Parking Brake won't release, MICE Again !!

[Lin]

I have had good luck with poison.  I know that risk, but have rarely noticed an odor problem.  I have found mummified carcases in the bays though.

[buswarrior]

I'd use poison if and when I can, but with other animals, or small children, around...

My preference is peanut butter on plain old-fashioned spring traps. Easy to freshen up by adding a new gob to whatever mess is on there; the mice don't seem to mind...

Around here, the name "Victor" has been the standard for at least 1/2 a century that I know of, probably longer.

The triggers may need a little "adjustment" out of the package, often they require too heavy a touch to trip, letting the bait get away with no kill. Those big yellow plastic paddles just aren't the same as the bent curl of the copper originals, which you can still purchase. If you have trouble getting it set down without tripping, you've got it adjusted right.

Another trick to a long, long life for the old fashioned wooden board, spring traps: mount it to a block of 2x4, glued and screwed, right out of the package. (drill the holes for the screws) The staples don't pull out nearly as fast with a more solid mass supporting the whole affair. I have a few in service for some 20 years now with this modification. Manufacturer won't like it...

A tether of some sort prevents them from wiggling away and down into some crevice to rot, and lose the trap! I use a length of the solid copper, fine, telephone company wire, just wrap it to anything handy, easily replaced with more.

Yup, I'm no fan of the mouse either.

happy coaching!
buswarrior

[gus]

Years ago my Mother poisoned a mouse which died inside her wall. It is a stink you will never forget and it lasted for three weeks!!

[artvonne]

It is a stink you will never forget and it lasted for three weeks!!

  You will never forget that smell. We had a mobile home and put poison down in the cold air return. Bad idea. REAL bad idea. Inside a bus with all the places one could crawl off and die, I want their lil dead body in the trash can.