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09 Mar 2021, 7:20 pm

I'm trying to catch a mouse that lives behind the dishwasher. I keep setting traps for him and he keeps running off with the bait without triggering the trap. What can I do?

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09 Mar 2021, 7:27 pm

RetroGamer87 wrote:

I'm trying to catch a mouse that lives behind the dishwasher. I keep setting traps for him and he keeps running off with the bait without triggering the trap. What can I do?

What type of trap are you using?

This guy has a whole mouse trap review channel. I used to watch it.
https://www.youtube.com/user/historichunter

You have to decide if you want a lethal or non-lethal trap.

I like CO2 powered traps, there are some for mice too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqlwUXP-ubI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjNLw60mrPE

I don't have a mouse problem myself though.

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09 Mar 2021, 7:29 pm

Pellet gun? :mrgreen:

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09 Mar 2021, 7:31 pm

The best way to get rid of a mouse is to get a cat.

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09 Mar 2021, 7:41 pm

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RetroGamer87 wrote:

I'm trying to catch a mouse that lives behind the dishwasher. I keep setting traps for him and he keeps running off with the bait without triggering the trap. What can I do?

What type of trap are you using?

This one

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09 Mar 2021, 7:43 pm

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The best way to get rid of a mouse is to get a cat.

Interestingly different cats are different. My parents had two cats at once, and the older and stronger cat that was a fierce fighter was just observing the mouse from a distance. The younger cat caught the mouse instantly though.

Not all cats will catch mice.

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09 Mar 2021, 7:46 pm

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r00tb33r wrote:

RetroGamer87 wrote:

I'm trying to catch a mouse that lives behind the dishwasher. I keep setting traps for him and he keeps running off with the bait without triggering the trap. What can I do?

What type of trap are you using?

This one

You need to adjust the trigger so it's resting on the very tip of the retention lever so even a hair can set it off. Watch your fingers. Your bait might be too soft, the mouse might just be eating it off the hook. Try a piece of stale bread that you hook on it firmly so the mouse will have to wrestle it off the hook setting off the trigger. I actually used bread as bait instead of cheese back when I used to trap mice under the gas fireplace back when I used to live with my parents. They closed off the hole around the gas pipe so the mice can't come in anymore.

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09 Mar 2021, 7:48 pm

Most "alleycats" will catch mice.

An "alleycat" also known as a "domestic shorthair."

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09 Mar 2021, 7:55 pm

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Most "alleycats" will catch mice.

An "alleycat" also known as a "domestic shorthair."

Yup, the gray tabby wasn't catching the mouse.

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09 Mar 2021, 8:01 pm

Perhaps he was just lazy today?

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09 Mar 2021, 8:05 pm

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Perhaps he was just lazy today?

No, just picky about things in general. Picky with toys, picky with food, picky with people... etc. Had no bad habits though and was trouble-free otherwise. Slept with me through my college, and was a friend to me when I had no one else. Lived to 15 years. It's been close to two years since he's gone.

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09 Mar 2021, 8:52 pm

I’ve heard that mice can tell if there’s a cat living somewhere (I would guess they can smell the cat) and are more likely to stay away, even if the cat isn’t a mouser.

Sorry I don’t have anything more useful to add, we’ve only had known mice in the house two or three times, and we found out when our cat cornered the mouse, so we just got a jar, caught the mouse in it, and let it go in the neighbor’s garden.

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09 Mar 2021, 8:57 pm

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Mice will generally avoid anywhere there's cat urine or rat urine. Unless they have toxoplasmosis.

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09 Mar 2021, 8:58 pm

Please don't put down poison. :cry:

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09 Mar 2021, 10:03 pm

I can only think of three; poison bait (usually lethal), mechanical traps (can be lethal or nonlethal) or adhesive traps (usually nonlethal).

Otherwise, I would have to find where it lives or where it may breed.
If it's permitted and came to it, gas the house.

Had rats and mouse issues in the house myself for years. Never permanently resolved.

And I've seen a lot of those beyond that -- several other houses, work places, on the streets, on fields...

I'm not a professional though.
More like exposed to an apparently chronic problem not limited to my own living space.

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09 Mar 2021, 10:10 pm

get an enclosed trap where the mouse can't see the workings.

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