The Traditional Fisherman's Forum

Status update. Old fashioned traps 2. Rodents 0.

Round 2 commenced.

Chocolate works well in an old spring trap. I did learn, by trial and error, that you had to attach the chocolate to the prongs with a bit of fine fuse wire as the little critters had a cany knack of stealing the bait without setting off the trap.

Hovis wrote: ↑Thu Apr 08, 2021 5:24 pm Status update. Old fashioned traps 2. Rodents 0.

Round 2 commenced.

Another tip, move the trap sites as they learn to avoid them and maybe secure the trap, my mate set 5 in his loft but only recovered 3.

Good advice gents. Chocolate buttons had always been the bait of choice her. I move the traps around too, normally setting them against the wall or other large object.

We used Peanut butter... worked well

Dave Burr wrote: ↑Thu Apr 08, 2021 4:42 pm

Lea Dweller wrote: ↑Thu Apr 08, 2021 1:29 pm

Dave Burr wrote: ↑Thu Apr 08, 2021 11:06 am Last year I bought two chairs, one lightweight and an expensive session chair. I have yet to use the big one and, I doubt I ever shall. This is what those pesky mice did .....



Looks like a write off. It'll teach me to keep the poison box topped up

Are you sure that mice did that Dave?

Why, do you think my bum has teeth?

If it has, you must fidget a lot!

Aitch wrote: ↑Thu Apr 08, 2021 7:32 pm We used Peanut butter... worked well

This worked for me as well.

Fredline wrote: ↑Thu Apr 08, 2021 8:17 pm

Aitch wrote: ↑Thu Apr 08, 2021 7:32 pm We used Peanut butter... worked well

This worked for me as well.

Works well for me as well! So does raw carrot! As does a lump of vintage cheddar!

This one regularly brings in little presents for me. So I'm in the kitchen one day he comes in drops a vole at my feet which instantly runs under the washing machine and I spend the next half hour trying to catch it!

This one regularly brings in little presents for me. So I'm in the kitchen one day he comes in drops a vole at my feet which instantly runs under the washing machine and I spend the next half hour trying to catch it!

Like most cats he sleeps a lot through the day but is active early morning and evening which inspired me to write this -

"My crepuscular cat lies asleep on the mat and he stays there most of the day
But at dusk and at dawn with a stretch and a yawn he goes outside to hunt and to play."