BYE BYE MICE!
by ROBERT
(BEAR ROCK, NH, USA)
The trap, if you want to call it that is very simple to construct and even more important, simple to empty.
Start with a five gallon plastic pail which are available everywhere. Home center if you must buy but recycling centers are good sources.
A coffee can with plastic lid and 2' of wire, grass trimmer line or even string.
Drill a wire size hole 1" below the bucket handle attachment points. Drill the same size hole in the center of the coffee can ends.
Usually the plastic end will have a center mark. Snap that over the metal end and drill both holes at the same time, using the center mark as a guide.
Attach one end of the wire to the bucket and slip the metal end of the coffee can onto the wire.
Slid the plastic can end onto the wire and snap it on the can. Attach the other end of the wire to the bucket squeezing the bucket between your knees so when you release your knees the wire is "tensioned".
Get a narrow board (2") and about 2' long. Put 2" of water in the bucket and place where the mice are and the dog isn't.
Coat the coffee can with Cabot cheddar and a film of cheese up the board which you rest against the bucket rim perpendicular to the coffee can.
The mice will follow the cheese scent to the top of the ramp, smell more on the coffee can and jump onto it only to have it turn and dump them into the water. Once they have met their demise pour them out and replace the water. If you don't put water in they can jump out.
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