![]() ![]() The problem is that in order to get the required activation force so low that the mouse would trigger it, the trap because so sensitive that I couldn’t set it. I straightened the retaining rod, and even used some PTFE sleeve to reduce friction. That’s why I tried the liquorice, I could wedge it under the catch on the lever (this worked once, but that’s it). The baits got eaten, but the trap didn’t trigger, the mouse wasn’t pushing on the lever hard enough while eating. They all got eaten, but the trap didn’t trigger. I tried a number of attractants, none of them caught the mouse. However, the traps didn’t work! I kept finding mousetraps with no bait on them. Also, poisoning sounds slow and painful a trap is quick, over before the mouse knows what’s happening. I didn’t want to put down poison, because then I have poisoned mouse corpses laying around (I have kids and dogs, and there is plenty of native wildlife outside my house which may like to eat a slow moving mouse if they ventured outside the house). When this failed, and the mouse poo started spreading into more areas, and I started hearing mice scratching around in the pantry… while I slept… well, the mice were no longer on my christmas card list. In fact, when I first started seeing signs of mice (chewed packets, and poo, all the poo), I just tried to hide the food chase them out. ![]() So when we moved into our house, I did my best to remain mouse-free without having to get nasty: keep food in sealed containers, don’t leave any friendly hiding places, etc. However if you’re a little ant bastard who is crawling all over my chicken wing just because I put down my plate at the picnic for half a second, you can expect a pretty stern talking to. For example, if I can step over a trail of ants to avoid hurting them, I will. So I prefer not to harm anything unless I have to. Well, I am if you haven’t done anything that displeases me.
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