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
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
Nothing’s more frustrating than checking a trap and finding the bait gone, but no mouse. That usually means one thing: your trap isn’t sensitive enough to catch what’s setting it off. A mouse only weighs about half an ounce to an ounce. That’s not much weight to trigger a mechanism built for slightly heavier rodents. … Read more
If you’ve ever set out mouse poison, you may have heard the old claim that it makes mice thirsty. The idea is that it sends them outside to find water, so they don’t die and smell up your walls. It’s a popular idea, and it sounds like it makes sense. So is there any truth … Read more
Rat poison isn’t just used for rats. Many people use the same products to control mice in their homes, sheds, and garages. But mice are much smaller than rats, and you might wonder if the poison works differently on them. If you’re using rat poison for mice, you’re probably wondering how long until you stop … Read more
If you’ve watched mice carefully, you might have seen them doing something odd with their feet. They’ll sometimes rapidly tap or vibrate their hind feet against the ground in quick succession. This behavior looks like drumming or thumping, and it happens in specific situations. So why do mice vibrate their feet? Mice vibrate their feet … Read more