CFP:
Some financial gurus claim such “connected” things are soon to become the “new standard” of a “multi-trillion” dollar industry. Just invest now in this or that and, in no time flat, you’ll be able to share in the pie and become rich beyond belief. Even “Sharks” are now trying to feed on little mice (see the screenshot nearby), still I wonder:
What do the Mice think of that?
Rhetorically speaking, do the mice now need i-devices too? Should they invest in “Apps” that would allow them to foil the traps? Aren’t there already enough types of mouse traps that work as designed? Clearly, this is a matter that is critical for the survival of the species and requires a detailed analysis. Calling upon all mice: Beware! Anything overlooked could spell disaster for mouse-kind!
Trapping Advice
Have you ever had to use some traps to catch “any”-kind, perhaps with less success than hoped for? If yes, hear me out, I have some valuable advice.
Let me begin by stating my (semi)-professional trapping experience that includes a variety of fleet-footed rodents on two continents. For example, I managed to trap a “coat-full” of muskrats in Europe at a time when there was a bounty on them—for good reason, I might add. The bounty was there to reduce a highly destructive overpopulation (of this introduced species) at the time and the pelt was another benefit for the trapper. In addition, I can claim that mice, rats, and other rodents are on my list of achieved trappings. Clearly then, I have some experience in the trapping art.
And now, I’m willing to give you my most secret trapping advice, free of charge:
Don’t forget to “Back-Stop” your Traps!
Traps not only need to be properly baited, they also need to be placed and backstopped correctly. Any trap that’s not secured in a way that would allow it to function as intended will, most likely, be unsuccessful and may get tripped but without catching the intended target. Even a “dumb” mouse can easily move a common mouse trap along a smooth floor and set it off (intentionally or not) and escape its catching-bar. The same holds true for traps intended for other unwanted visitors.
Well, it sounds like such foresight may soon become superfluous. Modern high-tech i-devices (equipped with the right i-phone app) are going to give your uninvited house-guests a run for the money. At least that’s the impression one can get from the idea of “internet-connected mousetraps—the future of pest control”—and who (in his/her right mind) could possibly argue with such “Silicon-Valley” derived progressive thinking?
DONT FORGET TO SET YOUR CLOCKS AHEAD ONE HOUR
@Just my opinion: Engaging the flux capacitor in my DeLorean as we speak.
The most glaring problem with this is that mice (and other rodents) aren’t computer literate and they don’t care if your “devices” are connected to the internet or not.
A few years ago, a mouse found his way into my garage (I saw his tail is the only way I knew he was there). I set a trap with a piece of cheese for him. Within a few minutes, he walked right up to the trap and proceeded to sit on top of the trap mechanism and eat the cheese I had used as bait. He was a cute little fella and seemed to think that I was feeding him because as I watched out of the window in my door, he started coming toward the door. I loaded up my pellet rifle and dispatched him before he could come into the house.
But even though I only pumped the rifle twice (using a BB), the BB ricocheted around the garage a few times and eventually put a small hole in the glass in my garage door LOL. Funny thing is, while I kinda felt sorry for the little fella, I didn’t feel like I was killing an ancestor or anything by killing this vermin (if I believed that evolution as it is taught these days had any truth whatsoever to it, I might think I was somehow spawned from him in the grand scheme of things).
The best mouse trap is a cat. As soon as we got a cat I’ve only seen one mouse that he caught.
Tin Cat using peanut butter and sunflower seeds for bait. Once the little buggers get in you just need to dunk the trap in a bucket of water or lake or stream for about 10 minutes or so.
Every fall the mice come in and every fall I catch them in the tin cat without fail.
http://www.victorpest.com/store/mouse-control/live-traps?utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Adwords%20-%20General%20-%20Branded&utm_term=tin%20cat%20trap&utm_content=Branded%20-%20Tin%20Cat
Screw that shit. Where’s my damned flying car??
What?
I din’t get any of that …
Poor Muskie … Deputy Dawg’ll be heartbroke …
I don’t even own a cell phone.
peanut butter, on any type of trap. weight the trap, so critters can’t ‘walk off’ with it.
I put my mouse traps outside, to catch the mice before they get into the house.
Looks like an awesome gadget to try. Currently I’m using the Victor Electric Rat Trap that also works fine.