Glue board mouse traps - best brand?

[bino]

We are upcountry visiting the mother in law for the holidays, and I have noticed many mice in the house... scurrying through the kitchen area, and can clearly hear them at night ripping into stuff. I want to go shopping and get a bunch of glue boards,

I want to know if any TV members have any experience or suggestion for the best brands available- typically at Lotus or Big C. I know some have the food smell, and also have some form of euthanasia to dispatch them quickly once they are trapped.

Any suggestions welcome- thanks in advance!

[MJCM]

My BIL just buys them from Big C (no idea what brand) and just puts a piece of food in the middle.

Works every time.

Ps: The sound they make when they get caught is eerie.

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Edited January 3, 2015 by MJCM

[2fishin2]

Oh they dont die quick when you use it. Its actually pretty sickening and they take a long time to die. Not for the faint of hearts

[bino]

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Aoowww... good point! 5555

[Ulysses G.]

Thais just fold the boards up and throw them away, but the rats will starve to death slowly, stuck in the glue. They make pitiful noises and struggle to get away.

I take a long, fairly wide pvc pipe and cover their head and put all my weight on it. It will break their spine quickly and then I use the same pipe to crush their skull completely with the edge. It is the fastest and most humane way that I have found to put them out of their misery after they are stuck.

[DaddyWarbucks]

Thais just fold the boards up and throw them away, but the rats will starve to death slowly, stuck in the glue. They make pitiful noises and struggle to get away.

I take a long, fairly wide pvc pipe and cover their head and put all my weight on it. It will break their spine quickly and then I use the same pipe to crush their skull completely with the edge. It is the fastest and most humane way that I have found to put them out of their misery after they are stuck.

Another way to put them out of their misery quickly is to drown them in water that is not going to be reused. Rat urine can be deadly.

[humbug]

glue boards are just revolting and should be abolished its so in humane sow death half the body stuck while the other half tries to break free, birds frogs etc all getting stuck and dying the same horrible death ad people leave the boards outside

[Ulysses G.]

Thais just fold the boards up and throw them away, but the rats will starve to death slowly, stuck in the glue. They make pitiful noises and struggle to get away.

I take a long, fairly wide pvc pipe and cover their head and put all my weight on it. It will break their spine quickly and then I use the same pipe to crush their skull completely with the edge. It is the fastest and most humane way that I have found to put them out of their misery after they are stuck.

Another way to put them out of their misery quickly is to drown them in water that is not going to be reused. Rat urine can be deadly.

Just make sure that they are weighted down, so that they can not stick their nose in the air to breathe. One time, I dumped a steel trap in a bucket of water that was not quite tall enough and it took a lot of doing to get it totally submerged.

It took some experimenting to figure out how to kill rats with as little suffering as possible, but once they are glued, they are going to die eventually because they are covered with it and would not be able to get far, if they could free themselves. The faster they die, the better for them.

Edited January 3, 2015 by Ulysses G.

[Thongkorn]

They catch poor jin jucks, you cannot release them, Rats mice, just drown them , If your getting a lot of mice look around and see why, are they/you leaving food around. but don't worry because the snakes will come looking for the Rats and mice. they are a bigger different problem.

[DeaconJohn]

Solve your problem by getting a cat... a good ratter.

[peterb17]

glue boards are just revolting and should be abolished its so in humane sow death half the body stuck while the other half tries to break free, birds frogs etc all getting stuck and dying the same horrible death ad people leave the boards outside

Totally agree- have been shot down before on this forum before for saying try not to kill anything. Oh No! A mouse, a rat, a snake, a noisy bird , some weird bug - lets shoot it, poison it, make it have a lingering painful death stuck to glue.

Just live with the local wildlife- they won't harm you and just maybe in the future we will have a planet where the indigenous species are not just found in Zoos ?

[katana]

My BIL just buys them from Big C (no idea what brand) and just puts a piece of food in the middle.

Works every time.

Ps: The sound they make when they get caught is eerie.

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What sound?

[Patsycat]

squeek you mothafuchingthing in a high pitched little voice.

Or, Oi can't get my little clogs off here, can you help?

Edited January 3, 2015 by Patsycat

[Thaiberius]

My BIL just buys them from Big C (no idea what brand) and just puts a piece of food in the middle.

Works every time.

Ps: The sound they make when they get caught is eerie.

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What sound?

"I can't move, I'm f**king dying, help me!" - In Thai rat language. Once heard never forgotten.

[neverdie]

My BIL just buys them from Big C (no idea what brand) and just puts a piece of food in the middle.

Works every time.

Ps: The sound they make when they get caught is eerie.

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What sound?

"I can't move, I'm f**king dying, help me!" - In Thai rat language. Once heard never forgotten.

Maybe RolandRat could translate for us.

I prefer my big chese mouse trap, it's a cage with a trap door. Never fails and doesn't injure the mouse/rat. Then I simple take them for a swim which takes about 20 seconds. Then they sleep.

Rat urine is smelly and dangerous for human health.

[neverdie]

http://www.the-bigcheese.com.au/products/welfare-friendly

There's another maker in Thailand.....of the rat cages....I bought from a small hardware store....I forget who the maker was...500 baht approx, years ago. Last forever.

[canopy]

Get a cage and release them elsewhere. It's cheap. No killing necessary. And it's environmentally sensitive. Throwing plastic and glue in the garbage for every rat in the world is stupid and anyone doing better not complain about Thai's wasting plastic.

[TheFishman1]

I have used the cage and the glue both worked well. On the other hand just give her two cats and that should do it

[katana]

I tried the humane traps (where they're trapped in a box), glue traps and snap traps.

Unfortunately they never went anywhere near the first two. Only the snap traps, baited with peanut butter, worked.

[DaddyWarbucks]

I tried the humane traps (where they're trapped in a box), glue traps and snap traps.

Unfortunately they never went anywhere near the first two. Only the snap traps, baited with peanut butter, worked.

Yes, peanut butter has always worked well for us in a variety of different rat traps.

The 'Willards' on this thread should acquaint themselves with the dangers of leptospirosis spread by rat pee. Also the very real possibility of a short-circuit caused by rats gnawing on wires. The fire hazard in wooden houses is very great if your place is infested by rats.

[bino]

My BIL just buys them from Big C (no idea what brand) and just puts a piece of food in the middle.

This is exactly what we got – Big C brand boards. I was expecting the rectangular boards that you put along the baseboards in mouse path areas, but these had a circular swirl of glue with a place in the center for bait. They worked well. We had 4 mice within 20 minutes of setting them out, and 3 more overnight.

I take a long, fairly wide pvc pipe and cover their head and put all my weight on it. It will break their spine quickly and then I use the same pipe to crush their skull completely with the edge.

We didn’t have any PVC here, but I found a 3 foot long piece of 2 by 4 the served well to crush the mice that were caught. I told the women that they would not want to watch this part, but the Mother In Law was right there beside me. After seeing how to deal with them, she had the three mice caught overnight dispatched and cleaned up before we woke up this morning.

Just live with the local wildlife- they won't harm you and just maybe in the future we will have a planet where the indigenous species are not just found in Zoos ?

I beg to differ… mice and rats are potentially dangerous. Look at this website.

Diseases directly transmitted by rodents | Rodents | CDC

Indigenous? Rats and mice are indigenous worldwide, and in no danger of extinction anytime soon. The only time they are an endangered species is if they want to share my living space.

Yes, peanut butter has always worked well for us in a variety of different rat traps.

The 'Willards' on this thread should acquaint themselves with the dangers of leptospirosis spread by rat pee. Also the very real possibility of a short-circuit caused by rats gnawing on wires. The fire hazard in wooden houses is very great if your place is infested by rats.

Peanut butter was the bait of choice, and it worked well. Mother In Law freaked out when I took the peanut butter and slathered it onto a piece of bread and ate it for breakfast. She thought it was poison!

I’m with you DaddyWarbucks… rats and mice are vermin that can turn into an infestation quickly if left unchecked. At best they are messy pests, and at worst they are a health hazard and can cause serious damage to your home. They definitely have no place living with humans.

Needless to say, Mother in Law is thrilled beyond belief to have a rodent free kitchen. She and sisters are three women living alone with children and had no idea what to do. They were absolutely astonished that we caught so many, and so fast. She is going back to Big C today to buy more glue boards and peanut butter to keep them in household inventory.

[BKKdreaming]

peanut butter never worked for me ? what is the 2nd or 3rd choice ?

and floor tiles with the sticky backs might make a nice larger size glue pad !

Edited January 4, 2015 by BKKdreaming

[dotpoom]

Really cruel way to solve the problem, me thinks, I'v seen a friend having to bludgeon them to death in order to get them off the board.

Why not just use the metal traps, similar to the way we caught birds as a kid, ( can buy them in the "plastic" shops) then drive a couple of clicks and release then away from houses, like in a field. That's what we do and I have to say.....feel kinda good after it.

[DaddyWarbucks]

peanut butter never worked for me ? what is the 2nd or 3rd choice ?

and floor tiles with the sticky backs might make a nice larger size glue pad !

Try the chunky peanut butter with little bits of peanut in it. That might work for you - it always does for us.

I doubt if the self-adhesive floor tiles would hold a rat, but it's possible that they would.

The rat glue is available in small tins and can be spread on any tile or plywood etc. Not as convenient as the glue boards, but much cheaper.

[Mudcrab]

glue boards are just revolting and should be abolished its so in humane sow death half the body stuck while the other half tries to break free, birds frogs etc all getting stuck and dying the same horrible death ad people leave the boards outside

Totally agree- have been shot down before on this forum before for saying try not to kill anything. Oh No! A mouse, a rat, a snake, a noisy bird , some weird bug - lets shoot it, poison it, make it have a lingering painful death stuck to glue.

Just live with the local wildlife- they won't harm you and just maybe in the future we will have a planet where the indigenous species are not just found in Zoos ?

Did it ever occur to you that we Humans are also indigenous to this planet?

And are at the top of the food chain?

Do you promote the saving of the many deadly bacteria simply because they live on this planet also?

Deny millions medicine because it fits with you warped sense of Greeniness?

Do you really think that if another specie on this planet became dominant they would treat us with care and respect? Or just as a food source or an annoyance that will be dealt with?

Go starve in the dark.

[bino]

Really cruel way to solve the problem, me thinks, I'v seen a friend having to bludgeon them to death in order to get them off the board.

Why not just use the metal traps, similar to the way we caught birds as a kid, ( can buy them in the "plastic" shops) then drive a couple of clicks and release then away from houses, like in a field. That's what we do and I have to say.....feel kinda good after it.

Why on earth would he even try to get the mouse off of the board?? Trying to save money? The boards were 32 baht for a pack of 2.

Dispatch the mouse and throw the whole lot away.

Mother in law / extended family live in a house in the middle of the village, and do not have a car to escort the vermin out to a better life in the country. What would be your solution in this case? Release them into the neighbor's yard?

[Lucifer]

Get a Rat Snake as a pet.

[katana]

I tried the humane traps (where they're trapped in a box), glue traps and snap traps.

Unfortunately they never went anywhere near the first two. Only the snap traps, baited with peanut butter, worked.

Yes, peanut butter has always worked well for us in a variety of different rat traps.

The 'Willards' on this thread should acquaint themselves with the dangers of leptospirosis spread by rat pee. Also the very real possibility of a short-circuit caused by rats gnawing on wires. The fire hazard in wooden houses is very great if your place is infested by rats.

Yes. I read somewhere that mice have no bladder control, so they trail urine wherever they go. Not a pleasant thought during a mouse infestation...

[Thongkorn]

has any one ever caught a two legged rat on these boards can i ask.

[Toscano]

I hate the glue boards , as other creatures like gekos get stuck to them . We use pink pellets that you can buy in a box at Lotus , it may be slower but it gets rid of the mice .