Avoid glue traps for mice. They may seem humane, but the mouse will hurt itself to get loose, or be terrified while you spend the time to get it off and clean it up.
If you want the mouse alive to release somewhere outside far away from your facility, then consider a live trap such as a Victor Catch & Hold ( https://www.homedepot.com/p/Victor-Multi-Catch-Live-Mouse-Trap-M333/202668291). You'll need to check the trap often (at least twice a day). For insects you can still put out the regular Trapper insect blunder traps that hopefully a mouse won't get itself stuck in. Or make a little enclosure for it that bugs can walk into but keep mice out. Good luck! Having that much gingerbread in a gallery would overwhelm me. Alan *Alan Van Dyke * Senior Preservation Technician Harry Ransom Center The University of Texas at Austin P.O. Drawer 7219 Austin, Texas 78713-7219 P: 512-232-4614 www.hrc.utexas.edu <http://hrc.utexas.edu> On Fri, Sep 4, 2020 at 3:15 PM Tony Irwin <dr.tony.ir...@gmail.com> wrote: > Breakback snap traps are usually considered the most humane for mice. > Baited with chocolate or peanut butter, they will hardly add to the > gallery's attractiveness, given the amount of gingerbread you already have. > The other pests to consider are the Drugstore or Biscuit Beetle (*Stegobium > paniceum*) - it depends on how long the house is on display. > But perhaps your biggest problem may be errant, hungry children! Not sure > what to advise for those... > Good luck! > Tony > > Dr A.G.Irwin > 47 The Avenues > Norwich > Norfolk NR2 3PH > England > > mobile: +44(0)7880707834 > phone: +44(0)1603 453524 > > > On Fri, 4 Sep 2020 at 20:53, Ariana Webber <amweb...@mit.edu> wrote: > >> Happy Friday Everyone, >> >> >> >> I could use some advice from the listserv. We are installing a work that >> is essentially a life-sized gingerbread house (84 x 120 x 84) in our >> galleries. The gingerbread tiles are slotted into a steel armature. We >> worked with a local baker to bake the gingerbread tiles and they are sealed >> with an egg yolk wash. They were delivered to our gallery yesterday and are >> currently boxed and wrapped in plastic. We are going to start installing >> on Tuesday. Of course, I am worried about the pest problems having this >> work in our galleries will cause. I was thinking about putting traps ( >> https://www.amazon.com/Mouse-Insect-Glue-Trap-Pack/dp/B00Q71KSG2/ref=sr_1_5?crid=U8TDTF12C9MM&dchild=1&keywords=victor+pest+trap&qid=1599248250&sprefix=pest+traps+vi%2Caps%2C159&sr=8-5) >> inside the house (visitors aren’t allowed to walk inside). And then >> placing more traps around the galleries at night. >> >> >> >> Are mice the main thing I should be worried about? Do the traps we >> bought seem like the right ones? I bought these because they could be used >> for both mice and insects and didn’t require anything additional as a >> lure. Are there any more humane mouse traps that don’t introduce >> additional lures to the space? >> >> >> >> Thanks so much for your advice! >> >> >> >> Best, >> >> Ariana >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Ariana M. Webber >> >> Registrar for Exhibitions >> >> >> >> MIT List Visual Arts Center >> >> 20 Ames Street, Building E15-109 >> >> Cambridge, MA 02139 USA >> >> 617-253-6633 office >> >> 503-991-2253 mobile >> >> listart.mit.edu >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MuseumPests" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/46AE63FF-0AAD-4ECE-905B-CDFFC9D1FA02%40mit.edu >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/46AE63FF-0AAD-4ECE-905B-CDFFC9D1FA02%40mit.edu?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MuseumPests" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CAFWqZKPDD%3DSVEuo_O4cyiFF7mTWs6xRbJpnOyJmabbXhRJOJ%2BQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CAFWqZKPDD%3DSVEuo_O4cyiFF7mTWs6xRbJpnOyJmabbXhRJOJ%2BQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MuseumPests" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CAHhLO3ZWkNWB-SySPjvC%2B-nz%3Duu%2B94pCSNMwmq5wosTaE%2B4M7w%40mail.gmail.com.
