Magnet as a Weak Trap Door Description: A weak magnet is used to suspend a small platform or doors (trap door) with hinges over a box that is 6 inches or greater in depth. The weight of the mouse will exceed the strength of the magnetic force holding the platform in place. Materials: box, weak magnets, bait, thin rod or plastic stirrer (hinges) Tools: scissors Locking Magnetic Description: This trap uses a rectangular cavity with a small platform that is almost center balanced. When the mouse walks up the platform, it falls and the opposite side goes up to the top of the entrance. Small magnets on the elevated end stick to the ceiling lock together and trap the mouse. Materials: box, weak magnets, bait, thin rod or plastic stirrer (hinges) Tools: scissors Generic Trap with Magnets Description: This trap uses a rectangular box with one open end and one closed end. The closed end has a sensitive pressure plate that depresses with the mouse’s weight, separating weak magnets, and releasing the door over the opening. Small magnets are used to keep the door shut. Materials: box, weak magnets, string, bait, thin rod or plastic stirrer (hinges) Tools: scissors Images only include graphics with an unlimited commercial license; see https://openclipart.org/share.
Magnet as a Weak Trap Door Description: A weak magnet is used to suspend a small platform or doors (trap door) with hinges over a box that is 6 inches or greater in depth. The weight of the mouse will exceed the strength of the magnetic force holding the platform in place. Materials: box, weak magnets, bait, thin rod or plastic stirrer (hinges) Tools: scissors Locking Magnetic Description: This trap uses a rectangular cavity with a small platform that is almost center balanced. When the mouse walks up the platform, it falls and the opposite side goes up to the top of the entrance. Small magnets on the elevated end stick to the ceiling lock together and trap the mouse. Materials: box, weak magnets, bait, thin rod or plastic stirrer (hinges) Tools: scissors Generic Trap with Magnets Description: This trap uses a rectangular box with one open end and one closed end. The closed end has a sensitive pressure plate that depresses with the mouse’s weight, separating weak magnets, and releasing the door over the opening. Small magnets are used to keep the door shut. Materials: box, weak magnets, string, bait, thin rod or plastic stirrer (hinges) Tools: scissors Images only include graphics with an unlimited commercial license; see https://openclipart.org/share.