So, HOW in the world do mice get so smart about getting bait off the trap?? It certainly isn't from experience. Do they see their little friends get deadimicated? But how do they know, even then, to ever-so-gently take the bait off the trigger?? I don't remember this phenomenon happening 40-50 years ago. Also on this topic (which of course is Off Topic) I tried those sticky-bottom traps once. It was appalling to see a mouse that had begun to literally crawl out of its skin before it got too exhausted to continue. It was still squirming when I discovered it. <div>On 10/1/07, Stéphane Collin <<a href="mailto:collin.s@skynet.be">collin.s@skynet.be</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Hi Barbara. Hey, now that is a good idea !  You are more intelligent than mice, which means than me.  You score. Thanks for the tip. Stéphane Collin. Hey Stéphane, I ended up <tying> cheese to the trap with thread.  That worked. </blockquote></div>