The crafty homeowner can turn cardboard rolls plastic bottles and coffee cans into homemade mousetraps.
Diy mouse trap box.
You spread peanut butter on an empty can which is then suspended by metal wire over an open bucket.
All you have to do is smear some peanut butter inside the glass on the bottom and turn it upside down so it rests on the nickel.
Try to use a 1 liter bottle as it will be long and narrow.
Fortunately it s easy to make cheap effective mousetraps with everyday items.
All you need is a plastic bottle some bait duct tape and something slippery like vaseline.
If you have a medium sized water bottle you can cut off the top for the purpose.
Diy mouse trap with plastic bottle to build this diy mouse trap you will need a long plastic cylinder with only one side open.
When the mouse ventures.
Diy pest prevention this apparatus is called a bucket trap.
You will also need two tiny pieces of wood and a bigger sized board as well as glue magnet and other smaller materials.
The concept is the mouse scurries under the glass to get the peanut butter while knocking the nickel loose causing the glass to fall onto the mouse.
The washer in the middle of the roller increases the trap s effectiveness as the mice simply can t jump over it.
You can simply pinch the end of the trap open to dispose of mice and reviewers give the product top marks saying that they re effective and significantly easier to use than traditional wooden traps.
Mouse traps can be a little bit expensive especially if you have a serious mouse problem.
The authenzo mouse trap is triggered by just 15 grams of weight and it kills pests quickly.
Bottle mouse trap homemade this is probably one of the easiest diy mouse traps.
This diy mouse trap gets an a for simplicity and although i haven t used it yet it s obvious it would work and therefore gets the scratchy smelling sticker for operability.