Darn mouse!! Back to square one....

Lastfling · February 29, 2016

8 days ago I planted seed for 18 varieties - 4 seed each and have been impatiently waiting ever since... Until today that is.

Over the weekend I noticed what looked like small pieces of stem in one of the seed trays but didn't think too much of it, as I hadn't noticed any sprouting. Looking closer, I also noted signs of germination with multiple little seed heads beginning to emerge. OK, I thought, this program is fixing to get underway! Yahoo.

Fast forward to this morning -- nothing / nada / zilch.

Where yesterday there were sprouts, today there is nothing - one little wilted tomatoling cast aside out of the tray and several dug up holes.

War has been declared

- I'm stopping on the way home for traps - sticky and otherwise. Would bring out the bait, but am afraid the "Mouser - who me?" will get into it, or eat of the bait eaters.

At the same time, I'm going to start again with hopefully a better outcome. With luck, I'll have something to plant.

Patihum · February 29, 2016

Good luck. Same happened to me last year. My light stand this year is surrounded by traps. It's really maddening to get up in the morning and there's nothing where the day before there were dozens of seedlings. Also might have shed a tear or two.

Gerardo · February 29, 2016

glue glue glue traps!!!!

AlittleSalt · February 29, 2016

I agree, glue traps.

We have a cat that I thought - we won't have mice. Then I caught the cat trying to lay on the seedlings.

Lastfling · February 29, 2016

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Originally Posted by AlittleSalt

I agree, glue traps.

We have a cat that I thought - we won't have mice. Then I caught the cat trying to lay on the seedlings.

LOL. Thats why I kept the cat locked out of that room. From the frying pan into the fire

Glue traps coming up!

clkeiper · February 29, 2016

Get snap traps and bait them with rolos or tootsie rolls. It works spectacular! glue traps I can't find it in my heart to use. I hate mice, but I can't glue trap them either. Snap traps are pretty fast to kill them. If it is any consolation... You aren't the only one... I had a mouse in my greenhouse this season already diggin up my seeds and eating them. I have a tray of impatiens... 100 seeds and about 10 seedlings emerged. I think it ate all the rest. but now it is dead. I trapped it and donated it to the neighbors snake.

rhines81 · February 29, 2016

Use something with a fixed top over it so the mice can't get to it when the seeds are germinating! They don't need light at that time, just heat and moisture.

You can even germinate them in a damp napkin or coffee filter put in a baggie inside a drawer or a gun safe (if you think the mice are that determined)! When they sprout, then put them into soil and you probably won't have an issue if you wiggle the seed helmets off first.

Hellmanns · February 29, 2016

A Victor mouse trap baited with a single grain of corn, will catch every mouse in the house. Just wedge the kernel of corn under the teeth on the bait peddle. I caught more than a dozen one fall and never re-baited the trap!

Gerardo · February 29, 2016

Glue is cruel I agree, although you do hear 'em as soon as they get stuck. You just need to help them along, cervical dislocation/decapitation is pretty fast.

Worth1 · February 29, 2016

While cleaning up outside the other day I killed two with the heal of my boot.
They have ruined the wiring in one of my trucks and it wont start now.

Worth

Cole_Robbie · February 29, 2016

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Originally Posted by Gerardo

Glue is cruel I agree, although you do hear 'em as soon as they get stuck. You just need to help them along, cervical dislocation/decapitation is pretty fast.

Yes. The animal rights people hate glue traps, because no one will kill the mouse when they pick up the trap. Take it outside, fold it in half, and stomp on it. That's the humane thing to do.

Worth1 · February 29, 2016

I hate glue traps all my neighbor lady catches with them is little harmless snakes and lizards.

Worth

Gerardo · February 29, 2016

I've got a hefty karmic debt with Mus musculus.

pmcgrady · February 29, 2016

New traps made of plastic on the Victor design, only with a bigger trigger pan work really well also, I'd post a pic but I just have a heck of a time on an IPad ... I'll upload the pic, hit close this window (after its uploaded) and then it won't do anything

Hellmanns · February 29, 2016

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Originally Posted by Worth1

I hate glue traps all my neighbor lady catches with them is little harmless snakes and lizards.

Worth

+1

February 29, 2016	#1
Lastfling Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: NC Posts: 143	Darn mouse!! Back to square one.... 8 days ago I planted seed for 18 varieties - 4 seed each and have been impatiently waiting ever since... Until today that is. Over the weekend I noticed what looked like small pieces of stem in one of the seed trays but didn't think too much of it, as I hadn't noticed any sprouting. Looking closer, I also noted signs of germination with multiple little seed heads beginning to emerge. OK, I thought, this program is fixing to get underway! Yahoo. Fast forward to this morning -- nothing / nada / zilch. Where yesterday there were sprouts, today there is nothing - one little wilted tomatoling cast aside out of the tray and several dug up holes. War has been declared - I'm stopping on the way home for traps - sticky and otherwise. Would bring out the bait, but am afraid the "Mouser - who me?" will get into it, or eat of the bait eaters. At the same time, I'm going to start again with hopefully a better outcome. With luck, I'll have something to plant.

February 29, 2016	#6
clkeiper Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: ohio Posts: 4,350	Get snap traps and bait them with rolos or tootsie rolls. It works spectacular! glue traps I can't find it in my heart to use. I hate mice, but I can't glue trap them either. Snap traps are pretty fast to kill them. If it is any consolation... You aren't the only one... I had a mouse in my greenhouse this season already diggin up my seeds and eating them. I have a tray of impatiens... 100 seeds and about 10 seedlings emerged. I think it ate all the rest. but now it is dead. I trapped it and donated it to the neighbors snake. __________________ carolyn k Last edited by clkeiper; February 29, 2016 at 06:21 PM.

February 29, 2016	#2
Patihum Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Southeast Kansas Posts: 878	Good luck. Same happened to me last year. My light stand this year is surrounded by traps. It's really maddening to get up in the morning and there's nothing where the day before there were dozens of seedlings. Also might have shed a tear or two.

February 29, 2016	#3
Gerardo Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: San Diego-Tijuana Posts: 2,594	glue glue glue traps!!!!

February 29, 2016	#4
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	I agree, glue traps. We have a cat that I thought - we won't have mice. Then I caught the cat trying to lay on the seedlings.

February 29, 2016	#7
rhines81 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Zone 5A, Poconos Posts: 959	Use something with a fixed top over it so the mice can't get to it when the seeds are germinating! They don't need light at that time, just heat and moisture. You can even germinate them in a damp napkin or coffee filter put in a baggie inside a drawer or a gun safe (if you think the mice are that determined)! When they sprout, then put them into soil and you probably won't have an issue if you wiggle the seed helmets off first.

February 29, 2016	#8
Hellmanns Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: kentucky Posts: 1,116	A Victor mouse trap baited with a single grain of corn, will catch every mouse in the house. Just wedge the kernel of corn under the teeth on the bait peddle. I caught more than a dozen one fall and never re-baited the trap!

February 29, 2016	#10
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	While cleaning up outside the other day I killed two with the heal of my boot. They have ruined the wiring in one of my trucks and it wont start now. Worth

February 29, 2016	#14
pmcgrady Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Central Illinois Posts: 1,836	New traps made of plastic on the Victor design, only with a bigger trigger pan work really well also, I'd post a pic but I just have a heck of a time on an IPad ... I'll upload the pic, hit close this window (after its uploaded) and then it won't do anything