JPS5943131B2 - How to catch a mouse - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a method for trapping mice using a baited mousetrap.

Using repellents to exterminate rats does not really exterminate the rats because they only drive them to other areas, and using rodenticides requires careful consideration of the impact on humans and livestock. Not only that, but since mice have excellent hearing, other mice can hear the sounds and voices of a mouse dying from the rodenticide and running around in pain, and as a result of a kind of learning effect, the mice no longer approach the rodenticide. Therefore, the extermination effect decreases significantly over time in the same location.

For this reason, using a mouse trap is considered to be the most effective method of exterminating mice, but in warehouses where mice are known to be present, do not use mouse traps, etc. Even if you set a mousetrap in a place where a mouse might pass, it does not necessarily catch the mouse, and the mousetrap is often wasted.

There are various possible causes for this, but experiments have revealed that it is due to the following habits of mice.

The first is that mice move mainly along routes that have been taken many times by members of the group to which they belong, and rarely follow routes other than those.

In other words, a route taken several times by mice belonging to the same group will eventually become the route of the mice in that group, and therefore, even if you set a mouse trap somewhere other than this route or a location close to this route, the mice will not catch the mouse. You will not be able to catch it.

This is because rats use their keen sense of smell to identify the odors of their own group.
This is thought to be because due to their sensitive nature, they are extremely reluctant to move around in areas where the odor is not strong.

The second reason is that the group moves at certain times, which means that even if you set a mouse trap in a place where a lot of mouse droppings are scattered, the trap will not catch, or if you set it in the place where it was caught last time, it may not catch. is possible.

An object of the present invention is to provide a more efficient and wasteful method of capturing mice in view of the above-mentioned habits of mice that have been revealed through experiments.

The purpose of the above is to arbitrarily select a predetermined position for setting a mousetrap, place non-poisonous bait at said position, leave it for a certain period of time, and set the trap at a position where the bait decreases or disappears. This method is achieved by a method for trapping mice, which is characterized by setting a mousetrap with bait only for mice, and examples thereof will be described in detail below.

First, the device arbitrarily selects a predetermined location within a building such as a warehouse where the mouse trap is to be set or in a location close to the building.

It is preferable to select this planned position in a corner of a room, along a wall, behind something, in a path between objects, etc.The distance between the selected positions should not be too close, and in experiments, it should be approximately 10m2 or more. It is preferable to select based on the ratio of the number of locations.

Next, non-poisonous food that rats prefer is placed at each scheduled position selected as described above and left for a certain period of time.

For handling purposes, it is preferable for the bait to be in the form of dry pellets rather than in the form of paste, and it is also preferable to place one device (or several pieces with a diameter of about 50 mm) in each location.

In this example, flour is used as a base, and various vegetables and meats are crushed into small pieces or mixed with extracts of these, flavorings, etc., and an appropriate amount of synthetic fibers and other fibers of appropriate length are mixed in. The bait used is dried by adding water and kneading it into a predetermined size and shape.

Leave the bait for at least a few hours (the time may not necessarily be constant, but if it is too short, you will not be able to get accurate data on whether or not a mouse will appear in that location). Preferably, it is more than the amount of time a normal person sleeps in a day, that is, about 6 to 48 hours.

Next, it is confirmed whether the bait left at each of the positions has decreased or disappeared, and mouse traps with bait are set only in the positions where the bait has decreased or disappeared.

The fact that the number of leftover baits has decreased or disappeared means that a small number of mice have passed through that location, and based on the behavior of mice, there is an extremely high possibility that a mouse will pass through that location again.

In particular, if all the bait is found within the above period, it means that the position is completely on the path of the mouse, and when the mousetrap is set in such a position, it should be It takes 100% of the rats within the time.

A mouse trap with bait means one that attracts mice with bait, and does not only mean a trap that activates when a mouse pulls the bait.

Further, although it is not necessary to use the same bait as the bait placed in the mouse trap at the predetermined position, it is preferable to use the same bait, that is, one with a similar composition.

In addition, even if you continue to set mouse traps after catching mice using the above procedure, the mice may move in groups as mentioned above, and they may also discover new paths. Since the route may change, it is best to follow the above procedure each time.

Next, the effects of the illegality of the present invention will be explained in detail along with experimental results.

In addition, the mousetrap is formed into a substantially equilateral triangular cylinder shape,
A bent line is formed along the cylinder in the center of the transparent surface of -, and elasticity is constantly applied so that the transparent surface of - is folded flat between the other two sides around the bent line. The added vessel body and the device that maintains the vessel body in a triangular tube shape against the elasticity are equipped with a mechanism, and have bait inside, and a foot plate provided on the bottom plate is pressed down by the weight of the mouse. As soon as the device was opened, the mechanism was released and the container was folded flat.

The same bait was used throughout each experiment.

Experiment A-1 The experiment site was a restaurant with an area of about 160m2 (including the cooking room, etc.), and seven mousetrap traps were randomly chosen at 7 locations, and one mousetrap was set at each location at 11 p.m. After that, we checked every 6 hours for the next 30 hours to see if there was a mouse, and if there was a mouse, we removed the mouse trap each time.

Experiment A-2 This was an experiment based on the method of the present invention, and the mouse trap was set to be set 7 days after the date and time when the mouse trap was set in Experiment A-1 at the same location as Experiment A-1.

Seven mousetrap traps were randomly selected (different locations from those in Experiment A-1), and at 11:00 p.m., 8 pellets of bait were placed in each of the locations, and after 9 hours ( The next day, at 8:00 a.m., the bait was examined, and at 11:00 p.m., mouse traps were placed in four locations where the bait was decreasing. confirmed.

According to the results of the above experiment, in Experiment A-1, the device was able to catch one mouse in the first 6 hours, and one more mouse in the next 24 to 30 hours, for a total of two mice. .

In contrast, in experiment A-2, the device
I was able to catch 4 fish in total, one every 6 to 12 hours and one between 24 to 30 hours.

Experiment B-1 The experiment site was a building material warehouse with an area of approximately 1400 m', and the traps were placed in arbitrary locations [20 locations were selected, mouse traps were set at each location at 11:00 p.m., and mouse traps were set at each location for 48 hours.
I checked every hour to see if there was a mouse.

Experiment B-2 At the same location as Experiment B-1, a mouse trap was set to be set 7 days after the date and time when the mouse trap was set in Experiment B-1, and the mouse trap was set at an arbitrary planned position. Select 20 locations (different locations from Experiment B-1), place 8 pellets of bait at each location at 9 p.m., and check the locations 12 hours later to find out if the bait is gone. Mouse traps were set at 11:00 p.m. at the 9 locations where the number of locations had decreased, and as in Experiment B-1, it was confirmed whether a mouse was trapped every 6 hours for 48 hours.

As a result, in Experiment B-1, the device was released within 6 hours.
In Experiment B-2, the device caught 5 mice within 6 hours, and 4 mice in total, 2 mice within 4 to 30 hours.
A total of 8 mice, 3 mice, were caught within 24 to 30 hours.

As described above, according to the method of the present invention, before setting the mouse trap, it is possible to identify the path of the mouse or a similar route, and to set the mouse trap on the path or route. Useless (you can definitely catch a mouse.

Moreover, according to the above-mentioned experimental results, according to the method of the present invention,
Compared to other methods, this method results in more mice being caught.

This is thought to be due to a type of learning effect from eating bait, which makes the mice less alert even when there is a mousetrap.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. When setting a mousetrap, the device arbitrarily selects a predetermined position, places non-poisonous bait at the said position, and leaves it for two certain periods of time until the bait decreases or disappears. A method for trapping mice characterized by setting a mousetrap with bait only in the position where the mousetrap is set. 2. The bait used in the mousetrap is almost the same as the bait that is left at a predetermined position for a certain period of time. 3. The mouse trapping method according to claim 1, wherein each part is a dried rice cake. 4. The mouse trap device is left at a predetermined position for a certain period of time. 4. The method of catching mice according to claim 3, wherein the bait is several pellet-shaped baits having a diameter of about 5 mm.