You must not deal with the general public much judging by your passive aggressive comment. When giving advice to the general public it's a necessity to be throughout and specific.
I won't even set a trap unless I have built a small box around the trap making the only way into the box is where the bait is. If a rat or mouse set off a trap without being xxxxed, you will never get another chance with that same trap. I like the Marshmallow I'm going to give that a try. Thanks 🙏
I set a Victor mouse trap while watching your youtube video. I'm not kidding, the trap sprung within a half hour after placing it! Awesome! I'm going to tell everyone! God bless you and your business!
Thank you for saying aloud to "lift your thumb a little bit" while setting the trap. I missed that from just watching you do it, and I could not figure out how to set the trap until I heard you say that on the rewatch. Yours is the best video on this topic.
Thank you for the setting explanation between sensitive and firm. I didn't see anything on the package about this setting. And, after, catching my hand, then finger, I searched and found your video, then looked very closely, and seen the letter's. Thanks!
my company trained us to place a bait in the notch on the trigger plate side, not necessarily in large quantities however. We also had a tendency of placing them near the path of fecal matter they leave behind.
Bro, you are awesome, hope you get back to the channel, I just started watching recently and saw you haven’t been uploading but I hope everything is going good during this quarantine
Thanks guy. I did not know about the f and the s on the traps. I have always put them along walls and baseboards the way you talked about. I'M game to see bug infestations and any other content you want to share. Have a Happy Thanksgiving!!!
Hot glue with a piece of cat or dog food. First year I've been doing this and can't believe I didn't hear about it before. Haven't had a sprung trap without a mouse yet. I just use a pack of glue sticks from dollar tree and a lighter. Works awesome.
Thank you!! My peanut butter bait didn't work. I was just feeding them the last two nights!! I was putting it in that little "box" of yellow near the center, instead of under the V !! Let's see how it works tonight!! Loved your video!!
Great video. I thought I had a rat since we did have rats in our old building. But it turns out I have a mouse or mice so I got a package of these Victor traps today. The ones I got have a yellow plastic pedal with holes in it to look like cheese lol. Well, I'm going to just fill the middle hole with a little bait, it seems like a tiny amount but it's a lot for a mouse. If I had ones like yours with the V in the pedal, I think I'd put a sticker on the back of the V (so it won't fall through) and fill the V with bait. It should only take a very small amount. Thanks for the useful tutorial!
Thanks for the video. I use these traps for voles. It works, I mix PB, sunflower seeds and oats. Place near the holes, cover with a bucket. Have gotten a vole 5 days in a row now. These pests have destroyed many plants and trees. Excited that I have a solution.
As a pest tech your advice on this is spot on and concise, small bits of oven chips work well also although they need placing carefully. I've always been a fan of traps as a way of rapidly reducing a problem with bait to clear any residual followed by proofing. Very satisfying to actually solve a problem via the above that other techs have been called out to repeatedly often for years as they can't be bothered to do proofing.
Agreed I was a tech for a few years we mainly did ants and mice at the company I was with. We would use the bait stations outside and well placed traps inside
Great video: I never noticed F and S settings on the Victor trap, but this is surprising in 2 big ways: First, I think the model I get at Lowe's is different: the bait holder has no "V" on it, but is molded with holes in it resembling cheese (I put peanut chew candy on it , with some raw chopped almonds and filbert/hazel nut pushed into the sticky candy); secondly, the hooking mechanism, no matter where I place the bar, seems to have a virtually non-existent grip, so it takes a lot of work for me to set the trap without it going off (often 7-10 very unpleasant attempts), and I've resorted to using a tool to slightly roughen the plastic to get some grip, and even with that it can require several tries. I'm sure I'm using a light touch, and very, very, very carefully draw my finger from beneath the hinge, but no matter what the trap seems hyper-sensitive with barely any grip at all. Wondering if it's a different model. It's so much work to set it that I don't want to un-set one to look for the S and F. If one goes off (not happened since watching the video, but I caught a few before), I'll check. Thanks again for the great video and any reply/ies!
Oh, yes. These newer traps (with the yellow plastic) are inferior to the old ones that were only metal, and wood. I got two traps today, and only one of them held. It was frustrating. It snapped on my finger, and got peanut butter everywhere!
@@paper_gem I recommend a mix of plaster of Paris, flour, and a small amount of sugar and cocoa. I’m not an expert, but this seems to be what resolved the problem for me. Haven’t seen mice in several months after using this poison mix. Oh yeah; I happened to have some almond flour, which I also mixed in, in very small quantities. I’d estimate it was 47.5% flour, 50% plaster of Paris, and the remaining 2.5% a mix of almond flour, sugar and cocoa. I think a mix like this is irresistible to them.
Excellent video, but I don't really like these traps because the quality is poor. I got two traps today, and only one of them worked. The other one wouldn't hold on to the yellow plastic part. The older Victor traps (that only used metal and wood) were much better.
really enjoyed the video some great learning points many thanks looking forward to applying these tips to the mouse problem at my cottage can you please make a tutorial about treating an infestation of bird mites?
Thank you so much; we just spotted another field mouse this morning and the though of glue traps makes me want to scream. I don't like killing the buggers for the heinous crime of existing in my presence, but I guess a quick death is better than the glue trap. Thank you for the bait tip too! I didn't know what to use and I've got a ton of peanut butter around!
I cut one the very first night and was so excited and then two days went by and I didn't see anymore and I didn't see any in the traps but then today I noticed all of the traps despite being set I had no more peanut butter on them so you were right and they could get that peanut butter off without setting the trap. No I didn't have the yellow pedals Victor's I had the metal I did just get the yellow pedal ones in the mail today so I'm setting them but I tried a few of them with the fluff instead and I'm facing them the opposite way of against the wall like I originally was after watching this video so fingers crossed that it works. We had a abandoned house next hours and someone bought it and they came in and cleaned it all out and got an exterminator but the exterminator didn't kill them it just sent them away and guess whose house they all came into 🙋♀️🤦🏻♀️😭 so now I've been battling them for 2 months I've caught a few in live traps I tried to be nice at first but now it's just no way I can't be nice anymore unfortunately. so I'm praying that this works cuz I rent but my landlord is not wanting to get an exterminator. 🙄
How is a glue trap any better if you have a dog? It'll just get stuck to their face along with a dead mouse when they notice the mouse stuck to it before you do.
Hmm. Bought 2 dozen traps. Used marshmallow fluff and peanut butter and peanut butter with a tiny piece of dehydrated chicken. Not one trap with marshmallow was touched. The best killer was the peanut butter with the teeny chicken piece. Since then I have found a new trap called kat sense. It is plastic and very easily reusable without touching anything. Check them out.
Sooo, what's your advice on catching these little $+#!: in your vehicle .box truck...Ive taken apart dash and cleaned out their nest and actually caught 3 mice with the shop -vac..but the mom is too damn smart so far for sticky traps or the walk in tunnel type trap ...gonna try this ol school Victor and see if I get her....but placement is the thing..?? Any help...gonna put one where the nest was and under dash panel..used trail camera and see it's coming down out of engine area..so give some advice where you'd put em...thx. Appreciate the vid and especially the marshmallow stuff .gonna go get some now😁
I don't like these newer traps with the plastic catch. I think the metal worked a lot better. They were way more sensitive it would trigger side-to-side not just down.
My problem is that I have some savvy mice that are somehow getting the bait off of the Victor Snap Traps (have tried using pb, cotton, AND fluff). Either that or they are figuring out how to FIRST snap the trap and THEN get the bait. They are coming into my basement (ceiling) through the garage ceiling where it meets the sill of the house foundation. They have set up shop in my basement ceiling insulation (when I had my home air sealed and weatherized). Am I going to need to rip out all the insulation in order to guarantee they have nowhere to hide? It's expensive and disgusting I just am really hoping for another way. I use a variety of traps, pelletized (safe for use around my dog) bait trays, snap traps, secured/tamper-proof poison bait traps, use gloves all the time so my scent isn't on the traps, use them all correctly and where there is evidence of activity, and not getting the success I hoped for. How do you handle the savvy critters?
Outdoor rodent bait stations are deff the go to for larger problems, look around the exterior of the home for possible entry points they say a mouse can get through an opening the size of a dime. Use a copper mesh to fill in any cracks or holes they could use to get into the house. If the snap traps are not having success you can buy glue traps that fold into a little box put peanut butter right in the middle they pretty much always work. The main plan is to control the entry points and use poison outside. I try not to use poisons inside because you don’t want them to die in the walls the smell can be awful.
Thanks. I bought this brand and they redesigned it. I looked at bait stations and in addition to smelling dead mice, you don't know if the problem is solved.
Can i get your recommendations on a bait trap. So many some very exp. Complaints of not working. Something is eating all my revolver soft bait they have got to be dead by now but coming back for more. I have gone thru at least 20 of those things.
Interior rodent bait stations are key . Subsequent generations of mice may never see the exterior of a house or apartment building . Behind stoves , by hot water heaters , in utility rooms , drop ceilings are standard areas Exterior rodent bait stations are good by the air conditioner , garage door and near any burrows . I have 16 years in the business .
I set some traps at my mom’s last night,caught some with bacon but I was thinking I need something really sweet! Something like pure sugar and bam! I see this today,perfect bait! Thanks!
Thanks so much for the techniques on how and where to place and what bait works good. I practically did the fluff and placed on against the wall. The only thing i did wrong was i placed the trap the long side against the wall instead of the way you did with the bait part against the wall. Now im going the swith them around. Thanks so much again for you advise and please post any other videos that may be helpful with rodents. Thanks so much. Question: Does it matter if you use gloves when setting up the trap? Supossedly the mice/mouse smell the human scent on the trap and that makes them to stay away. Thanks again. Stay safe and healthy. God bless.
Dealing with a super sensitive trap that constantly goes off sucks, but will increase you chances of an easy kill. I don't care how much of a pain it is to deal with it. Your kill rate will go from 50% to damn near 100.
We set one of these last night in cupboard. Put peanut butter on. The traps gone off ,bait gone but mouse got away. If we set it again will mouse come back to it or will it now know not to go near it?
With bait on the trap, will the trap be as (or nearly as ) effective pl;aced parallel to the wall rather than perpendicular? By putting it parallel, the trap will stick out into the room less, obviously, and you can prop a book or board against the wall over the trap if you don't want to look at it. is there a danger of the mouse stepping on the wrong part of the trap, setting it off without being caught? O will the mouse avoid releasing the arm prematurely?
Mice will always run along the wall that why I set it faced into the wall if it was placed parallel with the wall the mouse may step on the back of the trap and set it off and not get caught. You can alway re set them if they are set off and keep the traps the way you want them also just pointing in increases the chance of them being caught
@@wasphunter7131 Thanks so much for the reply! Yes you confirmed the concern (mouse stepping on wrong part of the trap, triggering without getting caught). From what I read, mouse are smart, quick learners and it seems if this happened, it's not as simple as just resetting the trap, because they could likely become afraid of traps, or avoid the path that nearly killed them. From videos I watched, mice are naturally cautious around traps (as if they sense the coiled energy in the spring and are suspicious of it being so near enticing food), so I thought maybe they're "smart" and nimble enough to - mostly - avoid the metal, and carefully go for the food, at least most of the time (50/50 they'll hit the right side anyway); I also wondered if they could still get caught, killed or injured by the trap going off even if they step on the wrong part. Do mice ever get killed by traps stepping on the non-bait side? Thanks so much again!
We are having a hard time with our traps going off they get the food and no trapped mouse. I just put three tom cat bait boxes small ones and heard you say they should be outside I noticed they only ate one baiit so far so I took them up. I'm going to put them outside
Yes bait boxes are best used outside. The mice die after eating the bait so if the boxes are inside they will die in the walls leaving a bad scent behind for a few days-weeks. Keep a eye on them outside see what side has the most activity and look for entry points after you determine what side they are coming from
Your video helped us thank you and I’ll videos on UA-cam but next time when you put the mouse trap together show inside where the bar is holding the cheese up thank you for the help
Ty for the vid, really clear instructions and very informative. Imo mice are fine and kind of cute IF and when they are pets, or wild outdoor animals that aren't coming near where people live or work. But as soon as mice are running loose in your home, crops, storage, or place of business, they can be considered vermin and its justified to take whatever measures necessary to put an end to them being there. They are just trying to survive, but its very unhygienic to have vermin running around. And unfortunately, in my experience, humane traps just don't work.
I’ve heard the reason why peanut butter won’t work is if they’re putting too much on the trap. Mice only need very little food so if there’s too big a glob they can just take one lick & go on their way. If you put just a thin smear it works much better.
So you set a trap in your basement, one year goes by, suddenly one night you hear rustling around down there. Trap being set for a year weakens the spring, so the kill bar thing didn't kill the mouse, it's trapped but alive and disabled, in the middle of the floor thrashing around, then finally stops and stares at you. You get your pellet gun and shoot it in the back of the head to hasten the process, but blood just pours out and it jumps around more. You go away to let it die, come back and it's dead but blood is everywhere. Just horrible for this poor little thing. But then you go upstairs and tell everyone it was just the mousetrap.
Well I'm an idiot. I never noticed that these Victor mouse traps had an F side and an S side. I'm guessing it's on the plastic packaging, but hey, I'm a guy, who the hell has time to read instructions? 😆 I will try the S side from now on, and get a small jar of marshmallow fluff. Thanks for the video
I’m not a huge fan of them but we use a brand called trapper max and they fold into like a box this not only gets their feet stuck but their backs and sides they have a way higher success rate
Thank you for the safety tip of only holding on the non trap end. Understanding this helped me to be unafraid when setting a trap for the first time.
Meee too😊
Thanks for this video! Seems simple but when you’ve never done this before, these videos are super helpful! 🙏🏼
Would never of thought of placing a trap against a wall that way. Brilliant advice.
You must not deal with the general public much judging by your passive aggressive comment. When giving advice to the general public it's a necessity to be throughout and specific.
I won't even set a trap unless I have built a small box around the trap making the only way into the box is where the bait is. If a rat or mouse set off a trap without being xxxxed, you will never get another chance with that same trap.
I like the Marshmallow I'm going to give that a try. Thanks 🙏
4 years later, and its still helpful, I did not know about the s and f settings. Good presentation.
I was getting very angry at my traps always snapping on me when trying to set them up. Your technique worked like a charm. Thanks for sharing.
I had the same problem. I hold the bait plate up with a screwdriver while placing the bar in slot. works well.
I set a Victor mouse trap while watching your youtube video. I'm not kidding, the trap sprung within a half hour after placing it! Awesome! I'm going to tell everyone! God bless you and your business!
Thank you for saying aloud to "lift your thumb a little bit" while setting the trap. I missed that from just watching you do it, and I could not figure out how to set the trap until I heard you say that on the rewatch. Yours is the best video on this topic.
Thanks!
Love the tip on placement. Knew they run along baseboards but didn't think of placing the trap that way. Kudos!
Great video I never noticed the firm and sensitive settings on a trap before I saw this
Thanks
Thank you for sharing your experience! Mice licked peanut butter clean two nights in a row but the fluff got him in one shot.
Warmed up squashed tootsie rolls work every time as well bc they require some work to get it off the trap
Thank you for the setting explanation between sensitive and firm. I didn't see anything on the package about this setting. And, after, catching my hand, then finger, I searched and found your video, then looked very closely, and seen the letter's. Thanks!
my company trained us to place a bait in the notch on the trigger plate side, not necessarily in large quantities however. We also had a tendency of placing them near the path of fecal matter they leave behind.
I watched so many videos trying to do this, and yours is the only one that helped. Thank you!
Thanks. I have found that tootsie roll pieces work well too for bait.
I would use a Q-tip to set the fluff; this is a great video!
thank you for this tutorial, it's very helpful, this will be my irst time setting one, I'm less nervous with the snapping!
How did it go?
Thank you I appreciate this video. So now I can stop having to ask my husband to set the trap for me. 🤣😁👍
Bro, you are awesome, hope you get back to the channel, I just started watching recently and saw you haven’t been uploading but I hope everything is going good during this quarantine
Thanks guy. I did not know about the f and the s on the traps. I have always put them along walls and baseboards the way you talked about. I'M game to see bug infestations and any other content you want to share. Have a Happy Thanksgiving!!!
Happy thanksgiving to you also
Hot glue with a piece of cat or dog food. First year I've been doing this and can't believe I didn't hear about it before. Haven't had a sprung trap without a mouse yet. I just use a pack of glue sticks from dollar tree and a lighter. Works awesome.
gorilla Super glue works aswell
I self taught myself how to do it and I’m watching this to see if I got it right. I did.
Thank you!! My peanut butter bait didn't work. I was just feeding them the last two nights!! I was putting it in that little "box" of yellow near the center, instead of under the V !! Let's see how it works tonight!! Loved your video!!
I really enjoyed this video very simple to follow
Thank you for this great video. Now I know how to set it. So perfect. I just set three so here is hoping I get results.
Glad I could help
... handy guy 👍, thank you for your advice...
No problem
Great video. I thought I had a rat since we did have rats in our old building. But it turns out I have a mouse or mice so I got a package of these Victor traps today. The ones I got have a yellow plastic pedal with holes in it to look like cheese lol. Well, I'm going to just fill the middle hole with a little bait, it seems like a tiny amount but it's a lot for a mouse. If I had ones like yours with the V in the pedal, I think I'd put a sticker on the back of the V (so it won't fall through) and fill the V with bait. It should only take a very small amount. Thanks for the useful tutorial!
Thanks for the video. I use these traps for voles. It works, I mix PB, sunflower seeds and oats. Place near the holes, cover with a bucket. Have gotten a vole 5 days in a row now. These pests have destroyed many plants and trees. Excited that I have a solution.
Thank you very informative I had a basic idea but this helped
great video and clear explanations! thank you!
Great video! Funny, how the damn traps refused to cooperate.
Right lol
i miss this channel 😔
Feel ya, I like the channel as well, he seems like a pretty cool dude.
Thanks for the tips of setting a trap. Mice weren't attracted by the fluff at all and the fluff becomes dry; back to PB and snapped one right away.
Great video this is one that will help me out a lot
Thanks glad I could help
Thanks glad I could help
Something different. I liked it. Great video thanks.
As a pest tech your advice on this is spot on and concise, small bits of oven chips work well also although they need placing carefully.
I've always been a fan of traps as a way of rapidly reducing a problem with bait to clear any residual followed by proofing.
Very satisfying to actually solve a problem via the above that other techs have been called out to repeatedly often for years as they can't be bothered to do proofing.
Agreed I was a tech for a few years we mainly did ants and mice at the company I was with. We would use the bait stations outside and well placed traps inside
Another cool video good information to know if I ever have a mouse problem
Thanks
Great video: I never noticed F and S settings on the Victor trap, but this is surprising in 2 big ways: First, I think the model I get at Lowe's is different: the bait holder has no "V" on it, but is molded with holes in it resembling cheese (I put peanut chew candy on it , with some raw chopped almonds and filbert/hazel nut pushed into the sticky candy); secondly, the hooking mechanism, no matter where I place the bar, seems to have a virtually non-existent grip, so it takes a lot of work for me to set the trap without it going off (often 7-10 very unpleasant attempts), and I've resorted to using a tool to slightly roughen the plastic to get some grip, and even with that it can require several tries. I'm sure I'm using a light touch, and very, very, very carefully draw my finger from beneath the hinge, but no matter what the trap seems hyper-sensitive with barely any grip at all. Wondering if it's a different model. It's so much work to set it that I don't want to un-set one to look for the S and F. If one goes off (not happened since watching the video, but I caught a few before), I'll check. Thanks again for the great video and any reply/ies!
The ones I've just got are the same . Caught finger a few times and after 10 minutes finally got them set . Fingers are killing now
Oh, yes. These newer traps (with the yellow plastic) are inferior to the old ones that were only metal, and wood. I got two traps today, and only one of them held. It was frustrating. It snapped on my finger, and got peanut butter everywhere!
@@paper_gem I recommend a mix of plaster of Paris, flour, and a small amount of sugar and cocoa. I’m not an expert, but this seems to be what resolved the problem for me. Haven’t seen mice in several months after using this poison mix.
Oh yeah; I happened to have some almond flour, which I also mixed in, in very small quantities. I’d estimate it was 47.5% flour, 50% plaster of Paris, and the remaining 2.5% a mix of almond flour, sugar and cocoa. I think a mix like this is irresistible to them.
Great and informative video love all your content keep it up
Thanks
I learned some new things!
Glad I could help
Excellent video, but I don't really like these traps because the quality is poor. I got two traps today, and only one of them worked. The other one wouldn't hold on to the yellow plastic part. The older Victor traps (that only used metal and wood) were much better.
really enjoyed the video some great learning points many thanks looking forward to applying these tips to the mouse problem at my cottage can you please make a tutorial about treating an infestation of bird mites?
Mouse here. Thanks for the tutorial. I see what my dad did wrong fluff-wise.
Good video. I hold the plastic plate up with a screw driver while setting the trap. Had no idea about the sensitivity setting.
Thank you so much; we just spotted another field mouse this morning and the though of glue traps makes me want to scream. I don't like killing the buggers for the heinous crime of existing in my presence, but I guess a quick death is better than the glue trap. Thank you for the bait tip too! I didn't know what to use and I've got a ton of peanut butter around!
Been having serious mouse issues due to my birds dropping seeds everywhere. Marshmallow fluff is a great idea! Gonna try that out.
Squirrel paste is good, I use it on three bottom of the treadle with a sunflower seed stuck to the top with peanut butter.
I cut one the very first night and was so excited and then two days went by and I didn't see anymore and I didn't see any in the traps but then today I noticed all of the traps despite being set I had no more peanut butter on them so you were right and they could get that peanut butter off without setting the trap. No I didn't have the yellow pedals Victor's I had the metal I did just get the yellow pedal ones in the mail today so I'm setting them but I tried a few of them with the fluff instead and I'm facing them the opposite way of against the wall like I originally was after watching this video so fingers crossed that it works. We had a abandoned house next hours and someone bought it and they came in and cleaned it all out and got an exterminator but the exterminator didn't kill them it just sent them away and guess whose house they all came into 🙋♀️🤦🏻♀️😭 so now I've been battling them for 2 months I've caught a few in live traps I tried to be nice at first but now it's just no way I can't be nice anymore unfortunately. so I'm praying that this works cuz I rent but my landlord is not wanting to get an exterminator. 🙄
This was very helpful! Thank you 🙏 for this!
Awesome video. Keep it up :)
Do you recommend these classic traps or the new quick kill black ones from Victor ?
I always prefer the snap traps but mainly because that’s what we always used when I worked for the pest company
Congrats on 10 k subs
Thanks can’t believe I made it there. I’m still here praying for the wasps to come early so I can make new vids
@@wasphunter7131 yes I like to see some new ones I watched some old ones last night
Thank you! Very helpful!
How is a glue trap any better if you have a dog? It'll just get stuck to their face along with a dead mouse when they notice the mouse stuck to it before you do.
Great info! Thanks for the tips!
Hmm. Bought 2 dozen traps. Used marshmallow fluff and peanut butter and peanut butter with a tiny piece of dehydrated chicken. Not one trap with marshmallow was touched. The best killer was the peanut butter with the teeny chicken piece. Since then I have found a new trap called kat sense. It is plastic and very easily reusable without touching anything. Check them out.
Thanks for the info I’ll deff look into them
Great channel.
Do you still have a channel? Your videos are great!
Thank you!
Sooo, what's your advice on catching these little $+#!: in your vehicle .box truck...Ive taken apart dash and cleaned out their nest and actually caught 3 mice with the shop -vac..but the mom is too damn smart so far for sticky traps or the walk in tunnel type trap ...gonna try this ol school Victor and see if I get her....but placement is the thing..?? Any help...gonna put one where the nest was and under dash panel..used trail camera and see it's coming down out of engine area..so give some advice where you'd put em...thx. Appreciate the vid and especially the marshmallow stuff .gonna go get some now😁
I don't like these newer traps with the plastic catch. I think the metal worked a lot better. They were way more sensitive it would trigger side-to-side not just down.
Thank you! Very informative
My problem is that I have some savvy mice that are somehow getting the bait off of the Victor Snap Traps (have tried using pb, cotton, AND fluff). Either that or they are figuring out how to FIRST snap the trap and THEN get the bait. They are coming into my basement (ceiling) through the garage ceiling where it meets the sill of the house foundation. They have set up shop in my basement ceiling insulation (when I had my home air sealed and weatherized). Am I going to need to rip out all the insulation in order to guarantee they have nowhere to hide? It's expensive and disgusting
I just am really hoping for another way. I use a variety of traps, pelletized (safe for use around my dog) bait trays, snap traps, secured/tamper-proof poison bait traps, use gloves all the time so my scent isn't on the traps, use them all correctly and where there is evidence of activity, and not getting the success I hoped for. How do you handle the savvy critters?
Outdoor rodent bait stations are deff the go to for larger problems, look around the exterior of the home for possible entry points they say a mouse can get through an opening the size of a dime. Use a copper mesh to fill in any cracks or holes they could use to get into the house. If the snap traps are not having success you can buy glue traps that fold into a little box put peanut butter right in the middle they pretty much always work. The main plan is to control the entry points and use poison outside. I try not to use poisons inside because you don’t want them to die in the walls the smell can be awful.
Any ants? They will take bait, not trigger the trap.
Ant bait station.
Thanks. I bought this brand and they redesigned it. I looked at bait stations and in addition to smelling dead mice, you don't know if the problem is solved.
Can i get your recommendations on a bait trap. So many some very exp. Complaints of not working. Something is eating all my revolver soft bait they have got to be dead by now but coming back for more. I have gone thru at least 20 of those things.
More tips on what to use to get rid of mice/rats what kind of things like pellets, are they useful?
Thanks for the instructions. Is it true that mint repels mice?
From uk thank you
No problem
Do you have a video on really tiny ant's? They seem to be around water area's, bathroom, kitchen sink, etc. Thanks!
I tie a walnut onto the bait plate with dental floss. When the bugger tries to pull it off WHAMO!
Interior rodent bait stations are key . Subsequent generations of mice may never see the exterior of a house or apartment building . Behind stoves , by hot water heaters , in utility rooms , drop ceilings are standard areas Exterior rodent bait stations are good by the air conditioner , garage door and near any burrows . I have 16 years in the business .
In your opinion, do ultrasound devices work for keeping mice out of the garage? Thanks!
I set some traps at my mom’s last night,caught some with bacon but I was thinking I need something really sweet! Something like pure sugar and bam! I see this today,perfect bait! Thanks!
good video I love it
Been positioned traps all wrong. Nice tip using the fluff.
I got the oldschool copper ones, any tips for those?
Thanks so much for the techniques on how and where to place and what bait works good. I practically did the fluff and placed on against the wall. The only thing i did wrong was i placed the trap the long side against the wall instead of the way you did with the bait part against the wall. Now im going the swith them around. Thanks so much again for you advise and please post any other videos that may be helpful with rodents. Thanks so much.
Question: Does it matter if you use gloves when setting up the trap? Supossedly the mice/mouse smell the human scent on the trap and that makes them to stay away.
Thanks again. Stay safe and healthy. God bless.
Yeah. I tried tootsie roll, peanut butter, etc. But this sounds good!
I miss this channel
Dealing with a super sensitive trap that constantly goes off sucks, but will increase you chances of an easy kill.
I don't care how much of a pain it is to deal with it. Your kill rate will go from 50% to damn near 100.
We set one of these last night in cupboard. Put peanut butter on. The traps gone off ,bait gone but mouse got away. If we set it again will mouse come back to it or will it now know not to go near it?
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With bait on the trap, will the trap be as (or nearly as ) effective pl;aced parallel to the wall rather than perpendicular? By putting it parallel, the trap will stick out into the room less, obviously, and you can prop a book or board against the wall over the trap if you don't want to look at it. is there a danger of the mouse stepping on the wrong part of the trap, setting it off without being caught? O will the mouse avoid releasing the arm prematurely?
Mice will always run along the wall that why I set it faced into the wall if it was placed parallel with the wall the mouse may step on the back of the trap and set it off and not get caught. You can alway re set them if they are set off and keep the traps the way you want them also just pointing in increases the chance of them being caught
@@wasphunter7131 Thanks so much for the reply! Yes you confirmed the concern (mouse stepping on wrong part of the trap, triggering without getting caught). From what I read, mouse are smart, quick learners and it seems if this happened, it's not as simple as just resetting the trap, because they could likely become afraid of traps, or avoid the path that nearly killed them. From videos I watched, mice are naturally cautious around traps (as if they sense the coiled energy in the spring and are suspicious of it being so near enticing food), so I thought maybe they're "smart" and nimble enough to - mostly - avoid the metal, and carefully go for the food, at least most of the time (50/50 they'll hit the right side anyway); I also wondered if they could still get caught, killed or injured by the trap going off even if they step on the wrong part. Do mice ever get killed by traps stepping on the non-bait side? Thanks so much again!
We are having a hard time with our traps going off they get the food and no trapped mouse. I just put three tom cat bait boxes small ones and heard you say they should be outside I noticed they only ate one baiit so far so I took them up. I'm going to put them outside
Yes bait boxes are best used outside. The mice die after eating the bait so if the boxes are inside they will die in the walls leaving a bad scent behind for a few days-weeks. Keep a eye on them outside see what side has the most activity and look for entry points after you determine what side they are coming from
Thank you Brotato Chip.
thank you!
Good info
Thanks
I use tootsie roll. Mash it into the holes in the tray. They have to work to get it.
I've had the best luck using tootsie rolls, just a small piece molded onto the trap.
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Your video helped us thank you and I’ll videos on UA-cam but next time when you put the mouse trap together show inside where the bar is holding the cheese up thank you for the help
I can do that for sure been meaning to upload a newer version of this for a while
Ty for the vid, really clear instructions and very informative. Imo mice are fine and kind of cute IF and when they are pets, or wild outdoor animals that aren't coming near where people live or work. But as soon as mice are running loose in your home, crops, storage, or place of business, they can be considered vermin and its justified to take whatever measures necessary to put an end to them being there. They are just trying to survive, but its very unhygienic to have vermin running around. And unfortunately, in my experience, humane traps just don't work.
I’ve heard the reason why peanut butter won’t work is if they’re putting too much on the trap. Mice only need very little food so if there’s too big a glob they can just take one lick & go on their way. If you put just a thin smear it works much better.
Put it under the metal
My Walmart has Jet-Puffed Marshmallow Creme, is that a same as Marshmallow Fluff ?
The INGREDIENTS: CORN SYRUP, SUGAR, WATER, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF DRIED EGG WHITES, CREAM OF TARTAR, XANTHAN GUM, ARTIFICIAL AND NATURAL FLAVOR.
Yes, it's the same.
So you set a trap in your basement, one year goes by, suddenly one night you hear rustling around down there. Trap being set for a year weakens the spring, so the kill bar thing didn't kill the mouse, it's trapped but alive and disabled, in the middle of the floor thrashing around, then finally stops and stares at you. You get your pellet gun and shoot it in the back of the head to hasten the process, but blood just pours out and it jumps around more. You go away to let it die, come back and it's dead but blood is everywhere. Just horrible for this poor little thing. But then you go upstairs and tell everyone it was just the mousetrap.
INFORMATIVE.... THANKFUL!
I cannot seem to do this ugh. I can't get the bar to stay put on the yellow part
Try and push the yellow part back towards the bar a hair sometimes they get manufactured a bit pushed forward
Well I'm an idiot. I never noticed that these Victor mouse traps had an F side and an S side. I'm guessing it's on the plastic packaging, but hey, I'm a guy, who the hell has time to read instructions? 😆 I will try the S side from now on, and get a small jar of marshmallow fluff. Thanks for the video
Excellent
Thank you so much...
Thank you
Wasp hunter do you recommend mice glue traps??
I’m not a huge fan of them but we use a brand called trapper max and they fold into like a box this not only gets their feet stuck but their backs and sides they have a way higher success rate
I can't get mine to work. The stick won't reach the plastic piece