Authenzo Big Humane Mouse Trap Smart No Kill Mouse Trap Catch and Release, Safe for People and Pet-2 Pack

Your browser does not support HTML5 video.  Found mouse signs and picked up 4 of these. There is NEVER JUST ONE MOUSE. Mice are attracted to other mice and dark places so I made a "hotel" out of the Amazon box they came in (I used to do mouse research). Smeared some peanut butter around the Amazon box hotel entrance and put the peanut butter baited traps in the box. The included videos (camera purchased from Amazon - EmpireTech IP Camera IPC-HDW2231R-ZS 2MP Starlight IR Eyeball - using Blue Iris software) show how the mice entered. For brevity I will say I left some peanut butter out to see if it dissapeared and when it did, the camera showed it was mice. The edited video version did not show that they sniffed around cautiously and left a few times even after freely eating peanut butter bait from that area for a few days. But it did catch two on the first night. The second mouse seemed to have a bit of tail which was pinched by the trap door, so perhaps the length of the tube could be longer, but it seemed to get it free and was undamaged on release. Worked well and released them.

We have mice in our area (fields, etc..). We don’t have a mouse problem in the house…usually. But once in a while one of our cats brings one in the house to play with it and it gets lose (and as luck would have it a pregnant mouse once). When this has happened over the years we have gone through several different mouse traps to catch the little buggers before they have any chance of having a litter. If you use traps that kill, the mice learn to avoid that area. But with this live trap, no blood or guts for them to smell (or for us to look at and clean up), so cute pests are never clued in that their fellow mousemates are being trapped. So once you find that golden spot you can always use it until all the mice are all gone.=====================================================GENERAL REVIEWThe traps are quality built (plastic with metal spring). They can be reused numerous times. We caught a mouse within 20 minutes of placing the trap. We have caught 2 mice at once in one trap (this has happened three times).We spent a small fortune at the grocery store figuring out what bait is best to use (nuts, sweets, nesting material, cheese, etc....) So what is the works every time solution? The cheapest creamy peanut butter you can buy. See my tips section below on how to rig these so the little vermin cannot resist.They are easy to bait. Just remove the "bait compartment". I take a plastic knife and push the creamy peanut butter up through the holes in the bait compartment, you know Play Dough Factory style giving several snake like tubes of irresistible peanut butter. Replace the bait compartment and push the front door down until it clicks.Then when the mouse goes to the peanut butter in the back of the trap, their weight on the floor releases the front door and they are trapped.I then take them to a local field, remove the bait compartment and they run out of the trap. Rinse and repeat as needed.=====================================================PROS<> Easy to use<> Safe to use....especially if you have kids or pets. No way it can hurt a fingers while baiting and setting it or the paws or nose of a curious pet or the fingers of kid poking at it<> No gross blood or guts<> Humane (As long as you check the traps a few times a day.....otherwise they will die a long death of dehydration...but that is not the trap's fault)<> Reusable. I have used one trap to catch over 12 mice that found a corner in our garage to their liking onceCONSFirst of all most of the cons are just the reality of the world and even though common to ALL mouse traps greatly minimized when compared against other mouse traps.<> Not really a con.....just the normal wear of any trap. When the mouse goes to the back of trap, they are actually walking on lever that doubles as the floor. When the mouse is at the end of the lever, i.e. at the back of the trap licking the bait, it raises the other end of the level releasing the door and trapping the mouse. After extended periods of time the spring looses it's firmness (as all springs would when kept at max taunt for a long time would), so lighter younger mice will not trigger the trap. Again this is over a period of time of weeks or months kept in the trigger state the entire time<> We had one trap where the door broke. I could not tell if it broke when the door snapped or if the mouse that was trapped gnawed enough to cause the weak point. This is not a common problem, but did happen once.=====================================================TIPSOkay.....tips to make sure you catch something every time. I am not going to cover the usual tips, like place it where the mice travel along the baseboards / under furniture where you hear them / etc... But specific tips for these specific traps.....Tip #1 -- Before replacing the bait compartment I put a little extra peanut butter right at the back roof inside the trap. This way a mouse would have to stand up to get to it, giving it more time and weight on the end of the levered floor increasing the chances of triggering the trap.Tip #2 -- Put a VERY thin layer of peanut butter on both inner walls of the entrance. Not enough to really lick or eat, but to smell. So put peanut butter there and then scrape it off with the plastic knife. This adds smell to the front but they have to go to back to get the good stuff.Tip #3 -- KEEP THE BOX. Mice love cover. They hate to be exposed in the open. So after I bait and set a trap I put it back in the box and then place the open box where I want the trap. This gives them a sense of security as the trap becomes a nice darkened tunnel offering cover to enjoy the delicious peanut butter.Tip #4 -- Follow up to tip #3 above.....since you obviously leave the box flaps open when using it to place your trap, I take peanut butter and spread it on each of the box top flaps. Then scrap the peanut butter off again. This allows the box to get the smell of peanut butter (and even absorb some of the peanut butter oils) without giving them anything to really eat unless they enter the trap. Again....mice sense of smell is incredible. This is basically putting up little peanut butter neon signs alternately flashing "Enter Here" & “Peanut Butter Just For You!” as the smell sets off a display of fireworks in their little brains from all of the delicious peanut butter aroma.I am soooo glad mice never stop and get suspicious as to why their ultimately favorite treat just magically happens to appear in a conveniently covered mouse sized cozy tunnel right where they walk every day!

I put it in our garage to capture at least 1 mouse that I saw go up in a wall. I filled it with peanut butter as suggested and within 10 mins I had my mouse. Rightfully, it freaked out. Never once did I feel like it would be able to get out. The trap was really easy to load with food, set up, and release the mouse. If you want a humane way to catch a mouse, I'd highly recommend this trap.

Noticed some mice darting around in the evening and, never having dealt with this issue before, felt like it was going to be an uphill battle to rid them. I researched and bought two different kinds of traps- these tube traps and a little steel box with two entrances. The tube traps arrived ahead of the steel trap, so naturally I put them down right away with peanutbutter smeared on the back. I placed one by the fridge and one next to the couch. This is all recommended in the instructions, but I didn't need to read them to know it was a good idea. Basically, line the entrance of the tube up with a natural line of movement for them, ie against the wall or behind a piece of furniture.Within ONE HOUR I caught my first mouse by the fridge. The trap makes a LOUD snap noise to let you know. I caught FOUR MORE MICE within the next couple hours from the same trap with no need to add more peanutbutter or clean it out. I put all the mice in a plastic box and drove them to a field some 10 miles away. I did not catch more mice that evening, but changed the position of the trap. Over the next two days, so three days total, I've caught SEVEN mice. I don't see them darting around any more or hear them clinking behind the stove. At this rate, I'll catch them all before the steel trap arrives.These traps WORK, no doubt about it. They are super well ventilated and the lever door is super sensitive, so it traps them right away. I like how loud the snap is, so you know right away and can care for the mouse. To let them go, just lift the back door and point the mouse toward the ground- it'll jump right out. No touch at all. This tube is also quite large, way bigger than is needed for the tiny mice I'm finding. Overall, super worth it! Sure, they only trap one mouse at a time, but I recommend keeping them in a (ventilated) plastic container with a dollop of peanutbutter for up to a day if you want to reuse the same trap.Picture of a mouse so fat I think it may have been pregnant. Is now living in a field.