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The problem with most traps is that they only catch one at a time. By far the most effective way to deal with a mouse problem is a bucket with a ramp leading up

The problem with most traps is that they only catch one at a time. By far the most effective way to deal with a mouse problem is a bucket with a ramp leading up to a cylinder(bought online) that spins and drops the mouse into the bucket when they come for the peanut butter taped to the cylinder. You can fill the bucket with water to drown them or something non lethal. It can catch many mice at once, they stay inside the trap once caught, and there’s no messy cleanup/ rebating. There’s nothing worse than a maimed mouse dragging a snap trap around your house all night…

dexterdog 5y ago
Yup. I had some in my attic with the start of cold weather. I put the bucket out for a night and had 7 in there the next morning.
danlugo92 5y ago
> There’s nothing worse than a maimed mouse dragging a snap trap around your house all night… Glue the trap to the floor?
- DiggyJohnson 5y ago
  Now you have a mouse trap glued to your floor?
kingcharles 5y ago
I had one of those and somehow the fuckers would always clean the cylinder and not fall in. I lubed the shit out of the cylinder too. I put a video camera on it. They would keep their back feet on the top of the ramp and stretch their whole body along the cylinder to lick it clean without tipping in.
- pcmaffey 5y ago
  That's crafty. I put the peanut butter in a ring of tape hanging around the middle of the cylinder. I did this to keep it from falling off into the water and eventually, getting moldy (I keep the bucket permanently set). It also means I almost never have to re-set it... I wonder, if something like that would be more difficult to reach stretched out. You also must have large mice.
- dave78 5y ago
  There's a YouTube guy who does mouse trap reviews and he loves the rolling log thing. he recently put up a new video on it and pointed out that you don't want the rolling log to be too easy to roll because then they are more careful venturing out on it. I also have one of those that I lubed up as well (not realizing that was a bad idea) in my garage and last fall I caught 11 mice in just a few days. 3 so far this year.

dexterdog 5y ago

Yup. I had some in my attic with the start of cold weather. I put the bucket out for a night and had 7 in there the next morning.

danlugo92 5y ago

> There’s nothing worse than a maimed mouse dragging a snap trap around your house all night… Glue the trap to the floor?

DiggyJohnson 5y ago
Now you have a mouse trap glued to your floor?

kingcharles 5y ago

I had one of those and somehow the fuckers would always clean the cylinder and not fall in. I lubed the shit out of the cylinder too. I put a video camera on it. They would keep their back feet on the top of the ramp and stretch their whole body along the cylinder to lick it clean without tipping in.

pcmaffey 5y ago
That's crafty. I put the peanut butter in a ring of tape hanging around the middle of the cylinder. I did this to keep it from falling off into the water and eventually, getting moldy (I keep the bucket permanently set). It also means I almost never have to re-set it... I wonder, if something like that would be more difficult to reach stretched out. You also must have large mice.
dave78 5y ago
There's a YouTube guy who does mouse trap reviews and he loves the rolling log thing. he recently put up a new video on it and pointed out that you don't want the rolling log to be too easy to roll because then they are more careful venturing out on it. I also have one of those that I lubed up as well (not realizing that was a bad idea) in my garage and last fall I caught 11 mice in just a few days. 3 so far this year.