--- author: Eric Wagoner date: '2000-05-25T03:48:45' draft: false title: My house mouse (or a --- My house mouse (or a relative) didn't heed my warnings and ate some of a small piece of leftover poundcake. I set traps the last two nights, but the mouse ate the peanut butter without setting the traps off each night. Tonight, I'll try to set them ever more gingerly. I tried looking up "How do I set mouse traps so they go off every time" on the various search engines, but couldn't find anything of use, other than the knowledge that [you can do plenty with mousetraps](http://home.flash.net/~funtraps/) besides catch mice.