What do you use for trap shy mice when using snap traps or glue traps? I have one that is playing difficult to catch. Seen too many of it's kin snapped I guess.
Thanks,.Sarge

Easy to do......remove exposed pet food.......keep all people food in plastic containers........buy victor metal treadle mouse trap......super glue 1/2 peanut or slivered almond on metal......tape or glue trap to 6x6 piece of cardboard.......set trap and place where mice seen or have crapped.......2 days max you'll have it.....the glue traps are too torturous for me to see....if attic....basement.....house.....are not sealed....its a never ending fight and they carry so much bacteria,....disease.......parasites ......I cannot co- habitate with them....leave new trap out 24/7....nuts will not mold and you'll have the next visitor before you have time to see it....

Try switching to peanut butter or chocolate as bait—it sticks better. Place traps along walls or corners where mice tend to travel. Use gloves to set them so you don’t leave human scent. Also, if the trap’s been out a while, they might be getting wary, so switching to a new trap or live trap could help

I'm thinking about a drop of chocolate syrup on the existing bait( peanut butter) or bread ball. Couldn't hurt. But , I will try pure chocolate itself. Dang mice.

Sarge

For anyone who's interested in mice.....there's s guy on YouTube.....called mousetrapmonday.....he tests antique and current and just invented mice and rat traps ..........man's battle with rodents........seems to have gone on for awhile....I don't think he's selling stuff......only tests mice traps

Fasten a piece of fiber fill or a small glued on piece of yarn to the trap pan. Mice can learn to avoid some things at times. That is why I blind set most all mouse work. Use a clean unbaited or non scented trap.

Is he running past the trap, ignoring it? Or not going anywhere around it?

Ignoring them it seems. Did find one snap cleaned. Maybe he's getting desperate. All food has been removed. Added some chocolate and trying chocolate syrup on a few. Smelled.and tasted almost too good to use on snaps. But we shall see soon.

Sarge

Bacon fat and suit can be really attractive due to the high calories of fat.

Bait switch up helps a lot, as well as changing style of trap OR set, ie: try setting the trap sideways against the base board with double sided tape to hold it up. It works.

I have had luck with the original metal trigger victors (as others have said), I hot glue dog or cat food (one morsel) to the trigger that way they can't steal it without firing it. problem is the mouse traps are so mass-produced that there are always quality control issues, so I set a million to compensate in case some don't fire or others fire pre-maturely and miss the critter.

however you could also just go with the victor rat traps which are bigger and in my opinion better made, they will catch everything even mice.

I use Victor snap traps with the yellow pan. Some peanut butter in the little cup on the pan is all you need. I make a small weasel box like enclosure out of a plastic food storage container. I place them against the house outside. It keeps the birds from getting caught in the trap.

For finicky rats, I use Nutella w a piece of almond stuck in it. Works great on mice too.

Can you explain the ....blind set mouse trap with yarn a little more.....I'm not a trapper only deal with critters on my farm...thanks .....does it mean no forms of edible bait

Blind set, in any form of trapping is a set on the animal's travel way. No bait. In this reference, the yarn was suggested as a change up since bait wasn't working. Offering nesting material can connect on the mouse when other baits have failed.