[saxart]

Originally Posted by 71threequarterton

I tried that when we had a rodent problem a while back - the only thing that happened is we'd come back outside the next day to find all the peanut butter gone

Yes, mice will lick peanut butter off of a trap. I've had good luck taking a small (1/2" X 1/2") square of fabric and rolling it around in the peanut butter and placing that on the trap. The mice will feel the fabric and pull...........SNAP!