We have a bit of a situation here at 83 Durant Street. It's a critter situation. About a week ago, we heard some scratch scratch scratching coming from somewhere around the pantry. Later, we heard it in the wall and the ceiling above the office. We have see no signs whatsoever inside; however, it's clear that we have a mouse in the house. More specifically, a mouse (OK, so we're hoping it's a mouse, and just one mouse) in the walls. What to do?
We got some of those old school snappy Victor traps. Jake placed three upstairs, in the attic. We baited with peanut butter, as we hear that is popular with the young mice these days. The next morning, Jake popped his head up into the attic, and made a rather shocking discovery:
two traps are completely GONE.
one trap was sprung, with no peanut butter left.
So we have a situation. We should note that the traps being GONE means, at this point, that they can't be seen from the attic hatch. We're not sure where they are, but we also haven't done any looking around up there. They have definitely moved, but whether that is because they sprung & moved, or whether a little creature decided to take the trap home to build a nest, we don't yet know. We just haven't had a chance to get up there and look around. Maybe tomorrow. Or maybe Monday, you know, to be in the Christmas spirit.
In any case, we haven't heard any of the scratching sounds since the day we set the traps. Perhaps we just haven't been listening at the right times. And still no signs of them inside.
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As someone whose hunting skills pretty much focus on mice (and discounted PS2 games), peanut butter is not my first bait of choice. I find that a little bit of hot dog crammed tightly into the catch works well.
ReplyDeleteWhen I had used peanut butter, the mice were able to eat the bait without setting off the trap. Then again I was living in New Jersey at the time, so it's probably safe to assume that the Mob was involved too.
Good hunting!