter if you use the right bait, some mice are smart.
Then again, some of their friends are stupid.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMAeVzTVz8A

Peanut butter here.

Careful what trap you use. The last one I had was like a giant bulldog clip. Unfortunately it didn’t have enough force to kill outright. Not very pleasant/kind.

Try just using a razor blade on it,s edge. The mouse walks up to it and says ” What no cheese ” as it shakes it,s head from side to side.

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ho7gIb91Jc0&feature=related[/video]

As Steven Wright once said
“The early bird catches the worm but the second mouse gets the cheese”

I’ve had peanut butter work, but the second mouse was smarter – finally got him with cheddar.

Peanut Butter 1 : Mice 0
Cheers. Will keep trying until they get picky

Second the peanut butter, put a trap down with it, 10 mins later snap bye bye mouse.

+ 1 for Peanut Butter plus whatever they are entering the house to eat ( in our case small bits of dog food(or the lighting circuit cables, little buggers!)) five mice caught so far and still counting…

“call youself a mouse trap ? Ha! You couldn’t catch a cold”

might do it.

+n for peanut butter. I committed mouseycide in my house with the stuff a few years ago, very effective.

Allthepies > you know, that was the first place my mind went as well. There’s no hope, is there… (-:

nutella or sunflower seeds

I am a pest controller and the best way is as every one says use peanut butter works every time can’t resist a bit of that

I just stick a raisin on mine.

Thanks for all the advice, I would definitely advocate peanut butter!

had a moose, so got these from B+Q

pre-baited and ready to go, also easy to get the dead varmint out and reset. cost is around £3or £4 per pair. seperate bait is available for a few quid.

+1 peanut butter

In the Verminator tv show (think fly on the wall pest control in LA – no pun!) they use peanut butter to catch mice and rats. They also use an awesome trap called a T-Rex (fingers crossed link works):

T Rex

FTFY