Losing the battle

I am being taunted.

I am being taunted by an animal with a brain the size of a pea.

I checked the trap this morning and the mouse had eaten half the peanut butter. He stood on the first electrical contact and ate all the peanut butter he could reach from there, but then stopped before he reached the second contact. If he touches both simultaneously KA-PLOOIE! But he didn't touch both, so no ka-plooie, just an empty trap and a full mouse.