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2torial #0440:
Learn2 Capture a
Mouse
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 Pick your trap locations
Choosing where to locate your traps is a key
step. You'll want to place them where you believe
the mouse will be--but your pets, children, spouse
and/or housemates will not. Along baseboards, in
corners and behind furniture are good locations,
since mice gravitate to darkness and avoid wide
open spaces. You want places where other factors
aren't likely to set off the traps (such as
rattling doors or thudding feet), but also places
that aren't too hard for you to check, and to
retrieve the traps from.
Try finding the holes from which the mice are
entering your rooms, and placing the traps as close
as possible. These holes probably won't be the
archway-like "mouseholes" you see in the cartoons;
more likely they're the open spaces around the
entry points of plumbing fixtures, or gaps between
the baseboard and the floor. Remember, many mice
can squeeze through an area significantly smaller
than the diameter of a dime.
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