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 Worked great for me! July 8, 2008
I baited mine with a couple of bits of bread and had our little visitor within 45 minutes.
These traps seem to need a hard surface and be pointing in the direction the mouse comes from which is why they suggest putting them back to back.
Used properly they seem very effective, I used it a while ago as well and caught one overnight using peanut butter as a bait.
Dont be put off by the reviews above but do experiment with wheaty or grain baits (not cheese apparently )
 Cheap but a false economy - avoid these mouse traps May 13, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you want to catch mice alive then use the 'Live Catch Trip Trap Mouse Trap' - it costs four times as much but is superb. This Big Cheese version is too small and it doesn't work. The see-through 'live catch' trap nearly always gets it's mouse [eventually], making it well worth the extra outlay. I use fruit cake with a little chocolate spread as bait, with a few crumbs by the door. The only downside, my wife left the garage door open once and the 'live catch' trap vanished, presumably stolen by a local furry carnivore who fancied a trapped mouse - we never saw either again. After catching a shrew in a traditional metal mouse trap I only use these alternative 'live catch' traps about the house - although releasing them elsewhere is fraught with moral dilemma as someone else will get your mouse problem.
In our attic, where mouse damage can cause electrical fires and other unpleasantness, I do use old style kill-em-dead traps as the mouse wouldn't be released from the trap until it's far too late. Again avoid Big Cheese type cheap mouse-traps, they can injure as often as kill. I only use the all steel 'Selfset' mouse trap in the attic - again more expensive and also UK designed, but more effective and importantly more humane in a location that's only visited a few times a year.
The Big Cheese - Live Catch Mouse Trap April 8, 2008
Like others have commented .. mice are very grateful for the bait but are not trapped. I am now looking for something that works.
Don't Waste Your Money! January 18, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I've tried catching our resident mouse with these traps and had no success. I think the problem is that they are too small and our mouse quickly learnt that it need only stretch into the trap and reach the bait while avoiding the door shutting down on it. I left these traps overnight, baited, on about five occasions and each morning I checked them I found the bait gone and no mouse within. On one occasion I found the door shut and mouse droppings inside but no mouse! So my advice is don't waste your money on these. I will post back when I have found something that works.
Waste of time December 13, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
These mouse traps don't work. I had a pack of two. One of them wasn't manufactured properly, so the door didn't close easily - so I didn't even bother with that one. The other on didn't have any faults, but was useless for catching mice. The mice activate the trap, and sometimes get the bait, but they are never trapped inside. They are either getting out, or the door isn't closing behind them because the trap is too small.
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