Mousetrap Really Is Better

Mousetrap Really is better MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Pest Animals 17-1-27 It costs a little more than conventional wireand-wood snap traps but this new plastic mousetrap works so slick you probably won't mind. The trap consists of two plastic jaws held together by a wrap-around steel spring. It was designed by engineer Tom Martin of Maple Grove, Minn., to be easier to use. For example, there's no way you can catch your fingers when setting the trap because you just pinch the jaws in back and hold onto the trap while you put the bait on the trigger. When the mouse takes the bait, the jaws snap shut, suffocating the rodent without the blood or mess wire traps sometimes result in. And to empty the trap, you don't have to touch the mouse. Just pinch the back of the jaws to open the trap and the now-dead mouse will fall out. "Women especially like it because they don't have to touch the mouse. And it saves time because it can be set so fast," says Martin, who first built a prototype and then found a manufacturer, SAS Enterprises, to produce and market it. It's already into national hardware chains and he hopes to have it on the shelves at Target, K-Mart, and Wal-Mart soon. A package of two traps sells for $3.99. Contact: FARM SHOW Ik*wup, Intruder, P.O. Box 136, 230 WestColeman, Rice Lake, Wis. 54868 (ph 800 553-5129 or 715 234-1202).

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