




United States Department of the Interior 
“ Fish and Wailclife Service 
Wiildiite Teafiet 234 
Chicago, Jill. 
Prepared in the Division of Predator and Rodent Control 
House mice in the home, on a small farm, or in a business establish- 
ment may often be kept under control by trapping. The small wooden base 
snap traps and a small all-metal snap tran now on the market give good 
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use plenty. Rebait and reset ail. trans each evening and place them in ' 
such manner that the mice sana pass ever the trigger in, following t 
natural runways along walls, behind objeds, or wherever partial ewe 
ment is afforded. Traps are most effective when set near the garbage 
Paw) am whe. pantry, kitchen, or cellar, or wherever a mouse 1s likely to 
be attracted by food. 
Fresh bait is essential and preferably. should be tied to the trigger 
of the trap. Fresh bread, cake, and doughnuts are dependable baits, but 
these should be varied with others, as peanut butter, chocolate candy, 
cheese, fried bacon, sardines, apple parings, nut meats, or bananas. 
Roiliigc oats, flour, or other cereal may be Sorinieled lightly over the 
trap as an additional attraction. 
It is frequently possible to use the small wooden base trap without 
any food bait by making a "trail set". To do this, the first procedure 
is to enlarge the snali trigger by cutting a piece of corrugated boxing 
cardboard the size to fit inside the square wire loop of the trap and 
then slipping this cardboard section onto the trigzer. ‘The resulting 
platform prevides a much larger trigger surface. This oS Crapy aS 
placed in a mouse runway with cher veikecer ay might angles, to the wallaliy@r 
other solid object. An inspection every dav or so to remove any dead 
mice and to keep the trap set is sufficient. 
POTSONING 
oning is sometimes 
pencing on the 
ned bait that will 
ther is a fresh 
For the control of mice on a larger Scale, pois 
necessary. Two kinds of lethal baits may be used, de 
location and local goer ten One is a stable pois 
remain effective for a long period of time, and the 
bait to be prepared with a poison and used at once. 
Stable baits. -— The use of lethal baits is often desired for the 
protection of property in homes or camps that are used periodically and 
shut up for part cf the year; also in certain other kinds of buildings. 
Three lethal baits are suggested: 
