Live Baits

[Roland]

Don't bother live trapping mice.  They'll come back the next day!

Read this report on the amazing navigational instinct of mice.

 

http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/mus_musc.htm      An excellent non commercial web site. Good  descriptions  and photos of the house mouse  and numerous other mammals.

 

http://www.ext.nodak.edu/extnews/askext/wildpest/322.htm    

Rodent control tips from the University of North Dakota.

 

http://pestcontrolcanada.com/rodents.htm

 

Canibalism

http://ladywildlife.com/animal/cannibalisminanimals.html

 

[Roland]

And the reason I research this ... http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~insrisg/nature/nw03/0224housemice.htm

 

Is to day I found in the trap a mouse hat had had it shouler etc. etean away.

Knew it was a rat or there wouldn't be any mice in the trap... they don't mix as rat eat them...

[Roland]

Lol it should have read:

the reason is that to day I found in the trap a mouse that had had it shoulder, neck  etc. eaten away.

I knew it wasn't  a rat for there wouldn't be any mice in the trap... they don't mix as rat eat them...

[Guest]

And the reason I research this ... http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~insrisg/nature/nw03/0224housemice.htm

 

Is to day I found in the trap a mouse hat had had it shouler etc. etean away.

Knew it was a rat or there wouldn't be any mice in the trap... they don't mix as rat eat them...

 

mice will eat parts of thenselves like rats roland to get away from a trap my dog has killed hunners and no wit not a wan had any navigational instincts  cause none have come back;D ;D ;D

[gangster]

mouse glue or pads once they touch them they aint going nowhere///////////////

[Roland]

Yes I knew that Sammy thanks mate... and knew that some animals will eat trapped anials... but was suprised a mite like. Shouldn't have been really on reflection I suppose.