Eeeek, a mouse

[razornick]

Mice have wiped out my pacific chorus tree frogs that made the pond so much more enjoyable at dusk. Don't want to use poison as dying mice may fall into pond and contaminate. Can't set traps because Argentine ants swarm live bait wirthin minutes. Anybody smarter than me out there with a suggestion?

 

[DrDave]

Get some havaheart traps and catch them. Then you can hold the cage they get trapped in under water to drown them. Harbor Freight has the traps. That is how I got rid of 6 rats that were under my shed. I used bread with peanut butter, they cannot resist it.

 

[razornick]

I've tried peanut butter in a regular trap. Mice didn't want anything to do with with a million swarming ants.

 

[DrDave]

Well, if you spray a ring around the trap of ant killer, they won't cross over the line to get to the peanut butter. Rats and mice don't care.

 

[razornick]

Good one. I'll give it a try. Thanks

 

[stroppy]

are you sure mice are eating frogs ?

 

[koikeepr]

yeah, that's what i was wondering, stroppy. I've never heard of a mouse eating a frog...

 

[DrDave]

I bet a big frog would eat a mouse.

 

[stroppy]

yep thats what i was thinking drdave

 

[koikeepr]

i bet your darned right about that! Frogs will eat just about anything they can get their mouths around for sure.

 

[ZmanArt007]

I have seen a mouse eat a lizard before. how big are these frogs? The lizard was smaller than my palm...

 

[razornick]

Pacific tree frogs don't get much bigger than a quarter.

 

[DrDave]

Pacific tree frogs don't get much bigger than a quarter.

And they are hard to spot!
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[razornick]

But not to hear. Thanks, I'll update UserCP.

 

[DrDave]

I had one for several years. I could call my answering machine at night, activate the listen in feature and hear it croaking in the background. Even with a flashlight, I never could find it.