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Edited by
Moondark
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Sat 10/04/08 11:01 AM
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why don't you get those sticky traps- the little "darling" walks over them and gets stuck and can't go anywhere and you can dispose of it at your leisure just do it before mickey dies as the smell of decomp is rather nauseating- they are better than the traps that snap its little head off. Not at your leisure if you happen to be home when it gets stuck, and you have to hear it sqeaking and squeeling to get away. Yep,the kids will be traumatized. The old fashioned "cheese or peanut butter" that goes thump and whacks em on the head to kill them is faster and more humane that those sticky traps. As for cats, usually the simple presence of a cat in the house works. Unless the mouse is totally used to and comfortable with the scent of cats. Another option is the plug in noise maker. Works on mice and some different bugs and people can't hear it. It works very well actually. |
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Check into the "Victor Tin Cat" trap. It costs less than $15. I live in an old house and though my cat is a very efficient killer, I don't expect her to deal with the mice all by herself.
Put a piece of cracker with peanut butter in the trap, and a piece of TP or Kleenex so that the mouse, when it gets caught, won't die from terror. Follow the directions on the box that the trap comes in. I have caught plenty of mice in my Victor trap and they always are alive when I find them. You will know that there's a mouse in the trap when you hear it rattling around. Take the trap out into a field and open the top. The mouse will escape unharmed and your kids will consider you a hero. Poison gets into the ecosystem; the mouse will go off somewhere and die, and other animals will eat it and be poisoned. I know a couple who lost their little dog because it ate a mouse that their landlord had poisoned. Snap traps are messy and violent. If you enjoy cleaning up blood and guts, then have at it, but keep in mind that once the rodent's body starts to cool off, all the fleas on it will start looking for another place to live. When you lean down to pick up the trap and dead mouse, the fleas and lice will jump on YOU. Glue traps are horrible. If you have a single compassionate bone in your body, DO NOT set out a glue trap for mice. I hope this is helpful. yours in Chaos, Scarlett |
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Day 2:
The mouse was actually sitting BY the damn trap looking smug...  In time, my little furry friend- In time... |
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Those glue traps are very cruel, the old fashioned ones kill them quicker & more humanely.
Jelly next time! 
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I am thinking that the whole trap weighs less than a mouse, is most certainly NOT going to fool any rodent into walking into it, and IF, and this is a big IF, I happen to catch it, it's going to take all of 15 mins. for it to find it's way back to my house to get some more peanut butter. The traps do work, once you catch it pop it in the mail to whatever government department you like the least!  I like this idea. |
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I'm not using a glue trap. I am using a "humane" trap.
I do believe it's humane because it enables the little furry thing to laugh and be happy with all the Jiff. Hmmm...I may have to switch to Skippy. 
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Check into the "Victor Tin Cat" trap. It costs less than $15. I live in an old house and though my cat is a very efficient killer, I don't expect her to deal with the mice all by herself. Put a piece of cracker with peanut butter in the trap, and a piece of TP or Kleenex so that the mouse, when it gets caught, won't die from terror. Follow the directions on the box that the trap comes in. I have caught plenty of mice in my Victor trap and they always are alive when I find them. You will know that there's a mouse in the trap when you hear it rattling around. Take the trap out into a field and open the top. The mouse will escape unharmed and your kids will consider you a hero. Poison gets into the ecosystem; the mouse will go off somewhere and die, and other animals will eat it and be poisoned. I know a couple who lost their little dog because it ate a mouse that their landlord had poisoned. Snap traps are messy and violent. If you enjoy cleaning up blood and guts, then have at it, but keep in mind that once the rodent's body starts to cool off, all the fleas on it will start looking for another place to live. When you lean down to pick up the trap and dead mouse, the fleas and lice will jump on YOU. Glue traps are horrible. If you have a single compassionate bone in your body, DO NOT set out a glue trap for mice. I hope this is helpful. yours in Chaos, Scarlett Yeah what she said! 
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I will look for one. I am confused on one bit though..
Why on earth would you put tp or something like that in the trap?? |
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It gives the mouse a place to "hide" & nest,so he is calmer.
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It gives the mouse a place to "hide" & nest,so he is calmer. Oh! I see.  Thank you. |
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