Off Topic » A better mouse trap

I know that some of you have issues with mice and rats, especially during nesting time when they just love to build homes in your air box during the winter while your BMW is taking a nap. Here is a great idea for a rat trap. One that is cheap and easy to build. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsoVcrFyrF8

My son-in-law built a one way slide for their rats that leads under the crawl space of his home, through a pipe and drops them into a bucket full of water in the garage. However, my daughter really gets shook up when a rat drops into the bucket if she happens to be nearby. Photo attached.

Here on the farm, we use a variation of this design with great success. Instead of a pivoting plank, the version I use has a spinning plastic jar. The peanut butter goes on the jar and the rodents fall in the water when it spins under their weight. A friend used this design at the local humane society and he drowned 22 mice the first night...