Tomcat Mouse Snap Traps 2-Pack

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Modern plastic snap traps fixed most of what people disliked about the old wooden ones. They set with a squeeze rather than a fiddly hook, the jaws are enclosed enough to be safer around fingers, they can be emptied without touching the mouse, and they wash up and go back into service. For most household mouse problems they are the best first choice — faster than bait, no toxin in the house, no dead mouse decomposing inside a wall, and no risk of poisoning a cat that catches a poisoned mouse. Placement decides everything. Mice run along walls and under cover, and they live in territories only a few metres across, which means a trap has to be where the mouse already goes. Set traps flush against a wall with the trigger end toward the wall, in the corners and behind the objects where you have found droppings or gnawing. Two traps in one active spot beat two traps in two guesses — mice are not trap-shy the way rats are, so you can set them the first night. Bait small and sticky. A pea-sized dab of peanut butter worked into the trigger works better than a large piece a mouse can steal, and chocolate, dried fruit or a bit of bacon are all effective. Nesting material — a scrap of cotton or dental floss — works surprisingly well in winter. Check them daily, wear gloves to empty them, and wash your hands. Set them where a dog, cat or child cannot get at them, since the spring will pinch hard. And do the part that actually ends the problem: find the gap they came in through, because a mouse fits through a hole the width of a pencil, and seal it.