I've heard before that cat food attracts mice. It was in an article that said
something to the effect of 'contrary to what you might think, you might be
more likely to have rodents if you have a cat'.
RD
> Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 22:13:20 -0500
>
> Since my previous rat incident, I moved across town to another house. I
> managed to have one that liked to hang out in my garage, and he had a
> hole in the drywall that he could escape in anytime I went out in the
> garage. I set a trap but he ignored it. I finally discovered that he
> was eating my dogfood and ignoring the trap. I had bought a large bag
> of dogfood and as a promotion they were giving a free 5 pound bag of
> another food. I decided to move the dogfood into the house and see if
> that would get the rat more interested in the trap. I had never opened
> the 5 pound bag but when I picked it up I discovered that it was over
> half empty, via a small hole in the back of the bag. Without the
> dogfood there, I caught the rat shortly after. The body was 7" long,
> the tail was 9" long.
>
>
> > I had one in my shed (I'm an hour south of bjshov8) and it tripped my rat
> > trap three times. The last time, it barely snagged it's snout, and it was
> > still alive when I went out that morning. I had to get a powerful pellet
gun
> > to kill it. It was easily 7" long, nose to rectum.
> > The best thing for baiting your trap, peanut butter. It will get down in
> > that little curl, and the rodents love it so much, they will lick and
lick,
> > trying to get the last morsel, until they trip it.
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