Besides to wet cat or dog food, some mice like the dry food too. Dry cat or dog food has several advantages to its wet sibling.

Another good nesting material is floss. Get a non-scented floss and cut it up in pieces and see if the mice in your home will go for it. Placement of the boxes in the correct location is key for their acceptance. We recommend placing them within kitchen cupboards rather than directly on work surfaces, in voids associated with mice such as attic spaces or under the flooring and other locations away from human habitation. If you have other material lying around your house such as shredded paper, cardboard, and similar things, then you can try those as well.If you have little kids running around, then chances are they drop pieces of chocolate all over you house and the mice most likely come out at night to scoop those pieces up. Maple Syrup

The reason I wanted to go over the things mice do not like is because those are some of the things you shouldn’t try to use as bait or near your bait. But they will not work well as a mouse repellent. Best Bait for Mouse Traps Remove the boxes from the kit and place in the area of infestation. We recommend that the boxes are placed in voids away from human habitation, this may be under the kitchen plinths, under floorboards or within an attic space. We do not recommend placing boxes in exposed areas such as the hallway or under a chair.

There is no recommended size the floss should be, but trying about 1 inch in length first and seeing if that works. Do not make it too short or too long. Other Nest Building Materials

You need to figure out what type of food he or she is eating in your home right now. In most cases, that will be the same type of food you, your family and your pets are eating. Nesting Material Bait So let’s go over some of the things mice love and hate, sound good? What Mice Love Mouse eating a nut in its natural environment. Lastly and most importantly, any proofing works must be undertaken to prevent rodents from re-gaining access. Proofing for brown rats should be straightforward as their holes can be more obvious and easier to proof. A common access point within domestic premises is via the drainage, in which a guard can be fitted to stop further ingress. House mice can be more difficult, if not impossible, so we recommend that users prove any obvious holes internally and externally. Fort Products has several options for proofing. Legal Product Information The most common issue when controlling brown rats or house mice is users under-baiting an infestation. A small amount of rodenticide to control a larger population can result in continuous activity over a long period, bait shyness from a sub-lethal dosage and in extreme cases, resistance to the active ingredients. Whilst it can be difficult to predict the qty required, the average infestation is likely to need between 600g-1kg for brown rats and 150g-300g for house mice. Therefore, treating a farm will likely require a significantly higher bait than a small population in domestic premises. To put it simply, use the food in your house for your mouse trap. Don’t go out buying something specifically for a mouse. If he survived fine with your current food, then that means you don’t need to buy anything else.

Hazard statement(s): H373 May cause damage to organs (Blood) through prolonged or repeated exposure. Although mice are not going to find cat or dog food in the wild, they often to find it outside on people’s porches and patios where they feed their dogs or cats. That’s why mice have come to love that food as well. Mice love nuts in general, but when it’s in butter form, it is even better. They can eat it fast and they do not have to chew much. Besides that, peanut butter is also very fatty, which is one of the main criteria for mouse bait. Cheese There might come a time when you’ve used many different baits and have not had any success. The reason for this could be that the bait is wrong, placement of mouse trap is wrong, or the type of mouse trap you have is wrong. If the bait is wrong, you need to really look around your house to see what your mouse might be eating. There are some specialty rodent attractant gels in the market which claims to be the best bait ever. But in my testing and from reading around other people’s experience with these gels, they do not work any better than food.

Take a cotton ball and cut it up in a bunch of smaller pieces, then add it to your mouse trap. To get the mouse comfortable with the material, try adding it next to the mouse trap as well to see if the mouse takes that piece first. Floss Brodifacoum is a single-take rodenticide bait meaning that the mice only have to consume a small amount over 1 feed to obtain a fatal dose. Warning: May cause damage to organs (Blood) through prolonged or repeated exposure. Contains 1, 2- Benzisothiazolin-3-one. May produce an allergic reaction. To avoid risks to human health and the environment, comply with the instructions for use. Precautionary statement(s): P260 Do not breathe dust. P314 Get medical advice/ attention if you feel unwell. P501 Dispose of contents/ container in accordance with national regulations Place the trap where you have seen signs of rodent activity or along the wall where rodents primarily travel. The end of the trap where the metal pedal is baited should be placed flush against the wall.Why would a lab-created mysterious gel that a mouse has never tried before work better than the delicious food the mouse is used to eating? It will depend on whether the mouse you have accustomed to this type of food, but try getting a can of wet cat or dog food and trying it on your trap. Dry Cat or Dog Food