How to make an effective mousetrap yourself from available materials + useful tips on production and operation

Home House and cottage Do it yourself

A do-it-yourself mousetrap made from scrap materials can cope with the task of catching no worse than an industrial product of a similar purpose. In addition, some types of homemade mouse traps do not kill the animal, but only limit its freedom of movement. This moment attracts those who, for whatever reason, do not want to cause the death of an animal and are ready to take on the burden of taking it away from home in order to release it.

Despite their cute appearance, mice can bring a lot of trouble into your home. The smallest is the noise at night created by rodents moving in the cavities of the building. Often, following the smell of food, mice encounter obstacles to their movement in the form of various building structures. If such parts are made of materials that are accessible to the incisors of mice, the animals will damage them.

Mice cause damage not only by eating food. Naturally, a mouse that gets to them is not able to eat everything, but you are unlikely to want to use food that mice have walked through. One of the negative aspects of being around mice is their smell. It is not only unpleasant, but also very persistent.

Mice can cause a fire - these rodents are not averse to tasting the insulation of laid electrical wires, which will cause a short circuit that provokes a fire. In addition, mice are very fond of such a habitat as polystyrene foam, which is easy to gnaw through passages. They often settle in places where polystyrene foam was used as insulation.

Mice are animals that excrete excrement directly as it accumulates in the corresponding organs. Therefore, if mice have entered food storage areas, they will not only gnaw through the packaging, but will also leave behind traces of their visit in the form of excrement, which, naturally, will render the food supplies unusable.

The main danger lurking in mice

Mice are not just unpleasant neighbors, but also quite dangerous animals for human health. These rodents are natural carriers of microbes that cause diseases such as:

• various lichens and fungal diseases;
• salmonellosis;
• toxoplasmosis;
• leptospirosis;
• rabies;
• tularemia;
• pseudotuberculosis;
• rickettsiosis.

In addition, a mouse can become a source of infection with the rabies virus. The mouse itself does not bite a person, but it can manage to bite a cat that is hunting for it and infect it. Subsequently, the already sick cat attacks people.

The negative aspects of the neighborhood of mice are not limited to those listed, but the examples given are enough to take all measures to remove these rodents.

Effective mousetraps are often relevant not only for private houses in rural areas, but also for residents of apartment buildings in the city. With the onset of cold weather, rodents move to where it is warmer, and channels for laid communications and ventilation shafts make it possible to reach the upper floors. If food leftovers are not removed from the apartment at night, the trash can is left open, and there is general unsanitary conditions, there is a high probability of mice appearing.

Best mouse bait

When wondering how to catch a mouse, you need to decide on bait. To attract the attention of the rodent, a treat is selected. This is not cheese, as is commonly believed. Although it emits a strong odor, rodents only eat it when they are very hungry. If this happens, the mouse will not go into the cage for cheese, but will make do with the available options - paper, soap, wooden thresholds.

In nature, mice eat plant foods, and cereals are considered especially tasty. Rats eat eggs and meat.

If you want to lure a rat, use a small piece of meat or egg; for mice, add grain.

If you don’t know exactly who is in your house, it’s better to put a slice of bread, nuts, and dried apples.

A universal means of catching lard is lard, but not every product will do. It is important to place fresh and soft bait. To ensure that the lard has a pronounced aroma, heat it over an open fire. If this is not the case, take a slice of bread soaked in oil (sesame is good, but sunflower is also suitable).

Liver products used as bait:

• apple;
• pear;
• plum;
• peach;
• nuts;
• corn;
• buckwheat or rice groats;
• sunflower seeds.

Important! When using a glue mouse trap at home, no additional luring products are needed. The product is already impregnated with fragrances that attract pests. For another type - a trap - seeds, flour or wheat grains are suitable.

Mousetrap or cat

Cats are often cited as the best remedy for mice. However, this is not true. Firstly, as practice shows, the smell of a cat is not a factor for mice that forces them to immediately leave the place where such a mark is present. Secondly, the cat hunts mice only when it is hungry, and, having eaten, stops hunting. There is no strict scientific data on how many mice a cat catches. The only statistically reliable can be considered the recorded count of mice caught by the Scottish cat Towser over the course of twenty-one years. Their number was 28,899 rodents, but if we consider the day, then this is only 4 mice during the cat’s waking period.

The famous Austrian ethologist Konrad Lorenz cites an interesting case in his books. The mousetrap, made from a handy object such as a bucket, caught about two dozen mice overnight. A cat was thrown among the rodents. The pet quickly strangled 4 mice, grabbed one of the victims in its teeth and jumped out of the bucket. Having eaten the prey, the cat did not return to the trap, but calmly went home.

Unlike a live mouse trap, properly made traps are more effective and permanently control rodents.

Mousetrap "mink"

This is an ancient method of catching pests. To do this you will need a block of wood. Drill holes in it and make special loops from threads.

As soon as the mouse chews through the threads, it will immediately be trapped. Before making holes and catch loops, it is recommended that you familiarize yourself with the diagrams of this design.

Better yet, before making this mousetrap, watch the video. This will help you avoid mistakes and make the right trap for pests, which will save summer residents from misfortune.

As you can see, making a mousetrap with your own hands at home from what you have on hand is not at all difficult. The most important thing is to pay attention to the recommendations and choose the right bait.

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You can fight pests in different ways: choose poisons designed to poison all pests in the area, purchase special mousetraps made on a production scale, or make them yourself with your own hands. However, it is an indisputable fact that it is imperative to fight them.

Types and Types of Mouse Traps

Broadly speaking, mouse traps can be classified according to their capture methods.

1. Mechanical traps.
2. Sticky traps.
3. Electronic traps.

Various poisoned baits are also used to kill small rodents. The use of such baits has some limitations:

• it is undesirable to use if there is a possibility of poisoned baits being eaten not only by mice, but also by domestic animals;
• allergic reactions may occur in people;
• if the corpse of a poisoned mouse is eaten by a pet (dog, cat), it may be poisoned;
• If a poisoned mouse dies within the house in a hard-to-reach place, for example, under the floor, the smell of decomposition will bring many unpleasant moments.

Unlike poisoned baits, traps do not have the listed negative features.

A piece of paper can help make sure that there are mice in the house. It needs to be crumpled up and placed overnight in front of the hole that could serve as the entrance to the burrow. If in the morning it turns out that the piece of paper has been discarded, it means that uninvited guests have indeed appeared in the house.

The best mouse repellers

Modern devices for controlling tailed pests do not act instantly, but are effective. Rodents simply leave a place that is unpleasant for them, and the owners do not have to bother with their disposal or relocation.

Grad Ultra 3D

5

★★★★★

editorial assessment

96%

buyers recommend this product

A professional repeller works in three ways at once: low-frequency changing ultrasonic vibrations, which cause a feeling of anxiety in rodents, ultrasound with a constant frequency (prevents addiction to the effect) and special blue-violet light, which affects the optic nerves of pests and disrupts their wakefulness/sleep cycle. The device can be installed on any surface or attached to a wall.

Pros:

• Operating area up to 1200 sq.m;
• Adjustable power and 4 operating modes;
• Fast action;
• Certified and patented;
• 12 month warranty.

Minuses:

• High price.

The device is perfect for pest control in individual farms, catering establishments, warehouses, barns, granaries and other large facilities.

Mongoose SD-058

4.9

★★★★★

editorial assessment

95%

buyers recommend this product

The action of this device is based on the radiation of five types of waves: four ultrasonic and one ultra-low electromagnetic with varying frequency. Such exposure affects the nervous system and hearing of rodents, forcing them to leave the room.

The device also has a unique function - it releases anions that kill germs and purify the air in the room.

Pros:

• Protection area 100-500 sq. m;
• Acts on cockroaches, ants, spiders, fleas, moths and mosquitoes;
• Harmless to people and pets;
• 3 operating modes with indicator light.

Minuses:

• Cannot be used in very damp areas or outdoors.

An excellent option for a studio apartment that not only gets rid of many types of pests, but also purifies the air in the home.

Advantages of self-made traps

Trade organizations offer many different devices designed for catching small rodents. But self-made traps are still somewhat preferable for a number of reasons:

• Since self-made traps are made from existing materials at hand, they will not require purchasing costs;
• Unlike some types of poisoned baits that cause allergies or have an unpleasant odor, using homemade traps will not require you to leave the house;
• Self-made traps do not pose a danger to small children;
• Possible repeated use without unnecessary costs;
• If it breaks, it's easy to make a new one.

Product description

Brand Mr. Mouse produces a wide range of products to combat various types of rodents. A mechanical plastic trap from this company will help you catch all the mice in your house, garage or shed. The device itself has many advantages:

• It is easy to get ready: installing and configuring the mousetrap will take just a couple of minutes;
• Effective: actively fights against mice and rats indoors;
• Hygienic: easy to wash and clean;
• It is used in any place: both in the house and surrounding areas - cellars, basements, and in non-residential premises near it;
• Cheap: the price of the Mister Mouse mousetrap is affordable for a person of any social status.

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Traps made from cans and buckets

The easiest and most effective traps to make can be made from scrap materials available in almost every household, such as buckets and various jars.

Using glass jars from eaten homemade preparations for the winter, you can make a simple trap. A ½ liter jar is enough. Using chewing gum or other adhesive material, such as a piece of insulating tape, a string with bait attached to it is attached to the bottom of the jar. The length of the string is chosen so that the bait hangs freely in the jar turned upside down, and the rodent needs to pull the string to make it more convenient to eat the treat. The jar is turned over and placed so that it rests with the edge of the upper cut of the vessel on some object that is in a state of unstable equilibrium, for example, on a large diameter coin placed on its edge. The diameter of the coin should be such that the resulting gap gives the rodent the opportunity to freely penetrate under the jar. A mouse that sneaks into the jar takes the bait, begins to pull it towards itself, the balance is disturbed and the coin, and after it the jar falls - the mouse finds itself under the jar and cannot get out on its own.

The disadvantages of such a trap include its disposability, that is, until the mouse is removed from the jar, which will have to be installed again above the bait, no other mice will be caught. The simplest traps made from a bucket and available materials do not have this drawback.

To make the simplest version of such a trap, you only need a bucket and a sheet of paper, the area of ​​which allows you to cover the bucket. Even a newspaper will do. The bucket is covered with paper, in which slits are made radially from the center. Bait is placed in the center, for example, grain is poured. You can also hang the bait over the center, from which the slots radiate radially. They also create an opportunity for mice to climb to the top edge of the bucket by installing a flat bar at an angle (this part of homemade traps is called a “zadnik”). Attracted by the smell of the bait, the mouse climbs the rail and rushes towards the food - under the influence of the weight of the rodent, the paper bends in the slots and the mouse falls into the bucket.

Using a bucket you can make another type of trap. In addition to the bucket you will need:

• ruler or thin wooden strip;
• a piece of wire;
• spoke.

The knitting needle is attached across the ruler and, acting as a support, is placed on the top edge of the bucket. The length of the rack or ruler should be such that one end rests on the edge of the bucket, and the other end hangs above the bottom. The bait is placed at this end. The trap is installed so that the rodent can easily reach the ruler. The second end of the ruler is attached to the edge of the bucket with a thread of such length that the ruler can rotate at an angle of 70 to 85 degrees. Under the weight of the mouse moving towards the bait, the ruler will rotate and the rodent will slide into the bucket. The thread will hold the second end of the ruler, and under the influence of its weight it will return to its original position. If the bait is firmly attached to the ruler, the trap will be ready for use again.

It is easy to make a mouse trap from scrap materials, the principle of which is based on the inability of the mouse to stay on a rotating surface. Metal cans, drink packaging, and plastic bottles can be used as a part to ensure effective operation of the trap. How to make such a trap can be seen in the photo.

The bait is attached to the outside of the jar or bottle, which will rotate under the influence of the rodent's weight and the mouse trying to get to the food will slide into the bucket. If you attach baits in several places opposite each other, so that after turning the bottle one of the baits remains on the upper side, then several mice can get caught in such a trap.

Mechanical mousetrap

The most popular rodent control method that has been used for many years is traditional mouse traps. Typically this is a mousetrap made of wood with a spring installed and a hook for bait.

Metal and plastic traps are also now available. When the mouse tries to eat the bait, the trap snaps shut, killing the pest on the spot.

To ensure that a mouse or rat is caught in a trap, you must use the right bait. It could be a piece of bread spread with fat, a piece of cheese, smoked meat or even chocolate. It is also important to monitor rodents and place a trap in their habitat.

But you need to understand that such a trap can be dangerous, especially for pets such as dogs and cats, as well as for small children. This also applies to an electric mousetrap assembled with your own hands.

Plastic bottle traps

Perhaps the most popular homemade traps are traps made from plastic bottles. As a rule, bottles with a capacity of one and a half to five liters are used.

The simplest trap is a bottle with bait placed at the bottom.

To increase the effectiveness of the trap, the neck of the bottle is often cut off.

In practice, the homemade mousetrap shown in the photo has proven its effectiveness.

The bottle itself is fixed to the surface with a thread. Trying to reach the bait, the animal makes its way into the bottle and, under the influence of the weight of its body, it tips over - the bottle falls, but it hangs, held by the thread, and the mouse cannot get out of the trap.

It is very easy to make a trap out of a plastic bottle that can trap several mice during the night. The walls of the bottle are lubricated with any vegetable oil, bait is placed on the bottom and the bottle is placed obliquely, ensuring easy access to the neck. A mouse that sneaks into the bottle after the bait will not be able to get out, since the slippery surface with the absence of protrusions on which to cling with its claws will not allow the animal to move upward towards the exit/entrance.

To make such traps, you can use not only plastic, but also glass bottles. For example, they take a champagne bottle, pour unrefined sunflower oil into the vessel and roll the bottle on the table so that the oil is evenly distributed along the walls of the bottle. The rodent, attracted by the smell of oil, enters the bottle through the neck and cannot get out because its paws slide along the oiled glass.

For the mousetrap to work effectively, you should keep it clean and wash it regularly using a solution of ash lye or at least regular soda. Neglecting this light will cause the mousetrap to acquire an unpleasant odor that repels rodents.

An effective trap, which is based on the same principle that fishing gear such as tops are made on, can be made from a one and a half liter plastic bottle. Cut off the top third of the bottle and, turning it over, insert it into the lower part. The parts are fastened together using glue, wire or paper clips. The bait is placed inside such a trap, and the neck itself is lubricated with vegetable oil. The mouse crawls inside for food, but can’t get back out.

A mouse trap can also be made from half a plastic bottle. Having retreated a few centimeters from the bottom, the walls are cut along the line of the circle so that when the resulting sectors are bent, sharp teeth are formed, directed towards the center inward. The bait is placed at the bottom and these teeth will not allow the mouse that has penetrated behind it to get out.

Mode of application

The plastic mousetrap is very easy to use. To install it, follow these rules:

• Place bait in the trap to attract the rodent;
• Install it on a straight surface, preferably near walls, so that the mouse cannot get to the other side;
• If a rodent is baited, remove it from the trap by loosening the clamp and without even touching the dead rodent;
• After you have removed the mouse, wash the mousetrap under running water and dry it;
• Insert a new bait and place it again;
• The bait can be cheese, grains, chocolate, bread fried in butter, raisins and much more;
• Change the location of traps often so that mice cannot remember them.

Be careful when using a mousetrap so as not to hit your fingers. Keep children and pets away from the device to avoid injury. After installation, wash your hands thoroughly. Check traps as often as possible, because rodents have the ability to quickly deteriorate, so it is better to remove them immediately after death.

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Wooden traps

The simplest wooden trap is an ordinary mousetrap, which is designed on the principle of a spring trap. A metal frame with a spring is attached to a wooden plank. You also need a hook on which to attach the bait, as well as a latch that hooks onto the hook. The moment the mouse tries to pull the bait off the hook, the spring will work and slam it to the board.

You can catch several mice at once using a mink trap, a device sometimes called a hive mousetrap. Tunnels with a diameter of three centimeters and a length of six to seven centimeters are drilled into a wooden block. A loop is made from the wire, with the help of which a noose made of thinner wire is attached to the bar. Holes are also drilled in the block to attach the springs. Charged springs are tied with thick threads and baits are placed in the tunnels. Trying to get the “yummy”, the mouse chews the thread, the noose spring is triggered and the trap holds the rodent.

The schematic diagram of such a mousetrap is shown in the figure.

The Zürner trap has proven itself well in exterminating rodents. The bait is suspended above the point of contact of two rotating bars. Under the weight of a mouse approaching the bait, the bar rotates along its axis at the point of attachment to the wall of the trap, and the animal slides into the box, from where it cannot get out.

Simple trap design

How to properly make a mousetrap at home without much effort and expense - many summer residents have probably asked a similar question.

The simplest model of a mousetrap that can be made at home consists of an ordinary large-volume jar (suitable for three liters), cardboard or a plastic plate, and bait (ideally sausage).

From a plate or cardboard, cut out a figure in the form of a boomerang with one blunt end. The sharp part is necessary for suspending the bait.

Now you need to place the jar on the figure so that the bait is in the middle of the jar (the end of the jar is placed on the blunt end of the plastic or thick cardboard figure).

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As soon as the rodent reaches for the bait, the figure will fall down and the jar will cover the mouse.

Electronic mousetrap

This type of mousetrap can be made by anyone with minimal knowledge of electrical engineering. There are 2 types of such mousetraps.

1. Mousetrap cage. After a rodent, attracted by the smell of the bait, enters the cage, the trap door slams shut, the contacts located on the wall and the door are connected - the electrical circuit is closed and a signal sounds that the trap has worked.
2. Killer mousetraps. In such devices, current is supplied to a metal plate installed at the bottom of the trap, as well as to the parts on which the bait is attached, or to parts that are placed on the path to the bait and which will definitely be touched by the animal making its way to the prey. The current passing through the body of the rodent that has closed the circuit kills it.

How a mousetrap works

A rat trap is a device necessary for catching and exterminating rodents. There are species that kill animals and those designed to capture them. In order for a mouse to fall into a trap, bait is needed. Any product with a strong smell will do: cheese, chocolate, candy, cottage cheese, sausage, peanut butter.

Having smelled the smell, the rat tries to take a piece. A mechanism with the following principle of operation is launched:

1. Retainer slipping.
2. Release the clamp.
3. Closing the mousetrap.

The device works in a matter of seconds, so the rodent cannot escape.

There are traps that leave the rodent alive. The mouse, getting into the cage, touches the lever that holds the door open. The door slams behind her, cutting off the path to escape. Then the rat can be released into the wild away from the house.

Traps with glue

To make such traps, a sheet of cardboard, or plywood, or plastic is smeared with a special glue, which includes rosin, pine resin, bitumen pitch and petroleum jelly. There are also modern synthetic adhesives. You can buy them at hardware stores, or prepare them yourself from the above ingredients. Bait is placed in the center of an area covered with glue, and the mouse rushing towards it becomes tightly glued and subsequently dies either from stress or from dehydration.

Use of snares

To make such a mousetrap you will need:

• cable tie;
• heavy load;
• fishing line;
• clip;
• bait.

The snare is installed as shown in the photo.

A loop is made on the fishing line to which the load is attached, into which the bait is inserted and secured with a paper clip. The mouse, grabbing the bait, pulls it out of the loop, the load ends up in free fall and tightens the snare from the cable tie.

Installing a mousetrap

Now all that remains is to set the trap. Glue is applied to the middle of the bottle, and a little corn flakes are sprinkled on top of it. They are also good at luring rodents.

The bait prepared in this way is placed on a deep bucket so that the ends of the stick rest on its edges. In addition, a bar is placed on the bucket to create a ladder up to the trap.

Mousetrap from a bottle - option 2

The second method is not much harder. Quite the contrary. The work requires the same plastic bottle and stationery knife. That's all. The creation technology is as follows:

1. Cut off the bottom of the bottle.
2. You need to make teeth from the edges, cutting off the excess.

3. Now, bend the teeth inward so that a loophole is formed.

That's it, the trap is ready. All that remains is to place the bait inside. The principle of operation is simple: the mouse will climb inside without problems, but will not be able to get back out due to the design. As you can see, these are simple options that don't require you to be an engineer. And in such a mousetrap many rodents can fit.

The most effective mousetraps

It must be taken into account that the most effective traps are those that can function repeatedly or catch several rodents at once. Therefore, in order to decide which design is best suited, you should make a rating and understand how large a colony of rodents inhabits a particular room.

It must be taken into account that the most effective traps are those that can function repeatedly or catch several rodents at once.

Thus, the effectiveness in the case of a large number of mice will be shown only by those products that can simultaneously catch many animals, for example, organized according to the principle of a hive or those based on gravitational influence.

So, in the case of a large number of mice, I will show only those products that can catch many animals at the same time.

You can choose any design from the variety presented. And making them with your own hands will significantly speed up the process of getting rid of such a scourge in the house as mice.

You can choose any design from the variety presented.

How to do

The bucket is placed in the place where pests are present. Of course, due to the high edges, mice will not jump into it themselves, so it is necessary to create steps that will lead to its sides.

The rise can be made from several boards or bricks. It is best to start the ascent right at the hole from which the rodents emerge, but this is not necessary, because sooner or later they will smell the bait.

At the very top of the ladder, cardboard is placed so that it protrudes 1/3 of its length above the bucket, and a little bait (grain, crumbs) is placed on its “hanging” end. When the pest comes out and tries to get to the bait, it will overweigh the cardboard and get inside the bucket.

If the bucket is high, there is no chance of salvation, but to be on the safe side, you can treat the internal walls with grease. This is what a simple handmade mousetrap looks like.

The trap is disposable, which means that it can only lure one mouse or rat into it. Therefore, it should be checked often, and a rodent caught in this way can be taken somewhere far from where people live.

If there are a lot of pests, then nothing prevents you from making several paths to one bucket. You can watch other handmade mousetraps in videos on the Internet.

Description of mousetraps

An automatic mouse trap is a device designed to catch mice or other small rodents. In order for the animal to enter the design of such a product, special baits are used. As a result of the rodent's attempt to get food, the position of the lever is disrupted. Then, with the help of specially organized weights, the support or equipped trigger mechanism is overturned. The result is an animal caught in a trap.

An automatic mouse trap is a device designed to catch mice or other small rodents.

Additional Information! Moreover, it is necessary to take into account that the animal may be killed or simply caught when caught.

Advantages of homemade mousetraps

Self-made traps, reusable and disposable, have their advantages:

1. To make a mousetrap, a person does not need any special skill or complex equipment.
2. To combat mice, various available means (buckets, bottles) and various household items (buttons, paper clips, threads) will be useful.
3. Many mousetraps work without recharging. They are designed to eliminate mice multiple times. It is advisable to leave them at the dacha when leaving home.
4. Many designs allow you to make humane mousetraps.

Homemade mousetraps are very relevant, especially if there are small children or allergy sufferers in the family and therefore pesticides cannot be used.

Types of mousetraps

According to the production method, products are divided into:

• Homemade.
• Purchased.

Purchased ones are designed according to different operating principles:

• The classic one looks like a lever attached to a spring and an arc. When the mouse touches the bait, a locking device is triggered, which removes the animal's internal organs and breaks the area. Sometimes the arc is equipped with teeth to enhance the effect. But, sometimes, the rodent still manages to avoid mortal danger.
• The cage, at its core, is a locking product. Therefore, if it is used, the animal is not killed, but only isolated.
• A hole trap is a tunnel with a hole in the top and bait. Gnawing through the blocking thread, the animal itself tightens the noose.
• The glue trap has a surface with such a viscous substance in texture that the mouse simply sticks to it and gets entangled.
• Based on the principle of deep capacity. A bridge leads to the hole in it, passing through which the animal gets inside the vessel. The only condition for the functionality of such a design is its sufficiently high volume, which is necessary so that the animal cannot get out.
• The trap is based on the principle of the jaw. At the base there is a lever, pressing the paw on which the mouse itself provokes the slamming of the trap. As a result, such an action is fatal for the rodent.
• Electric mousetraps, the principle of operation of which is based on electric shock to rodents entering the structure.

Based on the number of uses without recharging and re-installation, two main trap designs can be distinguished:

• Reusable - in them the cocking mechanism rotates to its original position after the animal falls into the trap. In this case, the product is ready for repeated exposure. Thus, these types of devices can catch not just one rodent, but several at once.
• Disposable – these are capable of catching only one animal.