Gretchen, I totally agree with snap traps!
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
Anderson, Gretchen
Sent: Sunday, September 6, 2020 2:14 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [PestList] Pest issues with Gingerbread
Let me add my voice to the no sticky traps for mice, as well as to live
trapping. Not only will they hurt themselves but they die of dehydration – a
slow death. With live traps, you must check them at least once per day
(preferably 2 times per day) or they will die of thirst. And, remember that
when you release them they might come back in, or get killed anyway – mice are
territorial and will kill strangers coming into their territory.
I will leave you with this image. At a museum I worked at, we used live traps
next to the loading dock door (not my idea). My assistant checked the trap
once and found that a female had given birth and by the time we checked all had
died.
Snaps are the most humane. You have to place them properly – the trigger
perpendicular against the wall. And mice do love chocolate. There is even one
trap – The Snap-E trap that has a little cup just the right size for jamming a
Hershey’s kiss in to it!
Good Luck.
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Van Dyke
Sent: Friday, September 4, 2020 4:39 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [PestList] Pest issues with Gingerbread
Avoid glue traps for mice. They may seem humane, but the mouse will hurt
itself to get loose, or be terrified while you spend the time to get it off and
clean it up.
If you want the mouse alive to release somewhere outside far away from your
facility, then consider a live trap such as a Victor Catch & Hold
(https://www.homedepot.com/p/Victor-Multi-Catch-Live-Mouse-Trap-M333/202668291).
You'll need to check the trap often (at least twice a day). For insects you
can still put out the regular Trapper insect blunder traps that hopefully a
mouse won't get itself stuck in. Or make a little enclosure for it that bugs
can walk into but keep mice out.
Good luck! Having that much gingerbread in a gallery would overwhelm me.
Alan
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Harry Ransom Center
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On Fri, Sep 4, 2020 at 3:15 PM Tony Irwin
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Breakback snap traps are usually considered the most humane for mice. Baited
with chocolate or peanut butter, they will hardly add to the gallery's
attractiveness, given the amount of gingerbread you already have.
The other pests to consider are the Drugstore or Biscuit Beetle (Stegobium
paniceum) - it depends on how long the house is on display.
But perhaps your biggest problem may be errant, hungry children! Not sure what
to advise for those...
Good luck!
Tony
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On Fri, 4 Sep 2020 at 20:53, Ariana Webber
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Happy Friday Everyone,
I could use some advice from the listserv. We are installing a work that is
essentially a life-sized gingerbread house (84 x 120 x 84) in our galleries.
The gingerbread tiles are slotted into a steel armature. We worked with a
local baker to bake the gingerbread tiles and they are sealed with an egg yolk
wash. They were delivered to our gallery yesterday and are currently boxed and
wrapped in plastic. We are going to start installing on Tuesday. Of course, I
am worried about the pest problems having this work in our galleries will
cause. I was thinking about putting traps
(https://www.amazon.com/Mouse-Insect-Glue-Trap-Pack/dp/B00Q71KSG2/ref=sr_1_5?crid=U8TDTF12C9MM&dchild=1&keywords=victor+pest+trap&qid=1599248250&sprefix=pest+traps+vi%2Caps%2C159&sr=8-5)
inside the house (visitors aren’t allowed to walk inside). And then placing
more traps around the galleries at night.
Are mice the main thing I should be worried about? Do the traps we bought seem
like the right ones? I bought these because they could be used for both mice
and insects and didn’t require anything additional as a lure. Are there any
more humane mouse traps that don’t introduce additional lures to the space?
Thanks so much for your advice!
Best,
Ariana
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