How to Catch Mice in a Garage

Traditional Snap Traps

• 1

  Pull the locking bar back.

• 2

  Pull the lever back. Do this carefully, as the lever can snap back and harm your hand or fingers.

• 3

  Put the locking bar across the lever, while holding the lever with your other hand.

• 4

  Insert the bar into the latch to hold the lever in place.

• 5

  Place a small piece of bread with peanut butter on the trap. Place the trap in the area where you have seen the mice or seen mouse droppings.

Humane Traps

• 6

  Purchase a flat, paper glue board from your local hardware store.

• 7

  Remove the protective sheet from the glue board.

• 8

  Place a small piece of bread with peanut butter on the trap. Place the trap in the area you have seen mice or mouse droppings.

• 9

  Release the mouse in an area where it will not come back to your garage or your neighbors house. Remove the mouse from the trap using baby oil.