Squirrel traps

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I had a message asking about my squirrel boxes so said I'd do a post. 

Plastic boxes from b+m bargains 

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And some random pics

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Nicely done. Thanks 

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It seems mice have eaten into this squirrel caught in a trap. You can see the little tooth marks on the squirrel ribs. The trap and the body of the squirrel had mouse droppings all over it. 

Unfortunately I didn't have a camera in the van so couldn't leave it in situ and film unfortunately.

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[gnipper 7,101]

On 22/01/2026 at 10:25, Bendigo said:

It seems mice have eaten into this squirrel caught in a trap. You can see the little tooth marks on the squirrel ribs. The trap and the body of the squirrel had mouse droppings all over it. 

Unfortunately I didn't have a camera in the van so couldn't leave it in situ and film unfortunately.

Would it be wood mice eating meat rather than house mice?

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2 hours ago, gnipper said:

Would it be wood mice eating meat rather than house mice?

Id say they were woodmice/ fieldmice. But I just didn't mention the mice and just signed that one off as finished as I was so busy. Id have liked to leave a trail camera on the dead squirrel and film it but as said I'd run out of time. We aren't allowed to use poison for fieldmice now, supposed to only use traps until they can be positively identified. Id guess most people just get the job done asap by whatever means possible. 

House mice can be terrible to deal with at times, won't go near traps and difficult to get eating bait.