Rataglooie

[Richard Moore]

Had a largish 1995 home today. Nice big tall attic with rodent runs in the insulation everywhere. Mice, judging from the small droppings. Here's the thing...there were about a dozen plastic trays in the attic (and a few in the crawl) filled with a glue substance. I'd never seen these before. No bait and the only think trapped in them all was one bee and, unfortunately, a swallow. At the time I thought they were for insects, but a little googling came up with a variety of "Glue Traps" for rodents as well as some disturbing descriptions of mice chewing their legs off to get out of these "slow death" devices. Evidently they are banned in many communities, areas, and some whole countries, which I think is a good thing! I have no love of rodents, but I'm also not a sadist.

Anyway, my quandry now is that I suppose these were stuck up here previously by a pest control guy(?). Anyone know if these are actually effective at catching the little buggers? Shouldn't there be bait in the middle or a stuck mouse or two? Should I find out who put in these glue traps and report them to PETA? Should I still recommend another pest guy for evaluation and remedy? (Don't bother with that last one...it's "Yes")

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[John Dirks Jr]

I would leave PETA out of it and just recommend a qualified pest control professional to follow up and advise. Some of those PETA types can get a little whacky and go off the deep end. next thing you know you are being summons to testify and all that.

[Richard Moore]

I was just kidding about the PETA thing. Should have put a wink icon in there.

[hausdok]

Hi,

Yes, they're very effective. I've seen them more than once with a nice fat abomination dead as a doornail stuck on them so I think they're the greatest thing going. Personally, I hope the nasty buggers chew all of their nasty legs off as well as their privates; I couldn't care less if we made them extinct.

ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!!

Mike

[Richard Moore]

Just in case anyone didn't know it, Mike doesn't have much of a liking for the small furry critters. Evidently there's something about Disneyland, a very large mouse, and a pair of soiled britches in his past. It was many years ago (I think he was a mere 30 something at the time) but he just hasn't gotten over it.

[Bill Kibbel]

I see them several times a week. A couple times each year, I'm prying one off my shoe, knee or forearm.

[Chad Fabry]

One day I heard a strange clunking and went to investigate. My cat could not resist a captive hors d'oeuvre and had her back feet stuck in the goo. It really was comical until I realized i simply couldn't her free. Long story short: kerosene is a solvent for the goo.

[randynavarro]

I see them on occasion.

In my history, I've found one dead mouse, one almost dead mouse (I finished him off with the blade of my pick hammer), and mucho insect-os.

[Brad Manor]

You can buy them at most hardware stores here... they are really sticky - my wife still calls me an idiot. I had to find out.

-Brad

[Richard Moore]

I see poison packs and the "normal" rat/mouse traps all the time. In 6 years now, I've never seen these before. Odd! "Luck of the draw" I guess.

Chad...I read in my research that vegetable oil works for freeing stuck critters. I assume that would include kitties.