It got suddenly cold in my area… and the troubles with it came…
I live in an area of Syracuse, the city, where my house is next to a wooded area… lately it has gotten a name…
There is wildlife. I can observe the white tail deer families, I can observe the badger taking its brood to a discovery tour, same with raccoons, skunks, millions of squirrels, birds of all kinds… and, of course, field mice.
I have lived in this two-family house for 18 years. And I have used hundreds of mouse traps during this time.
My favorite is the mice-cube…
It is one thing to put out a lot of traps, and it is quite another thing to observe what the mouse likes, and give it to them… inside the trap.
I know when I have a mouse, because I can smell it. I can smell the animal, I can smell its pee, I can smell its poop.
So when I do detect the smell, I start playing detective, and see what they have eaten…
It is fall, and it is getting cold, last night it was freezing. So the mice want fat… little volume, lots of body heat… Continue reading “The lost art of catching mice with what they want”
