– BOMPOW Mouse Traps Reusable Snap Mice Traps That Work Rodent Killer Easy to Bait, 4 Pack

These traps work well. Here are my top tips to get the rodents removed from your life. Before I start, I need to tell you about my mate Al. He knows a lot of things about a lot of things and when I mentioned to him that I had a mouse in my conservatory he said there will be more than one. I am telling you this so that you too know there will be more than one. Al’s always right. So I bought two traps from B & Q (not the ones I’m reviewing) and within a few short hours I had not one but two mice squished in the traps. However, one of the traps no longer had any chocolate on or near it so unless the mouse in the trap ate it and then decided to commit suicide, I could only conclude there may be more mice mucking around in my conservatory. I reset the traps and put blocks of chocolate on the traps and in the morning the chocolate had gone but the traps had not been sprung. I decided a new strategy was required so I firstly bought the traps I’m reviewing from Amazon and revised my approach which I am going to share with you because it may well be helpful to you and you will have to rebait the traps much less after successful kills. The first thing you need to do is buy a large bar of chocolate – the larger the better. When you get home snap off the top level of chocolate chunks and eat them to make sure they are very tasty; if it’s good enough for you, it’s good enough for your mice. Now put the rest of the bar in the fridge and leave it until the chocolate is nicely chilled. Now get a grater and grate some chocolate onto a plate and use a pastry brush to create a small pile of flakes. Eat some more chocolate from the bar. Take a pinch of flakes and drop it in the hole in the middle of the trap. Use a pencil with a rubber on the end or some similar shaped object and pack the flakes firmly in the trap. Repeat this two or three times until you have a full or nearly full bait station (I don’t know the proper name for the round bait receptacle so this is what I’ve decided to call it). Use the pastry brush to brush the flakes from around the bait station back onto the plate. If you have packed the chocolate tightly, you can turn the trap upside down whilst cleaning it and the chocolate in the bait station will not fall out. Set the trap and place it somewhere on the bottom of the wall where it is obvious the mice have been walking. Eat some more chocolate and if necessary, grate some more chocolate onto the plate so that you can repeat the above process as many times as necessary until all you traps are set and loaded with packed chocolate. You should do this before you go to bed at night since your mice will be active after dark. In the morning, get the chocolate from the fridge and have a few chunks for breakfast. Now look at your traps. Not only should you have caught and killed some mice but you should also see that the packed chocolate remains uneaten. If this is not the case then another mouse other than the one you have caught has eaten the tasty meal that should have been its dead sibling’s if only it had been able to outsmart the trap. So, take the trap outside and release the dead mouse into your bin or of course you could bury it in the garden and say a few words to help it on its way to the Great Mouse Heaven in the Sky. Where the chocolate has not been eaten, you will realise you have a fully loaded trap that can be set again without the need to rebait it. Clever eh? As I mentioned, Al said there will be more than one mouse so you might need to keep setting your traps every night until you get rid of all your rodent infestation. In three nights I have disposed of ten, yes TEN mice. I don’t know if I will trap any more but the traps are staying for the next week at least. If the idea of catching but not immediately killing a mouse bothers you, you might not want to buy these traps. You can’t predict the position of each mouse when it springs the trap and that means some might not die instantly. I had to kill one that was caught just by its mouth. Another was caught by its leg in the night and when I checked the trap in the morning, I had trouble finding it because the mouse had dragged the trap under a cabinet before it died. These traps may not be for everyone but they do the job, they are easy to set and they help you to get rid of a serious problem. Mice will chew through pretty much anything including electrical wires. If you don’t believe me, ask Al.

Why did you choose this product over others?: Fantastic traps, easy to use, great price and already killed over 10 mice in my farm outbuildings.Easy to clean and bait.

Most reasonable mouse traps will work if the bait is correct. And by that I mean more attractive than whatever else is around. And the best overall bait is peanut butter by a country mile. Mice love this stuff. I bought these because a hedgehog house I had close to my house started to be visited by mice. The house was close to my garage so inevitably when not doing the evening SAS raid on hedgehog food they inevitably laid up doggo in my garage nice, warm and dry. Whilst I have no issue with mice the fact is that having them around will be a problem and thus need to be removed with extreme prejudice. So I bought two types of trap. The first type - and more expensive was a close style that I could put into the hedgehog house and ensure Spiney would be safe. The second type - and cheaper - were these which, I could scatter around my garage in order to eliminate the small bandits nicking the hog food. And they work well. As long as they are baited with something interesting - and peanut butter is the best - then they will eventually get nabbed. Unlike rats, mice are a bit stupid and will fall for these types of trap. Easy to set and easy to open and dispose of the mouse as well. Shiny hard plastic so you can clean them simply as well. The price is cheap for a multipack which, you will need. In the end I put eight of these in my garage and two enclosed in the hedgehog house and cleared the mice out in a week.

I don't like killing any animal no matter how big or small but to get rid of these little guys is a nessesity,as they breed all the time and grow in numbers very quickly,also messing everywhere they've been leaving a rather serious germs issue.These traps are quick so the little might won't suffer it's instant.They are simple to bait and set without having it test it's self out on your fingers.Price wise these traps are excellent value and a quality build so would recommend these. I know there are humain traps where you let them go,but believe me if you don't take them miles from your home they will be back.

Caught Mickey Houdini on the first night of using these. He had the run of the house at night for the last 2 months. Several humane traps had been tried in order to release Mickey back into the wild but he had defied all , taking the bait without setting off the trap. After he had eaten through some of my favourite biscuits, the decision was made that if he wasn't going to go quietly then unfortunately it had to be the death penalty. I set 2 of these traps outside his entrance (yes, mouse holes look like the mouse holes you see in cartoons although I was surprised how small they were!) with the lovely temptation of crunchy peanut butter. I couldn't unscrew the bait holder so carefully held the clip half way back, as if your pressing a peg half open, then spooned the peanut butter into the little pot, then pressed the clip all the way back to set the trap. At this stage, keep fingers away from the front and place the trap by holding the back of it. In the morning, poor Mickey Houdini was gone from this world. No blood, no mess, just gone, with his head trapped and his body stiff. After a few apologetic words and a prayer that his soul was running free now in mouse heaven, his body was easily released with a squeeze of the trap, again just like a clothes peg. Because he was not poisoned, crushed, bloody or broken, I gave him back to nature in the hope his demise would make at least a small meal for something else. Great traps and quick death. No suffering to the mouse. IN MEMORY OF MICKEY HOUDINI. HE WAS SWEET BUT HE ATE MY BISCUITS. DEC 2029- FEB 2020. RIP.

Does not kill instantly!!! I've just gone into the loft and one poor mouse was still alive with its bum squashed and had to kill it myself!! (Absolutely horrible!!) And another had its back leg caught and had dragged the trap to the insulation where it had curled up in a ball and died 😔 its tiny sleeping eyes will forever be in my memory. Not very effective and definitely not humane!!

They do the job

After all this wet weather the local mouse population decided my house was THE place to go. I'm very impressed with these mouse traps as - so far - in 2 days I have dispatched 5 mice. Not only have these traps been successful almost every time but they are easier to load and empty than the old wooden ones. Very strong spring ( as confirmed by the bruise on the tip of my thumb - clumsy me!) no mouse suffered on its execution as was extremely quick as well easy to load again for another try. I've only had one miss but that was because I left the trap on the floor with space around it which meant the little blighter pinched the peanut butter safely without setting it off grrrr. Best bet for success is to leave in a confined space such as behind the toaster then the intended target has to tread on the trigger. I am not proud of the death toll so far but I'm afraid its my health or theirs and as mice spread diseases as well as cause damage to wiring etc then they have to go. Putting down peppermint oil etc etc doesn't work and poison is cruel and hit and miss. Catching them and taking them 2km away would cost a fortune in petrol and as I don't drive would be unrealistic! Anyway they just come back and bring their friends! These traps are inexpensive, hygienic, work exceedingly well and do not cause distress ( unless your grandchildren witness your felony of course! Ooops 🙄😲 ). If you have a mouse problem then I highly recommend.