Mouse Trap

[Russ Koch]

I'm hoping this works!!!!!

 

[montanafordman]

We have used some like that around our farm only we used a paint can inside a 5 gallon bucket instead of a coke bottle. I can assure you it works well!.....and makes a pretty ugly mess!

 

[Tom Wesenberg]

I'm going to make one and will probably use drain oil instead of water.

 

[MikeK]

That mouse looks a little fat. Perhaps a diet Coke bottle?

 

[Glenn C.]

Drain oil might work better than the used antifreeze that I use. Might not be as tough on skunk kidneys.

 

[QGolden]

It works, before the days of plastic soda bottles, we used beer or soda cans for the middle part, of course that was back before the pull tab days, so you used a church key. But we would punch a hole in the center of the can, and put it on top of a bucket of motor drain oil over a wire rod, and put a smear of p'nut butter on the can.

 

[Rusty Homestead Fl]

I'm going to make one and will probably use drain oil instead of water.

Won't that drain oil make them taste funny?

 

[mass A man]

Light the oil on fire when you've got a few in there. You've heard of deep fried turkey?

 

[KR500]

What brand of peanut butter is the most attractive to the mice?

 

[Ross/Kzoo]

Won't that drain oil make them taste funny?

No, probably coats them quite well. No additional seasoning required.

 

[crock]

don't matter. use the cheapest you can buy.

 

[QGolden]

The advantage of using oil is that it is quite a while before the bodies start to smell...

 

[Tom Wesenberg]

The advantage of using oil is that it is quite a while before the bodies start to smell...

About 20 years ago I changed oil on my Allis. I drained it into a hog pan and left it in the grainary. After a few months I remembered that I forgot to get rid of the old oil, and when I dumped it out there were about a dozen mouse bodies in it.