Thank you Gretchen!! My thoughts entirely...
Tom Parker
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From: Anderson, Gretchen <anders...@carnegiemnh.org>
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Sent: Sun, Sep 6, 2020 3:14 pm
Subject: RE: [PestList] Pest issues with Gingerbread
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div.yiv4487629801WordSection1 {}-->Let me add my voice to the no sticky traps
for mice, as well as to live trapping. Not only will they hurt themselves but
they die of dehydration – a slow death. With live traps, you must check them
at least once per day (preferably 2 times per day) or they will die of thirst.
And, remember that when you release them they might come back in, or get killed
anyway – mice are territorial and will kill strangers coming into their
territory. I will leave you with this image. At a museum I worked at, we
used live traps next to the loading dock door (not my idea). My assistant
checked the trap once and found that a female had given birth and by the time
we checked all had died. Snaps are the most humane. You have to place them
properly – the trigger perpendicular against the wall. And mice do love
chocolate. There is even one trap – The Snap-E trap that has a little cup just
the right size for jamming a Hershey’s kiss in to it!
Good Luck. From: pestlist@googlegroups.com <pestlist@googlegroups.com>On
Behalf Of Alan P Van Dyke
Sent: Friday, September 4, 2020 4:39 PM
To: pestlist@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [PestList] Pest issues with Gingerbread 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 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
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