We've learned that mice can eat the peanut butter right off the trap without setting it off. A mix of flour%water with peanut butter sets up hard enough to set off the trap.

Mice like the high fructose corn syrup added, well-preserved, never need to stir peanut butter -- not the healthy stuff you buy! :)

Not to "rat" on the rodent community, but our rats love anything made of wheat or corn, like bread, crackers, tortilla chips, etc. Maybe put the pb on a cracker? Shhh, don't tell my rats I shared this. ;) Let me know if it woks if you do. Another thing they love is yogurt drops (treats at the pet store).

Our mice have been hiding out. We saw two (we think) on Halloween, but haven't seen any evidence since. The cat is utterly useless. I heard something scrabbling in the corner before I was convinced we had mice- the cat was looking the other way!!

From one dweller of an old drafty house with messy kids to another I have had the same problems.

We haven't seen too many mice lately.
We have a Yorkie who spends most of her time in the kitchen area so I'm certain that her presence has evaded our once persistant mice. We also have an outside cat who has eliminated our lizard population and enjoys catching gophers, mice, birds and even squirrels. We call her the verminator.

As far as peanut butter on traps goes, it never really worked for us.

~Melissa

Ugh, so sorry. We had a little mice invasion last winter at our house. Jay was so kind to even post pics on the ole blog, much to my horror. Hope you win the war!