This Blog is to converse with anyone who wants to talk about the ISS (It's So Simple) mouse traps. After you have asked your question, if you want to return to the ISS traps site, click the link at the upper left of the page or click here.
Monday, September 17, 2007
Please ask ISS mouse trap questions or make comments HERE:
This Blog is to converse with anyone who wants to talk about the ISS (It's So Simple) mouse traps. After you have asked your question, if you want to return to the ISS traps site, click the link at the upper left of the page or click here.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
6 comments:
When I received my trap, I got about what I thought I would get. The description on the web site tells all. It was shipped right out the same day I paid through PayPal.
This darn thing really works. I was skeptical, but I have caught about twenty mice in the last week or so (four one night) I had it set up in my garage but have since moved it outside. Been a couple of days with nothing now.
It's So Simple is certainly a good name. Can't believe it has never been thought of before.
B.W.
I used this system first to thin out my chipmunk population and it worked flawlessly. Instead of the cylinder with peanut butter, you fill the pail half way with water and put black sunflower bird seeds on the top.
Damn chipmunks think they found the mother load and dive in! Killed dozens!
Been using the can coated with peanut butter on a coat hanger over the pail and decimating the mice population in the attic. Gonna set one up in the shed too! Leave the dead mice in the open field next to the house to attract the owls. Nothing like air support for the war on varmints!
I guess this is more of a mouse behavior question, but does anybody have any idea how far away from the house i have to go to set a mouse free and keep him from returning? i live in an urban neighborhood, but very near a large park. (Tower Grove Park in St. Louis, if you happen to ever have been here.)
I was hoping the little mice might at least enter back into the food chain in the park, but i don't want them coming back to the house, of course....
Anonymous,
How far away one has to take a mouse to keep it from returning is all guess (if they survive to return). Mice get into an area (house) from following mouse scent; urine, which is left pretty much with every step. It does not matter what mouse left the scent, all mice will follow it. In theory, mice can travel a long way, going from one mouse trail to another. There is a lot of mouse scent in this world. In real life, most mice turned loose in a foreign environment, perish to a predator or starvation; many just die of shock. In your case, it will depend how many mice live in your park and if the mouse trail leads from the park to your house.
To keep mice out of your living area, you have to seal up all the holes from which mice can enter. Once you have had mice, the trail is into your house and others will follow. Even new houses have mouse scent because it is on the building supplies. The only mouse trails that disappear are those exposed to strong sunlight for an extended period. Mouse traps will eliminate a population, but at some point, another population will find your home. If you don't seal, you need to keep mouse traps out. Even if you seal tight, mice will wait by doors and sneak in when they are opened. I keep the ISS mouse traps set up on the outside around my buildings year around. I must admit that I use liquid and only check them once a week or so. We no longer have a mouse problem.
Hope this help.
Fred
Thirty years ago I had set out a 5 gallon bucket of vegetable peelings, etc. In the morning I planned to dump it for the deer, etc. We kept it out of our trash as we burned our dry trash, back when you could still do that out in our very rural area when it was safe (wet enough) to burn.
The next morning I found a mouse or two drowned in the bucket, as it had rained so the bucket had extra water.
I think I used this idea one time since then, but have never had a mouse problem in or around our home as we have abundance of cats and owls.
Now our son and daughter-in-law have a severe mice infestation and I wanted to see if there was anything new to this idea. Apparently not, but with helpful ideas to ensure success. So I will gather up several buckets, bacon grease and/or peanut butter, sticks, string and set some ISS mouse traps in and around their home.
Thank you for posting this, Fred.
Ann in WA State
Well said.
Post a Comment