Humane Mouse Traps?

doozer · January 2006

I've been a reader for a while, but first time posting. Sorry for such a mundane topic, but I've got a real problem with mice right now - I want to get rid of them, but I'm not willing to kill them. I tried a humane trap a couple of months ago - and caught two mice before the others figured out how to get in, steal the food inside, and get back out again :evil: I read that they hate the smell of peppermint oil, it worked for a while, but now I think they're just drinking the stuff. I gave up for a while, but they're really getting obnoxious again - anybody have a success story? Any particular brands or types work better than any others? Thanks for any ideas...

emily · January 2006

There is an earlier thread about mice here, but it may be a little bloodthirsty for your taste.

vanilla · January 2006

get a cat! often if you complain to the landlord they will just say the same.. i know it is obvious.. plus remember the grandfather claus(sp?) in the lease concerning pets -- if you have the pet opening for 3 months and no one notices or cares, you can keep it forever!

oh, nyc..

jack krohn · January 2006

I've always found the glue traps to be the most effective. If they don't die of exhaustion, you can always drown them. I, too, used to be bothered by killing mice, but after two or three times, it's not so bad. My feeling is that if you don't kill them, they'll simply come back (and reproduce).

doozer · January 2006

You know, I just can't - I've got pet mice and I couldn't look them in the eye if I killed their wild cousins.... Thanks anyway.

smokin joe · January 2006

our cats caught one yesterday. not any more humane than other solutions--they toyed with it for a good 30 minutes before finally killing it--but efficient. then one of them ate it, so no messy clean-up either.

and i've heard they (cats, that is) make good pets.

vanilla · January 2006

Smokin' Joe wrote: our cats caught one yesterday. not any more humane than other solutions--they toyed with it for a good 30 minutes before finally killing it--but efficient. then one of them ate it, so no messy clean-up either.

my cat eats the entire mouse, or 7 (as in last week, gross). why are they still coming into our apt.?!? :shock:

alafairnadia · January 2006

vanilla wrote: [quote=Smokin' Joe]our cats caught one yesterday. not any more humane than other solutions--they toyed with it for a good 30 minutes before finally killing it--but efficient. then one of them ate it, so no messy clean-up either.

my cat eats the entire mouse, or 7 (as in last week, gross). why are they still coming into our apt.?!? :shock:

mouse brain = very tiny, occupied with thoughts of warmth and food and shit

vanilla · January 2006

alafairnadia wrote: mouse brain = very tiny, occupied with thoughts of warmth and food and shit

maybe just occupied with thoughts of warmth and food b/c the shit just seems to fall out in a trail which leads to their origin and where they've been.. SO gross. :?

emily · March 2006

Not sure the OP is still around, but I saw a humane mouse trap idea today.

drano · March 2006

Subject: Re: Humane Mouse Traps?

Well you could get a cat and it would do the violence for you...but then there's that whole litter box thing...

EDIT: Oops, already suggested. Sorry.

sevenoneeighty · March 2006

Subject: Old School

The old fashioned snap trap with the spring is the most humane.

It kills them instanly by breaking their neck and they never feel a thing...theoretically.

Also, it is environmentally better because you can reuse the trap...if you want to bother touching the dead mouse, that is.

But there is not glue and no chemicals.....and no suffering.
Most importantly: no more mouse.

muteflute · March 2006

Subject: Re: Old School

SevenOneEighty wrote: The old fashioned snap trap with the spring is the most humane.

It kills them instanly by breaking their neck and they never feel a thing...theoretically.

Also, it is environmentally better because you can reuse the trap...if you want to bother touching the dead mouse, that is.

But there is not glue and no chemicals.....and no suffering.
Most importantly: no more mouse.

Theoretically. We had mice for a while, and the humane traps and the glue traps didn't do s#@*. Finally, I got the spring traps and set them--not long after, there was a snap and a squeek--the mouse was trapped in the trap, but was still alive, pinned only on its butt, really. So I had to do him in.

There's no good way. But they're pests, so f*#@ 'em.

idlewild · March 2006

I bought a mouse zapper from Pintchik. No muss, no fuss. You might also try sealing any holes with steel wool and a ground glass/plaster mix.

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