Little Nipper Mouse Trap

The traditional mouse trap. The 'Little Nipper' is a simple device with a heavily springloaded bar and a trip to release it. Stereotypically, cheese is placed on the trip as bait, but this does not work well as, in reality, most mice don't like it; they will however take other food such as oats, chocolate, bread or meat. Butter or peanut butter is also quite effective. Some people set out traps unset but baited for a few days so the mice lose their caution around them. This also helps you see which bait your mice like.