Mice Monday - Ep.1 - Why Mouse Traps DON'T WORK!

[@joniboulware1436]

People have forgotten the basics for getting rid of mice. Traps work but your pointers are great.

[@GreenAkersPC]

The main issue with a lot of people is understanding “trap shyness” and why, if you’re using traps, they stop working. It’s so important to pick up the traps as soon as a mouse is trapped

[@garthenar]

I'm saving this to show everyone who's been getting on me about wearing gloves and spraying things down with Lysol.

[@friendlystranger167]

Tootsie Rolls are the best trap bait. Warm a little and mold it to the trigger. Malases based. More effort needed to clean the trap equaling more catches. Your point about emptying the trap quickly is VERY important.

[@trainier]

The Victor traps that have the yellow plastic base have a sensitivity setting. The left side is labeled "F" for firm and the right side is labeled "S" for sensitive. Also, the best place to locate the bait on these traps is actually under the base, especially when using peanut butter or marshmallow fluff.

[@TheS65]

What do you if they are not using the wall as a conduit? I have some Einstein mice who are b-lining across my living room since they are privy to wall-lined traps.

[@tickyul]

I use the traps with the all metal triggering-mechanism and tweak it into a hair-trigger..............kinda harder to set, but the trap goes off at the slightest touch. Don't let the metal trigger get rusty, the trap will not go off as easily, leading to stolen bait.

[@jw2par]

The tootsie rolls work best for me . Half a melted tootsie roll over the triangle part of the trap , let I harden.

[@caveman3021]

I watched a mouse clean peanut butter off a mousetrap 3 times without triggering it. I know theres an art to setting them so it was on a hair trigger, old school metal with no plastic tab. His luck ran out the next day as I found him upside down when I came back from work. ; ) Im glad you mention the urine and the blood scaring off other mice, as when I say this to people they look at me like Im crazy. Theyre not dumb...they know what a mousetrap is! Great video...thanks : )

[@fabiankirtonbunny8185]

i like your idea you have , i have the new trap , i put the cheese on the trap and it was gone , so i stuck it inside the little brass and he or she was done dead , the traps are very good trust me .

[@Samuelfish2k]

Smart man using the gloves! Some people don’t think. Next move they go use the restroom and then what have you done to yourself....

[@bobbythisisgreatthankgodpl5039]

YES GUYS ,KEEPING A CLEAN BODY AND HOME. CLASS THANKS FOR 'THIS WATCH ON GOOD HEALTH.

[@TT-id3dp]

@@bobbythisisgreatthankgodpl5039 Facts bruh

[@echt114]

This guy is way more competent than Mr Haney, Eb, or the others.

[@WickedFader]

I bought 4 new classic Victor wooden mouse traps. Had a mouse problem so bad I could see them running during the day. I caught 1 after 2-3 weeks of being daily dilligentn with all the traps. The peanut butter bait would typically be gone from them too, and traps set off. And yes, I only put the bit in that bucket as describes (well, the equivalent, used the traps with the smaller metal trigger pad rather than big yellow plastic piece. At a house in another state, many years ago, the same traps worked brilliantly. I bought the Tomcat plastic traps, for the more recent issue, every day i had mice in it until I had no more mice. Just started getting them again in the summer. Saw one in the late evening. near a cabinent. I had a trap still set up there from winter, with old bait, looked in the cabinent, and there was a dead mouse. I didn't think it could have been the same mouse, because I didn't hear a noise between seeing the mouse and finding the trap filled. Removed mouse, rebaited, next morning, another mouse was in there. Good chance that mouse had seen the prior dead one. And because of their nightly success rate last winter, I am pretty sure these mouse were not getting trap shock. So last winter I would check them daily, rarely did I hear the traps go off. And there was no problem catching new mice. I question the thing about the urine. Because if mice urine signals to other mice "here's an entrance into the home i've been using" (this may have been a different video by Green Akers), why would that same smell repel them on a trap? However, I do believe Green Akers. I have experience with mice in 2 homes. He has far more than me. But based on my observations on the same trap style working well in one state, and not in another. Also based on some of the different reports I'm seeing in this video from what I've observed irl. I think that what it shows are that mice are inconsistent. My advice, if you trap for mice, is to start what Green Akers advised, but realize that your mice may behave differently. Mine seem to have no trap aversion. I've only had my plastic traps half a year, but I will keep using them and rinsing them off between kills. I'm sure rinsing doesn't remove all the smells that mice can detect, but I will probably get extended life out of them. I won't replace them until they start working, but great advice to know that if they do stop, baked in odors could be why. Thanks for the advice video! I think it's great knowledge, I just wanted to express when I'd seen something different. And have no doubt that when I saw something different, there's a real possibility that I just have different mice, and that for many mice those things in the video holds true. Or holds true in their service area.

[@ManuelCamarena0725]

I have an infestation in the back yard. Some are big some are small. I hear them in the walls sometimes. I think ima set the bucket trap and catch em all hopefully.

[@KStewart-th4sk]

I bought these Victor mouse traps with the YELLOW PAD and am finding them impossible to set. Mine doesn't have the "V" cut-out like that one---7 holes of different sizes and a moon shaped cut out. When I FINALLY got one to HOLD it went off when i tried setting it down. I was on another site where people were complaining about the SAME THING. Finding them impossible to set or going off when setting down. ANY IDEAS? I am disgusted with them and prefer the metal catch. Plastic too slippery?

[@xmchillin]

Hey K. --- I had the same problem. I screwed the mouse trap on the end of a small board about 6-8 inches longer than the trap. i.e., length of a paint stirrer (only thicker). Control is no problem AND...if it's a larger rodent, it's not going to drag the smaller traps away. Hope this helps.

[@LeonardE-ll9bd]

when i first put down the trap.. it missed and the meat feel off but he never came back for the meat lol.. Im gonna try the peanut butter with baking soda & see if that works..

[@MobileDecay]

Since I put my traps down the mouse runs on top of the baseboards to avoid it. 😟

[@GreenAkersPC]

MobileDecay happens all the time

[@lofiDigitalArt2]

I try that as well put the peanut butter in that hole and they still lick it all with out setting it off

[@margaretbriefs7347]

Best info I've heard, thanks!!

[@chickenchad9814]

Great info man! Thought i knew what there was to know, glad i watched. Subbed too

[@GreenAkersPC]

Dan Lardo thanks :)

[@loveofdogs]

I hadn't known about the urine factor with snap traps and now wonder if my electric traps can be ruined the same way? I thought of that when you mentioned about mice staying away due to smelling uring on the trap and wondered about that. So, then am I wasting my time/money buying electric traps? What are your thoughts? Thanks.

[@GreenAkersPC]

loveofdogs if it’s working for you go for traps but I personally have better results with bait stations but in the 2nd video of this playlist I go over poison

[@EccoWolf1]

Mice are smart too, I understand that they don't belong in the house and they carry things, but at the same time I kinda hate killing them. I do trap them though because it's nessicary, and hate when they get into things, just had to throw out a bag of kidney beans todday because it had been chewed open.

[@GreenAkersPC]

Ecco wolf that's a shame. Death to a pot of chili before it was even born :(

[@EccoWolf1]

They come into the house every year because they get scared out of the field behind our house during harvest season. But we try to nip the issue in the bud when it starts. I have been in houses where the mice have been so Brazen they will basically pop out to say hi to you expecting you to give them a scrap of food.

[@GreenAkersPC]

Ecco wolf I don’t mind feeding them lol

[@GreenAkersPC]

haha of course!

[@SmackWaterMack001]

Theyve totally destroyed the wiring, my carpet, and my water storage tanks in my RV, to the price of $2100 in repairs. *THEY DESERVE DEATH*

[@pamelarobinette6021]

Hi I just found you on KZbin. Thank you for all the videos! Very informative! I realize this is an older video but I’m hoping you will still see my question…what is the best mice bait you recommend? Unfortunately it’s no longer found on Amazon or the link isn’t going through. So I’m hoping you can give me the name of it so I can Google it and find somewhere else if Amazon no longer carries it. Thank you for your help!

[@GreenAkersPC]

Try this link www.amazon.com/shop/greenakerspestcontrolllc

[@juliemacarz1288]

Warmed up squashed tootsie rolls work every time, they're real sticky & require an effort to pull off bait

[@6CAT736]

I work in a grocery store and our pest control people leave the mice dead in the traps for sometimes days before getting rid of the dead mouse

[@GreenAkersPC]

That’s awful

[@alexxboehringer9092]

Changed how I had my traps after watching this video thanks man

[@elainepatterson6996]

How do they get the peanut butter but don't set it off

[@cbaxter6527]

The mouse licks from the side for the yellow plate design. They must put their full weight on the yellow plate to depress it and trigger; hence the bait must be hard to remove. Also, if they come from behind then they are not standing on the trigger and may remove all the bait. I use the Victor version with the plate lifted only 1/4", I hear Tom Cat versions lift high and are less sensitive. I caught one the other day with rancid peanut butter; it was eating stale cheap chocolate coating from a hard softcream center (what a pig?). It was caught across the palm of its front limb shattering multiple bones. I had to dispatch the critter using an empty deep spaghetti sauce can. Green Akers is correct; you must check traps when you hear the snap. It is not always a head or spine kill. By the way, there was a big bite from the stale peanut butter. They don't seem to be picky eaters; maybe Reese's should make super tiny peanut butter cups.

[@mattbortz10]

Mix a tiny bit of cotton with attractant or peanut butter, the cotton gets caught in their teeth and will trigger the trap, you will get them guaranteed.

[@sharyn4271]

Lol, I’m here because I tried that. The little buggers took the gauze with peanut butter. 🤦‍♀️

[@scottielover5415]

I have found no matter what food or where I place the traps, that method doesn't work. The mice eat or take away the food, but don't trip the trap. My greatest success has been the sticky/glue traps. Reviews have stated that you can hear them trying to escape, I haven't experienced that. Easy to dispose of. I've taken a broom, stuck it in the glue, lifted it and shook it inside garbage can. I don't have to look at it OR touch a trap. Works for me.

[@markrm16]

The Times Up mouse trap is worth a try, IMO. I killed 58 mice in 2021, and I've killed 54 in the 5 weeks since I retired my old traps. Placing traps inside a tunnel, which only allows mice to approach the trap head-on makes a huge difference. Mine are made out of scrap timber, with a 1/2" hole to only let mice inside, and to keep unwanted animals out (like cats sticking their paws inside). A very good bait to try is egg mayonnaise.

[@hollyroxy25]

I really hate glue traps but for a really bad infestation I was advised to use 3 methods at the same time, glue traps, poison & snap traps. After catching them in the glue trap I’ll put it in a grocery bag & double bag it that way they can’t breathe long & die sooner instead of laying there suffering a slow death

[@GreenAkersPC]

@holly Suffocating is a pretty bad way to die as well. It’s actually against the law for trappers because it’s considered inhumane

[@hollyroxy25]

@@GreenAkersPC really?? I was told they’d die quicker that way. Then I was also told they die in pain with poison too & that’s why they squeak more after eating poison. What would you recommend for a really bad infestation?

[@GreenAkersPC]

@@hollyroxy25 sounds like a lot of misinformation…I recommend talon wearherblok for rodents. It’s good poison and you usually won’t even smell them if they die in the home. You do need to use bait stations but it’s extremely effective

[@patti354]

I use new snap traps. I use all types of bait. The mice will not go near the traps. In 10 months I only caught one. They are in my apartment walls, couch and box spring for my bed. They will not go near the traps or glue boards. I always wear gloves. Why won't they go near them?

[@GreenAkersPC]

Patti they are trap shy

[@stevenhulbert7540]

@Patti-Take a raw almond, using a nail, scrape off some of the skin. Take a small screw and screw a little into the back of the almond. Push the almond onto the pointy trigger enough to secure it, caught 2 that way.

[@leonpse]

Put all your food in containers or storage that they cannot get to and all the dishes and put lids on all the garbage cans. Clean up a the house where they have as few places to hide as possible. Seal and blick all the holes in the walls and doors. Mice will eat paper, so put that away too. Have nothing on the ground. Put the traps in the few places left that they can hide like under a cabinet, behind frig,, etc. Make it so the only food is on the traps.

[@dlpfan-ot6bf]

Maybe that's why I had problems killing them be for I used same dust pan over and over put trap on dust pan they throw it garbage put new trap on on old pan I tried bucket thing that didn't work I don't know why

[@martianleader1]

How do u set mouse traps against a wall if no wall is flat? My walls curve at the end.

[@annielee2897]

Thank you for the grat info.

[@icbaicba7765]

I have had 2 companies come in and drop all sorts of poisons. I have snap traps, sticky traps etc. tried finding any holes. can't see where they are coming from but destructive and still not going into any traps.

[@margaretbriefs7347]

Same here what do we do?

[@aaronfirlotte3354]

Very simple bait new trap. Discard used trap after kill, Rebait a new trap and set and so on. Mice like it when its quiet and no ones around.Always bait trap with very little bait, if you have regular mouse traps bait it in the metal so the mouse has to touch the trigger to get to the bait. IT WORKS. Bait peanut butter & wet cat food.

[@billrcarter]

Thank you for what you do. The peanut butter worked.

[@amaxlite]

it doesn't work for me - even though the bait is very effective to lure the mouse - it's able to lick it off without setting off the trap

[@GreenAkersPC]

Try a piece of foam or a piece of insulation tied to the trigger. Mice LOVE nesting material

[@loveofdogs]

Thanks for the great video! I appreciate the fundamental explanations, like how to actually place the trap. I hadn't known that basic step until I looked it up on youtube a while ago(of course I could've read the instructions but assumed there wouldn't be any for a simple snap trap and just figured I knew better. =) I think it's important and am greatful that some folks are thinking of the complete novice when illustrating mouse trapping. I was tired of not getting mice when I decided to look it up and realized that I had been placing them wrong(parallel). I'm catching more mice now but am still looking up info as you can see, because as you said, traps are not fool-proof.

[@xHOLLlSTERx]

Super glue a piece of dog food with peanut butter on top and they’ll try to pry it off then BOOM! Got em.

[@COlson-rh3dg]

Your right. Thats the only way to go. Corn or sunflower seeds work good too.

[@lc4life369]

I've seen videos of mice eating right off these type of traps without setting it off.nor they escape after they get trapped.

[@GreenAkersPC]

I have seen mice chew their feet off to get off of a glue board..

[@EccoWolf1]

I won't use glue traps, Heck I'm not a fan of the plastic traps we use, part of the time those will snap down on the mouse fatally injuring them but not killing them immediately so it draws it out.

[@GreenAkersPC]

Ecco wolf I agree. I have never used glue traps for mice..its in my honest opinion, inhumane

[@EccoWolf1]

Exactly I'm not about torturing them, I really don't hold anything against mice, they're just trying to survive like the rest of us, but they pose a health risk to us so getting rid of them sadly is nessicary. If it weren't for disease and their tendency get into our food I wouldn't mind them so much.

[@jimcash9154]

You can adjust the sensitivity of these style traps. Trigger to the left side for firm, to the right for more sensitive. There is a letter F and S on bait tray. You can also bend the end of the trigger up or down slightly to change the sensitivity. Plastic bait tray, Victor brand the best.

[@barbaradebarger7212]

Last night I used a snap trap and killed a large rat. First time user

[@hennessy6996]

Have you any advice for rats?

[@GreenAkersPC]

Big Ric be diligent. They can be bait shy right in the beginning. Try to remove all sources of food so they have no option but bait

[@hennessy6996]

Hey, would you believe the rat still did not bite after many days, one morning I got up caught him off guard (I'm guessing because he did not see me) and was able to drop a bat on his head and end him. I still have my traps out, nothing yet though.

[@mmusic9681]

I catch mice in the same trap daily!

[@GreenAkersPC]

Just for the record I never said mouse traps didn’t work I explain why they don’t work

[@patstevens1913]

Thank you

[@GreggF65]

It’s actually a different model but it’s the same company but it did work very well of course.

[@vistaprime]

peanut butter. all they did was lick it off an the trap doesn't go off. it's the worst to use.

[@GreenAkersPC]

vistaprime it's really all in where you place the peanut butter.

[@elmaster6207]

vistaprime O man, the trap I bought worked like a charm, but I guess is just luck.

[@Peaceriverwarrior]

I can't count the number of mice I have trapped using peanut butter.

[@techguy3507]

vistaprime Rather than peanut butter I melt a tootsie roll or Hi Chew onto the bait cup. They tug and pull and I get ‘em. Others tie string around the bait cup and then put on PB.

[@con9tessa]

I experienced that today...I left the room and they ate the peanut butter and the trap never went off!

[@PsykoHoneyWeed]

Yes, replace every year

[@looklogan]

The best bait to use in the trap is liver sausage.

[@GreenAkersPC]

Tom Thompson I feel like you have an interesting story behind this comment

[@traningday]

Mouse traps work very well for me the main thing I did was switch the bait for time to time sometimes bacon peanut butter whole grain bread they like the bread and peanut butter the most.

[@chillkidalso5371]

Matthew McConaughey getting into character for a role as a pest control guy who falls in love with a quirky wedding caterer.

[@GreenAkersPC]

So you’re a writer?

[@chillkidalso5371]

@@GreenAkersPC I'm what you might call an... "unpublished"... writer.

[@GreenAkersPC]

As long as I get the girl in the end I’m all set

[@chillkidalso5371]

@@GreenAkersPC honestly if you focus on being a good man who loves God and keep improving at your career, you are holding a great hand of cards. You'll lock down an awesome wife if you don't make her your journey but let her discover your journey with you.

[@bechworth1]

Thank you!

[@joemagnets9940]

I found THAT THE MICE WILL GENTLY LICK THE PEANUT BUTTER GENTLY OUT OF THE 'BUCKET'. Sometimes it does catch a mouse, but not all the time. BUT if you lift that little V shaped piece of plastic on the pedestal and JAMB a half of a peanut UNDER that V piece of plastic, and also smear a little peanut butter in the 'bucket' and on that half of peanut UNDER the V plastic, it will rarely be touched by a mouse without the mouse becoming a victim. A reason to NOT place the TRAP the way the announcer says, with the pedestal closest to the wall, that when the mouse does 'spring' the trap, the spring will send the trap flying in the opposite direction, and will actually move the trap away from where the mouse is standing, missing the mouse and also feeding the mouse. but with the pedestal away from the wall, when the spring is sprung, the wall will stop the trap from flying away from the mouse. Naturally, if ya got pets that like peanut butter, dogs and birds, then place the trap where they can't get at it, very painful. I would say that poison should never be used, just too dangerous to other animals.

[@GreenAkersPC]

A good bait to use is a piece of nesting material like insulation and tie it to the trap

[@martianleader1]

Is thePIC® Discreet and Reusable Mouse Trap Set worth getting for $8?

[@jw2par]

Yea I never reuse traps

[@bmoshareholderappleshareho855]

You might catch 3 or 4, but after a while, they wise up.They know that's a trap.

[@whez08]

They also forget quickly. In 2-3 days they will start going in the trap again. Besides, I don't know if the survivors get traumatized, but they surely feed on the trapped mice.

[@kirbylee57]

The ones that know its a trap are dead, and gone.

[@GreenAkersPC]

This is a series where I go over different ways to kill mice. It is part of a playlist

[@Felicidade101]

love this video :D

[@brendaspooner9518]

get to the point!! The peanut butter is eaten but the trap does not off. They are getting fat!!

[@kirbylee57]

If a mouse trap dont work, what does?

[@GreenAkersPC]

Bait always works for me but not every type of bait is accepted by mice

[@hollyroxy25]

@@GreenAkersPC I know this comment is 2 years old but what’s your thoughts on Dcon bait stations? Also, how long does it take for them to die after being poisoned with it?

[@GreenAkersPC]

@@hollyroxy25 dcon isn’t the best poison and most of the time I find that mice just hoard the poison instead of eat it.

[@bobbythisisgreatthankgodpl5039]

KEEP MY HOME AND FAMILY SAFE FROM BAD THINGS IN AMERICA. THANKS FOR ' THIS CLASS. KEEP AMERICA SAFE AND GREAT!

[@porkchopgrisel4171]

your exactly right .when i get home in the evening i just naturally piss on everything anything around me .

[@GreenAkersPC]

The first step is admitting the problem

[@PhoenixPhire22]

I've seen plenty of mouse trap videos and mice don't give two shits about a dead mouse near by. You have two traps they'll eat the bait of the one that already killed a mouse then go set off the other trap trying to get more. I've concluded mice are some of the dumbest animals around and only exist today cause they multiply faster than rabbits.

[@GreenAkersPC]

I guess you have not heard of trap shy mice? A lot of people haven't. I can guarantee that mice do understand when a dead mouse is on a trap and they do indeed understand the trap will kill them if it killed another.

[@PhoenixPhire22]

Can you explain Shawn Woods videos where he is often setting up traps that catch multiple mice? The mice just climb over the dead one and eat the bait. Or they'll check out the dead one sniff out the bait but can't get it an lo and behold there's a second trap set up and it proceeds to get the bait there and it gets caught. Just the other day he set up one that caught 4 and each one ignored the previous dead mouse. I've heard of mice being trap shy after a trap fails to kill it but based on spawns videos, mice don't give two shits about dead mice. Rats on the other hand though... Yeah different story

[@GreenAkersPC]

Honestly I had never even heard of Shawn Woods until I made this series on baiting and trapping mice. I don't know what type of video cuts or information he gives to people but mouse trap shyness does exist no matter what some youtuber has claimed....For some reason he is peddling amazon affiliate links in his descriptions and it would seem that it is in his best interest to sell mouse traps not be truthful about baiting and trapping them. It is a source of income for him so this is why he does it, or claims these traps he sells work.

[@PhoenixPhire22]

I wasn’t doubting you I was just curious your explanation why his don’t care. And he’s not claiming this, he shows video footage of traps at night going off. He put one up the other day that caught 4 in one night in a trap he made that was designed in a book over 400 years old and the mice just ignore the dead ones and set off the next trap. I’m not sure if he just has so many mice in the barn that it’s just inevitable another mouse will come along... but his mice don’t seem care bought the dead ones.

[@GreenAkersPC]

PhoenixPhire22 not all mice become trap shy but the ones who do are the ones that have babies. Like I said before, these massive youtubers who have sales deals with mice trap companies, I question their authenticity

[@ahasan1906]

Clean the table

[@scottlockhart8861]

Bullshit I have caught 2 in my traps

[@GreenAkersPC]

Congratulations. Just in case you didn’t watch the whole video I never say traps never work or that traps never work twice I explain what “trap shy” is and why trap aversion happens

[@Mozart1220]

Funny, every time I set a mousetrap it works.

[@GreenAkersPC]

They don’t always fail. This is a video trying to explain why they fail when they do and why I choose to not use them for my business. I feel that if a customer is paying me for service I don’t want them to have to worry about a mouse trap tripped and bait always works for me.

[@naegleriafowleri2230]

These traps are cheap as hell, no company or pest control tech is going through the trouble of removing the mouse and reusing the trap, you just throw away the whole mouse with trap lmao

[@GreenAkersPC]

Over 80% of the techs and customers alike that I know reuse the traps

[@igorm6944]

mousetraps are working well,let's get rid of mice and rats

[@nataliel.s3203]

Why am i watching this at 4:48 am

[@GreenAkersPC]

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[@alasdairbachmtb273]

Mean ppl

[@cactusladysouth1000]

you ramble to much about every point you are making, you need to get on with it

[@GreenAkersPC]

Ms. Horsetrainer what would I do without comments like these

[@cactusladysouth1000]

@Gus Goose Don't be MORON, what business is it of yours?

[@cactusladysouth1000]

@Gus Goose Oh do tell?

[@cactusladysouth1000]

@Gus Goose GUS GOOSE....... that explains it, LOL.

[@jonesma47]

Probably cease to exist!! I hate to give two sided comments, but you do ramble a bit. For the most part though, I enjoyed your content... No offense.

[@papaGhurka]

Your title is why mouse traps don't work, yet you teach people how to effectively use them. Thumbs down on the video

[@GreenAkersPC]

So I go in depth why they don’t work and explain how to use them to be effective and that’s a bad thing?? Lol you don’t get out much huh

[@davem6685]

The mice in my attic are so smart they clean my traps constantly. I’m giving up and decided to claim them as dependents on my ‘22 tax return.