Invention of the World's Best Mousetrap!
Written: Feb 10 '07
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Pros: Easy and safe to use.
Cons: Sometimes mice can be dumb.
The Bottom Line: This mousetrap works really great and you don't have to touch the mouse to release it.
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| Prepoia's Full Review: Reckitt & Coleman D-Con Covered Snap Mouse Trap |
We live on a lake and there are lots of critters that we have living around us. There is a nearby park area and a vacant lot next door to us and critters abound. However, we never really paid much attention to them until our faithful cat, Snoopy, died a couple of years ago. He must have been good for us not to notice before the pattern of field mice. The pattern is that when it begins to get really cold, they try to find someplace warm. That includes coming into houses. With him now gone, each late fall or early winter we get an influx of mice. Now, I’m not exactly talking a whole herd (or whatever more than one mouse is called) but we do get a couple each year.
I know we get them because the little mice that fit through somewhere in our home usually end up running across my living room/dining room area. Since that’s where my computer is located I have the adventure of facing them down (usually late at night) as I sit alone perusing websites. While I hate killing these little pests, I hate living with them more.
We tried a few things to catch them but the only one that has consistently done the job is the Reckitt & Coleman D-Con Covered Snap Mouse Trap. This trap is made to kill the rodent in the most humanely possible way. It doesn’t always quite work humanely but I’ve used them about a dozen times over the years with only one accidental death that was less than quick. When I bought my first trap, I figured there was D-Con poison somehow inside (I need to read directions) but you have to put in the bait yourself.
Why it’s so great.
It is great because you don’t have to actually see more than the tail of the mouse that you trapped. You don’t have to touch the mouse at all. The trap is a rectangular plastic case and the mouse goes for the bait and it snaps it tight. You then can go to the garbage and push down the release spring and the mouse falls into the garbage bag.
Each trap can be reused after the release of the dead mouse. I’ve actually only done this one time because I just don’t like putting the bait back on after a dead mouse has been inside the unit. Since the trap only costs about $3-$5 dollars and we don’t get many mice, I consider it a disposable unit.
What bait? Peanut butter is the preferred bait according to the directions. I, personally, believed that (like all those cartoons from years ago I watched) that mice would prefer cheese. So for the first few times, I baited it with cheese and found that mice didn’t take the bait. So, I then followed directions and place a pea size bit of peanut butter on the little round spot that is inside the unit and began catching mice.
The unit is sturdy. There is an opening with a hole in it that opens up for you to put in the bait. Once you’ve done that, you simply pull down on a rear lever to set the spring. Place the unit where you think the mice hang out and you are done until you have to empty the trap.
The only time the unit didn’t work properly was probably the fault of the mouse not the trap. He must have backed into the trap because when I got home from work that was the presentation I was greeted with. I’m only glad that I wasn’t home to hear the squealing that mice make when trapped (which I’ve experienced once and never want to experience again with another trap).
Another great thing about this trap is that it is safe around pets and kids. The spring unit is not exposed so it makes it more difficult for them to find and get hurt.
So, if you are looking for an inexpensive solution to mice migration I recommend this particular trap.
Recommended:
Yes
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