Posts Tagged ‘catchmaster’
Buddhist Resists Pest Controllers; She Needs Humane Mouse Traps
A few days ago in the U.K, a buddhist woman tried to stop council exterminators from going into her overgrown backyard and poisoning the mice that lived there. She made a statement saying, ”no one is going to put poison down. Every living creature should live its life.” She has a very noble approach and [...]
Why You Should Put Your Sticky Mouse Traps In The Tunnel Shape
I awoke this morning, not to the ear-piercing sound of my alarm clock, but to the frightened and startled scream of my roommate, who had the unpleasurable experience of seeing a mouse. We’d caught the mouse in one of our 72MB 5LB sticky mouse traps, but instead of folding it up in the manner it [...]
How Bedbugs Travel Into Your House
When you think of Catchmaster, you probably just think mice. I can tell you from experience, having a mouse infestation can seem cute at first but it’s pretty terrible. We had a family of them nestled behind our stove in an old apartment and we often found perfectly good food spoiled because they had nibbled [...]
Catchmaster & Preventing Bedbugs
Last week we offered three tips for keeping your house mouse-free. This week we’re going to discuss a Catchmaster product similarly designed to help you PREVENT an in-home infestation. Only this week, our focus isn’t on mice. It’s on bed bugs. When it comes to bed bugs, waiting till you find the problem is often [...]
Catchmaster And The Volkswagen Sized Mouse
The classic phrase is: “they’re more afraid of you then you are of them.” Well, if that is actually true, there are no words to describe how scared the mouse living somewhere in my kitchen cabinets must be; because I was beyond terrified. I know it’s silly. The mouse living somewhere in my kitchen cabinets [...]
Robert Burns was a Catchmaster
Winter is a good season for mice. They like to hide in barns and attics, crawlspaces and other small, dark, warm areas. Robert Burns, a catchmaster, and one of Scotland’s favorite poets, knew this, and dedicated one of the most famous poems in the English language, “To a Mouse.” Forgive his horrible spelling, that was [...]
Winterize Your Home With the Best Mouse Traps
It is important to prevent mice from entering your home during the winter. This is when mice like to make nests, and their favorite places to do so are in the warm, dry places in your home. A mouse can fit through an opening the size of a dime, so it’s important to survey the [...]
The Catchmaster Presents a History of the Word ‘Rat’
Rats have always been despised by humans. This post will examine this manifestation of disgust in the English language. The word rat has been used slangily to describe a scoundrel, a traitor, informer, especially in times of trouble, as well as a person who frequents a certain place. For example, that pack of teenagers you [...]
Bring The Best Mouse Traps to Your Dreams
When I was a little boy, one of my worst nightmares occurred soon after I had seen Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. It involved me wearing an Indiana Jones hat and holding a whip, and I reluctantly entered the dark, deep temple of my own mind. Wandering through the labyrinthine maze of black [...]
Humane Mouse Traps: Solution for the Squeamish
I have no qualms about using mouse glue traps, if it means it will keep them from invading my house, but my boyfriend is a little more sensitive than I am. He is the type who will bring home birds with broken wings and nurse them back to life. He leaves cat food out for [...]
