Posts Tagged ‘catchmaster’
The Myth of the American Pest
Most people think that mice and rats are dumb. This is a fallacy. Rats and mice have great problem solving skills, good vision, and an excellent sense of smell. Not to mention they are lightning fast and can artfully doge obstructions and traps. Mice and rats co-evolved with humans while 99% of the other animals [...]
Catchmaster Traps, Accept No Others
Like any other person, when I discovered mice in my house I was fairly annoyed. I thought I could just go to my local corner store and pick up any old mouse trap and the problem would be taken care of. I was horribly wrong. First, I tried some regular mousetraps. I bated them with [...]
Protecting Organic Fruit with Disposable Fly Traps
I love fresh fruit, especially organic fruit, which is free of pesticides. The problem is fruit flies also love organic fruit. Although organic fruit is a healthier option, it does attract more bugs. Every summer, I would complain about fruit flies ruining my snacks, and my roommates would tell me “Oh, they will be gone [...]
Mice Are Not a Given in New York City, Anymore!
If there is one thing I have learned from my 30+ years of New York City life, is that you cannot rely on your landlord to do anything. If your toilet gives up, it’s up to you to hire a plumper or play one yourself. Like lazy landlords, mice were another aspect of city life [...]
Catchmaster Traps Work Well
I walked into work this morning and asked my friend how was his weekend. He paused, and I said, uh-oh, what happened. He said I didn’t get much sleep. I asked why. He said, we have a couple of mice. We had to find out how to catch a mouse, so we bought a couple [...]
Disposable Fly Traps Are Better Now Than Later
As spring beckons, that means one thing. It’s getting warmer. And with that warmth billions of maggots will begin to open their eyes and squirm about, soon producing a swarm of filth-eating, human-annoying flies. Which means that now is the perfect time to buy disposable fly traps. Something about the sweet syrup on the fly [...]
The Bubonic Plague and Catchmaster
Rats are disgusting. I was in the subway last night and I watched one climb over the rail. He had a bald patch on his large hindquarters, probably from a rat fight, and he was maybe a handspan long, not including his corrugated tail. I sneered. These animals devastated Europe in the Medieval Era a [...]
Free Mice From Humane Mouse Traps
Sticky mouse traps are a great way to catch rodents. Put a small piece of candy, like a Tootsie Roll or a fig newton on the trap and wait. Chances are, the rodents will smell the fruit cookie and come running. Place the food on the sticky mouse trap and press it down so it’s [...]
Humane Mouse Traps: The Talk of Rodentown
“It wouldn’t be that bad if he were housebroken,” my girlfriend said. But the fact that he isn’t, that he leaves his filthy droppings all over our kitchen counter, and that even the sticky mouse traps aren’t enough to catch him and his brethren, makes it different. Even when people keep mice for pets they [...]
When to Call the Catchmaster
You have a mouse. You likely have more than one mouse because you caught one already in those sticky mouse traps. You had to wear gloves and scrub the area with bleach and disinfectant where you think it scampered around before being stuck because it’s very likely that that mouse had a disease. But you’ve [...]
