A soda can looks too small to catch anything bigger than a mouse, and that’s mostly true. So how do you make homemade rat traps that work with soda cans? A soda can is too small to hold a rat, but it makes a great spinning bait roller. Mount it on a wire over a … Read more
Snap traps are still one of the most reliable ways to deal with rats, but plenty of people run into the same problem. They set a trap, and the rat either avoids it completely or steals the bait without ever tripping it. A few smart tweaks and builds can fix that. So what are the … Read more
Store-bought glue traps can get expensive, especially if you’re dealing with a real mouse problem and need to set out several at once. That’s enough to make anyone wonder if they could just make their own at home. After all, how hard can it be to create something sticky enough to trap a mouse? So … Read more
A bucket mouse trap is one of those things that sounds too simple to actually work. But it’s been used on farms, in garages, and in cabins for years. It does work, and often better than the snap traps sitting in your kitchen drawer. If you’ve got mice getting into your food or chewing on … Read more
Finding mouse droppings in a kitchen drawer, or hearing that faint scratching in the wall at night, is enough to make anyone want mice gone fast. Store bought traps work fine, but they cost money. And a trip to the store isn’t always something you want to deal with at 11 PM. So what homemade … Read more
Not everyone wants to kill a rat just because it’s found its way into a garage or shed. If you’d rather catch and release, building a humane trap yourself is easier than you might think. So how do you build a DIY humane rat trap that actually works? A few DIY humane rat traps that … Read more
Rats living in your yard are a different challenge than rats living in your house. Rain, competing food sources, and animals like raccoons and squirrels all get in the way of a trap that would work perfectly indoors. So what homemade rat traps actually work outside? A few homemade rat traps that work well outdoors … Read more
If you’ve gone shopping for a way to catch a mouse, you’ve probably noticed the same product gets called a few different things. Glue trap, glue board, sticky trap, they all show up on packaging and store shelves seemingly at random. So is there an actual difference between a glue trap and a glue board, … Read more
If you’ve ever stood in the hardware store aisle wondering whether you need ID to buy a mouse trap, you’re not alone. Products like rat poison, glue traps, glue boards, and sticky traps can look like they might fall under some kind of restricted sale rule, similar to alcohol or spray paint. So do you … Read more
Glue traps, also known as glue boards or sticky traps, have long been a common way to deal with mice and rats. A sticky board goes down along a wall, and whatever walks across it gets stuck in place. For years, they sat on hardware store shelves across Scotland without much scrutiny. That’s no longer … Read more