Re: [Phys-l] Jackson County Show and a Better Mousetrap

[Scott Goelzer <s.goelzer@comcast.net>]

An M&M imbedded in a peanut butter smeared trigger rarely fails.
A skilled mouse can clean a trap, but sooner or later they tug that M&M.

43 kills in one very night at a lovely attic apartment I rented long  
ago as an undergrad.

Scott





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Scott Goelzer
Physics Teacher
Coe-Brown Northwood Academy
Northwood NH 03261
sgoelzer@coebrownacademy.com
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On Sep 7, 2006, at 12:08 PM, Bernard Cleyet wrote:

> P. butter is the recommended bait for the traps I've used.  Consumer's
> research uses rats to test the nutrition of various prepared fuds.
> (Similar need to H. s. xcept for vita. C, and cheaper than Trogs)   
> They
> found cherios (plain) w/ milk grew the rats better than the commercial
> rat chow!  Next time try that.
>
> bc, who wonders if Pat has a relationship w/ the rad. unit.
>
> p.s. ants ignore diet drinks, and not the regular.
>
> Patricia Sievert wrote:
>
> > I've known about the preference for peanut butter for a long  
> > time.  We
> > had an interesting experience last month with a mouse.  It apparently
> > got in while we were gone for the weekend, so had free run of the
> > kitchen for a few days.  It got into a drawer and ate the dried  
> > berries,
> > dried apricots, raisins, lentils, dark chocolate and barley, but  
> > didn't
> > even try to get into any of the "prepared foods" in the same drawer:
> > jello, pudding, marshmallows, chocolate chips, snack crackers, etc.
> > Smart mouse, at least until I put the sticky trap in the drawer.
> > Pati
> >
> > Brian Whatcott wrote:
> >
> >
> > > I went to preview the County show exhibits last evening.
> > > I find the grain jars, dry country alfalfa flakes, embroidery,
> > >  artwork, photos, and experimental trifold exhibits pleasing.
> > > Last night, I learned a new experimental result and I was
> > >  truly encouraged.
> > >
> > > The question? What foods do mice prefer.
> > >
> > > I read from this poster display that in twenty five paired
> > > presentations, a set of newly purchased pet mice chose items
> > > like peanut butter, tootsie roll,cinnamon bun, etc., in
> > > twenty two cases in preference to cheese.
> > >
> > > Wonderful!
> > >
> > >
> > > Brian Whatcott    Altus OK    Eureka!
> > >
> > >
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