Successful baiting for mice is to have many bait placements containing
a small amount of bait, rather than a large amount of bait in fewer locations.
If the infestation is severe, you can't have enough bait placements.
If there is a source of food (other than the mouse bait), regardless of
the quaility of the bait, the mouse may never touch the mouse bait. If
you have two bait placements placed 20 feet apart the mice may never visit
the bait, if there is other sources of food, so place the bait shorter
distances from each other.
Place bait close to the walls, if the bait is placed several inches off
the wall , the mice might bypass it.
Place mouse bait is all openings on the outside of the building where
mice may enter, as well as all doorways that remain open in the buildings.
Bell's RTU with Contrac Blox placement
In places like restaurants, warehouses, and other commercial establishments,
multiple bait placements may be done by permanent mouse
bait stations on a year round basis.
- Inspect possible harboraging areas of the mouse.
Place bait between possible harboraging areas and the current source
of food.
This would encourage the mice to encounter the bait during its travels
- Inspect possible feeding areas such as piles of droppings, shredded
paper, tracks, mouse odors, in darkened areas.
Place bait in these areas
- Often there is a high rodent activity in corners of rooms and in cabinets,
where two surfaces join at angles. Rodents have a strong tactile feedback
in run in those areas.
Place bait there.
Bell's Keyless Mouse Bait Station (tamper-proof)
- You may encourage feeding by using bait stations, like the RTU
Mice Bait Station or the Keyless
Mouse Bait Station ( both are tamper proof to keep non targeted
animals and children out of the bait box)
These staitons providethe mouse an attractive feeding location.
- Space bait placements 8-12 feet apart. Use the shorter distances in
severe infestations.
- It is important to follow up and check bait usage after you placement
of the bait.
Move any existing bait placemnent another 5 feet in another direction
to intersect with another mouse territory.
- Remember when placing baits that mice may be living above their food
source such as attics and suspended ceilings.
They also may be living below their food source in such areas as crawl
spaces, floor voids and basements.
- Mouse populations do have individual prefences for bait.
Test baits by placing a couple types of bait, for example
Fastrac
Seed or Blox ,
Quintox Seed baits, or Contrac
pellets or Contrac blox
.
See if one is preferred over another form and continue to bait with
the favorite preference for that mouse population.
- Mouse are not attracted to old baits, replace baits as necessary.
