A few days ago I discovered there was a mouse in my apartment. I got out the trap, put some cheese in it, and expected to see a dead mouse a couple hours later. To my surprise, I came back and saw that the food was gone. I figured that I must have accidentally shaken the food off while setting it down. So, I reloaded the trap, and this time double-checked that it was baited. I go to bed, and the next day the food is gone, and the trap is still locked and loaded.

Now I know that I'm being fucked with. So, I load the trap with food in several places, figuring the mouse will be more likely to set it off. But alas, all of the food is somehow gone.

The next time I put cheese underneath the little button, figuring that the mouse HAS to bump the button (and thus set off the trap) in order to reach the piece. But no! All of the food disappears, and the trap hasn't even been set off.

So, at this point I'm basically feeding the mouse like a fucking pet. I decide I'm going to have to get a little more creative, so I take a needle and thread, and tie the bait to the trap. Now the mouse will set it off when it tries to pull it away. I even snapped my finger while testing to make sure it would work.

I leave the house for the evening, and I just got back now. That motherfucker. I'm not lying at all, there is no exaggeration in this story whatsoever. I came home and saw that the trap somehow was wedged underneath a door, about 6 inches from where I placed it. The trap hadn't even been sprung until it reached the door, at which point it was loaded against the door. It's a bit complicated to describe, but basically the mouse pushed this trap several inches without setting it off, got the food, and reset the trap against a closed door. It's unbelievable.

Now I'm somewhat scared, because if this smartass has figured out that I'm trying to kill it...it might come after me next.

Anyone else had any amazing encounters like this?

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*puffs cig*

I'll be there tomorrow morning.

I'm honestly thinking about letting it go. A few hundred years ago Russians had an unofficial rule that if someone survived a hanging they'd be pardoned...

Out of my 4 or so attempts, two of them should have been foolproof. What do you guys think? Should I stop trying to kill it, or put more effort?

Set something similar, and videotape it.

Can't you just poison it?

Try poisoning the food with drain cleaner or something.

The mouse might smell it and stay away though...

*ObZ

Don't poison it, it'll die in your walls or some shit. Attach the traps to the floor or whatever somehow, and get peanut butter all over the little trigger thing. He might lick it clean a few times, but eventually they make a mistake.

There are sticky mouse traps, sorta like roach motels. Could try that.

*ObZ

videotape that shit

Yep..

Haha. I'm counting on it.

I just rigged up another one. I put it further from the door and I limited the amount of excess string. I can't imagine it survivng this one unless it just avoids it.

Yeah, peanut butter.

Also put it against a wall, not in the middle of a room or space. They travel along walls using their whiskers for navigation.

Do something involving a battery, black powder, and two pieces of tin foil coming together to complete the circuit.

get this fucker on tape
this would be funny as hell to see the little get away with getting the food and not get caught by the trap

You could also try this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jezQKOl5q-w

haah this si funy post but i duno if mom let me come to site? i ask latr LOL

I just asked her, and she told you to get your ass in bed.

Set up a webcam to record the trap when you set it.

It won't help to catch the mouse, but it will be neat to watch.

This thread is proof proof that mice are smarter than niggars.

VIDEO TAPE THIS.

What if ya' put a whole bunch of thumbtacks under and all around the damn cheese? To the very least it'll probably get stuck.

fuck trying to kill it, turn it into a ninja mouse, and have it do all your evil bidding

Well-fucking-done.

Lets not be innovative and aknowledge that somethings not working, lets do the same thing again!

(poison in cheese, how hard is that).

But really a webcam of it stealing the cheese is the best option now.

Well, you could always try a live trap, then release the fucker about 100 miles away.

Too bad this is a troll thread

Get a cat! It'll make a great companion that won't require tons of attention, and it will also chase off the mice. The scent of the cat alone will be enough to deter the rodents from coming in. Can't believe it hasn't been said already.

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Hehe, you got owned by a mouse!

I used to have pet rats, they were really clever. Managed to open the door to their cage etc.

How is it possible to fail this hard at catching a mouse?

I've caught mouse in my hand before. Rats aren't even difficult to get close to, I've shot them from less than two meters away.

Learn to read, dumbass. After the trap wasn't working on its own, I tied the food to the trap. I did it sloppily, so then I re-rigged it and did a better job.

Anyways, the trap I set last night is untouched, so either it wised up or it somehow did get hurt from yesterday's trap. I think I'll get a sticky trap just to make my life easier (though sometimes they avoid those anyways).

You're an idiot. Get out of my thread.

Why aren't you on MSN anymore?

lol @ sybil in this thread

Sorry, your just the most retarded human ever.

This is some kind of sexual slang right?

Well, I don't know about you, but I had to dig out the mansize tissues, after seeing this shit, and no, I wasn't crying on my computer screen......

kill it with fire?

...were you beating off?

Why are you even bothering to argue against there being labeling on a claymore mine?

Picture this, you haven't slept in 2 days, engaging the enemy all that time, your mind is being constantly hounded by gunfire and mortars. You're dead on you feet and barely awake, maybe a little concussed, and you have to plant an unlabled,ambiguously shaped mine,that's going to hurl shrapnel in one direction,and you can't remember which side went where, you only saw a short demonstration in training, because you were drafted, and training was light so you could be sent out to fight as soon as possible.

Sybil's just being plain stupid. Hey, yeah, ofcourse the front goes towards the enemy. But if he was a tired, mistake prone soldier, who maybe hadn't even seen that mine before, he would be really pleased it came with instructions.

I'd suggest third party arbitration.

Failing that: Pistols at dawn.

sybil: internet badass.

Nope.

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