Victor electronic mouse trap issue?

Question

Has anyone used the electronic mouse trap by Victor? I tried it for the first time and ran into some problem. I put some peanut butter at the entrance, some in the middle, and then some way back in the trap where the metal plates are. This morning I noticed the pb at the entrance was gone, but no mouse -- it didn't really go very far into the trap.

I was wondering if those diagonal "barriers" inside the trap could be a problem. The mouse is small, but it doesn't seem like it would be able to squeeze pass those barriers to get to the metal plate. Any thoughts?

Answer 1

You didn't follow the instructions, did you? There is a piece of foil on the underside that lifts up (like a flap). The peanut butter goes there - not at the entrance or in the middle.

Put the trap back, but don't put the PB at the entrance. The mouse will come back.

Answer 2

dsgrieve, I'm not sure which model of the mouse trap you have, but I just got a Victor electronic mouse trap and it doesn't have any foil that can be lifted up.  The instruction for where to apply the bait is also kind of ambiguous.  But I did find a picture from amazon.com where it shows the bait was applied all the way at the end of the trap, along the wall, where there are a dozen or so little holes.  Good luck!