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Try cutting off the threaded part and just leave a hole. The mouse could grab the edge of the hole by jumping higher, but try it anyway.

I think taping toothpicks around the rim of the threaded part will help stopping the mice from re-entering, like the spikes in jar traps! Great video as always, keep it up!

Wow! Incredible skill jumping up to the exit point and lifting yourself out...mouse or not, that is impressive.

Dremel the threads and collar off the bottle neck. Use the body off another bottle to make the trap extra tall. 2" of water in the bottom will also prevent them from jumping successfully.

I think the threads on the bottle top are the deciding factor here. They're like hand holds for a rock climber. If you took that part off and flipped the round top over without it I think it would be more effective. Worse case scenario pour in some oil with the seed and grease up those paws to keep them from using the sides of the bottle.

Not just the threads, I would also remove that big protruded lip/ring that the cap sits on, or at least oil/grease it. That's what they're using to hang on.

Just use PAM spray cooking oil on the cut off bottle top, allowing no friction surface, and the Jungle Jimminy mouse can't grab onto the bottle top and exit.

Well now you have a place to set a trap that works that they'll probably think is another feeding station now.

A wise man learns just as much from his losses as he does from his victories! Thanks as usual for the great content Shawn. It is nice to see the good, the bad, and the ugly as it helps us all out.

Shawn highlighted in today's New York Times article concerning rats and rat problems. As a long time subscriber, I was pleased he got the recognition !

Add Vaseline to the outer rim of the bottle cap before turning it over and taping it. The mouse will try to grap unto it but will make it's paws slippery (and covered with Vaseline in the process)

If you cut the nozzle off it might work, That threaded nozzle gives them something to grab hold of.

just add a trace of oil to the bait and the neck of the bottle - result tired, trapped mice

I've seen this kind of trap used for yellow jackets. Instead of seed at the bottom, put in some sugar water or Mountain Dew (highest sugar content pop currently on the market). A drop of dishwashing liquid on the pop will allow the yellow jackets to sink.

That trap would need refinements to work. 1) Greater height. 2) Peanut oil on any surface that a mouse could conceivably use to aid escaping. 3) Short downward pointing wires formed as a funnel. Also, we didn't see the pet mice trying it out, but then again, they don't have much motivation to escape.

Good to know. Thank you for sharing

"You are going to need a taller bottle !" And a wider-mouthed bottle for the rats.

Thank you for the work.

You have some great ideas on here Shawn for trapping mice. In reading the comments, one commented about cutting the threads off and another one said to cut the threads off and smear it with some kind of oil to make it slippery. I think that, cutting the threads and putting oil on it would be a FANTASTIC idea, you outta try that in a new video and see if that works. Keep the great ideas coming, great channel btw.

I'm not sure if it was intentional, but you observed good scientific practice here by asking a good question - width or threads - and only changing one variable at a time to figure it out. Thanks for the good video as always!

Maybe a 3d printed coupler to allow the cut top of one bottle to be put on an intact bottle. Or maybe a 3d printed funnel that just screws onto the top of the bottle.

what helps the mice is the big wide lip after the theads a nice gip to hold on if flat around the edges make hard and if make slippy on inside would no grip.

Thank you kind Sir, for running a Food bank this episode.

Maybe catching rats with a dispenser size water jug, I would have just cut off the whole cap section and maybe added just a drop of oil

Just put the bait (peanut butter) on the side and half fill with water

Add some sharp spikes pointing down on the threads and it will work

SPIKES!!! You know what I mean, as you already have that kind of thing in you're collection.

Sean, you are the best!

What I would do is take another 2 L bottle, cut off the top and bottom and extend the length. Cut off the threaded portion as well. It would be too tall for them to escape. Add a base to make it stable.

Obviously those mice are supermice with the power to dematerialize! Good luck finding a trap that will hold them.

This could be made as a kill trap with water. Mice can’t jump When they are swimming.

I wonder if you cut the neck off the bottles so there is nothing below the cone bit of the funnel if it would work better.

I'd say don't add tape, just cut it off to remove the large ledge that would be below the bottlecap security ring when it's in place so you just have the funnel and a short neck with absolutely nothing to grab on to.

Very cool seeing how the ones I caught got away 😂. I immediately regretted not dispatching them when I saw that I'd caught them. Came back a bit later and they were gone. I was imagining some teamwork acrobatics, but this makes way more sense.

you only need to make it a water trap and they can't jump. You could smear peanut butter on the cone.

It does kind of work, but you need to add steel spikes to keep them in.

Hi Shawn, could you try bottle caps with different size holes? 8mm , to 12mm?

Pretty generous with the bait!

Add a couple inches of water and float the bait on top of the water.

I'm thinking the threads and the big ridge should be ground off smooth. It may work then, but no telling.

vegetable oil around the bottle neck or glue paperclips/wire etc around it. or cut the bottle neck into spikes, you'll need to gather it in a bit then bulk it out somehow to fit.

Could use a bit of oil on the inside. When their little paws get oiled then, they won't be able to grab anything.

I would cut the whole threaded part off,leaving less for them to cling to.

That's a smart lil one

Put a spring loaded trapdoor that returns to position after the mouse goes in . Maybe join two bottles together long ways . I am about to go out and make one .

Would it work sanding down a little bit the thread then rubbing some olive oil or vaseline?

The addition of paper clip barbs with the tape would have done it and possibly instead of the tape sand the cap threads off until it's smooth

Filing off the internal threads as well as taping outer?

For a live catch trap try joining 2 bottles together so that the mouse can’t jump high enough to reach the funnel. A few centimetres of water in the bottom would stop them jumping back up with the current design.

maybe cut the top closer to the top and actually cut the tip part with the threads off too so there isn't a horizontal cylinder for them to grab.

I've actually had success doing this, I put water in the bottom and smeared peanut butter on the inside to lure them in.

What if you rubbed oil around the top area?

Try smearing oil in and outside of the funnel.

You did what I would have suggested. You tried and the trap just isn't very trappy, they're great feeding stations though.

What if you cut off the threaded portion, less to hang onto.

Straighten out a few paper clips and tape them to the threads, make a funnel style trap out of it.

sand the threads off with 220g and hit it with a torch to make it slick again

I'd cut off the threaded part and maybe apply a little oil to the funnel.

I have used that design to catch flies. It almost looks like it could work for mice if you just left the bottles unmodified.

I would add a few drops of peanut oil to the funnel then they should get oil on their feet and be unable to climb out.

I think the idea is a good one only it needs some modification

Put a little oil on the inside of the bottle in addition to taping the threads. I think that combination might work.

What would happen if you cut the threaded part right off?

They're not necessarily grabbing the threads, they're grabbing the ring at the base of the threads that the tamper ring on the lid catches on. Try cutting the top off right below the ring, then there won't BE anything TO grab.

This would work if you would make spikes on the bottle neck.

It’s gotta be true. It’s on the internet! Good vid.

What if you used extra mouse/s?

I don't think it was the cap thread they hung onto, it was that thicker ridge just below the thread.

Please do the same but with the threads cut off!!

If you put a bit of oil in theinside around it might be slippery

I really thought this was going to work. It did catch them, though, so would have to make it a kill trap, so they could not escape.

Maybe oil around the taped up thread would work?

What if we add oil in the bottle? to make it slippery!

Maybe just fill with some water to prevent them from jumping out?

well, I mean, after you cover the inside with a tape, maybe some grease on top or some other slippery solution (that doesn't drip down) could increase the odds?

What if you covered the threads with a slather of Vaseline?

If you keep one bottle as it is and tape the cut piece from the second bottle on top of it, you will probably have a good trap.

Yeah, you need to Cut Off all the Ridges, then add a little lube, but good idea though.

Interesting idea on paper but once you try it out...

Why not cut the threaded part off?

I wanna assume you wash your hands after interacting with the trap so i wanna ask if theres anything special u do for washing or if you simply use regular old soap.

They make decent minnow traps though if laid on it's side.

They're probably grabbing that top lip, above the threads. I would have taped that up too.

What did you use for the bait? Ty

After seeing what mice did to escape the bottle trap, I would cut off the bottle necks so they can't grab anything inside.

This would be an easy trap to make a kill trap by filling with water, and smearing peanut butter on the sides to lure them in.

Oil the walls and the part of the lid that goes inside the bottle...

Make it so there's nothing to grab onto? Wouldn't that work? Or maybe make it taller, too tall for them to jump that high?

Maybe it needs water in it instead or vegetable oil

brushing some oil on this would help a lot

you need a longer bottle, that all

Why cut the lid off at all?

How about adding a little bit of peanut oil in there. The bowl full of oiled up mice is a classic.

You should add some needles/spikes/whatever so the mice risk getting poked if they try going up.

How about 2 inches of peanut oil?

Double stack the bottles to make it a lot higher.

Try just the bottle without cutting off the top I used catch them in old beer bottles and pop bottles

If it were a successful trap as far as climbing out, I bet they could just chew out the side in like 15 min

I wonder if the funnel part of the trap was greased if it would prevent the mice from escaping. Cool video, Shawn! 👍🏻