"Jan Flora" <snowshoe@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:snowshoe-3A78E5.06480010042008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> In article <WbWdnbUthe1wJmXanZ2dnUVZ_vShnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> "Robert Bolton" <robertboltondrop@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> "Gary" <g.majors@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> news:47F62154.B52B1060@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> > Robert Bolton wrote:
>> >>
>> >> "Gary" <g.majors@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> >> > "Dennis P. Harris" wrote:
>> >> >> A black light will show quickly where mice & shrews navigate,
>> >> >> since they piddle constantly, and urine trails show up nicely
>> >> >> under UV light.
>> >> >>
>> >> > Dennis, that's great to know!!!! I've often wondered if my
ferrets
>> >> > have
>> >> > been having any "accidents" on my carpets. And I do have a 48"
>> >> > black
>> >> > light
>> >> > and fixture in my closet. I'll get it out tonight and check out
the
>> >> > carpet.
>> >> > Thanks for that info!! :)
>> >> >
>> >> At first I was thinking you were growing something in there, but it
>> >> occurs
>> >> to me you might just be storing it. Sorry, had my mind the in the
>> >> gutter
>> >> (or maybe the clouds).
>> >
>> > LOL! I quit growing things in closets almost 30 years ago. As you
>> > realized,
>> > the black light I have is only *stored* in a closet. I don't think a
>> > black
>> > light would be good for growing anything anyway. I used mine MANY
years
>> > ago
>> > just to enjoy the enhanced colors using the special paints and
posters,
>> > etc.
>>
>> I've got a small one around here somewhere. Unless I tossed it out.
>>
>> Here's some info you might file under Shrew Control. The peanut butter
>> laced with honey is a winner. I bought a Creamy jar of Skippy (maybe)
>> that advertised having honey already included. It's aroma filled the
>> kitchen tonight when I placed a healthy dab onto the mouse trap tab. I
>> was thinking this just might entice the stinking shrew that I watched
run
>> across the kitchen earlier today (earlier yesterday I suppose). I
placed
>> the trap up against the cabinet adjacent to the refrigerator, as that
was
>> where it had come from.
>>
>> 30 minutes later, one dead mouse.
>>
>> I feel better now.
>> Robert
>
> The guy who told me to mix honey in the peanut butter said he's caught
> everything from mice to grizzleys with that bait. He used to run
> trapline up by Paxson. Now he's a miner in the 40mile.
>
(Note to self - DO NOT take peanut butter/honey into Bear Counry)
After first posting, we bought some M&Ms but only used those inside a
round,
spring loaded mouse trap that catches the varmit without harming it. We
bought that type thinking this particular shrew might have associated
danger
wit the trap style. We've tried that trap with cheese and then with the
M&Ms had no luck. Having a poor memory about some things, the wife stuck
the excess M&Ms into a drawer in the kitchen. While the shrew wouldn't go
into that round trap to get an M&M, it was willing to climb into the
drawer
and eat them out of the zip-loc bag.
The last day I saw the shrew run across the kitchen floor, it had been in
close proximity of a standard trap with cheese bait, and a round trap with
an M&M. We ran to the store, bought the peanut butter, re-baited the
standard trap with Skippy, and immediately got that turkey. There must be
something in its smell that they just can't resist.
Muchas Gracias,
Robert
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