Humane mouse trap..
Discussion
I have recently opened our dogs next sack of food, to discover it's become the food source for a mouse... Cheeky little bugger. Tom was spotted today....
All food sources (dog food) have been removed and put into a plastic bin...
Now I need to catch aforementioned Tom. As he's cute, I'm not frightened, and I don't want any stinky bodies beneath our bedroom I would like to catch him alive, to be transplanted to a field...
Any suggestions for an effective trap....
All food sources (dog food) have been removed and put into a plastic bin...
Now I need to catch aforementioned Tom. As he's cute, I'm not frightened, and I don't want any stinky bodies beneath our bedroom I would like to catch him alive, to be transplanted to a field...
Any suggestions for an effective trap....
I bought 2 of the humane see saw type ones and caught 2 little brown mice. You have to remember to check on them though as I remembered that I put them down about a week after the event
I poured the little cute brown dead mice out of the trap which was different to the returning to the wild scenario I had in mind when I bought the traps. It turns out that the spring type ones would have liked them quicker.
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Many years ago heard them (mice) running across the ceiling in the bungalow we were in. Over the space of a week I took the humane trap out each morning, put an elastic band around it and dropped the mouse off en-route to work. It worked well. One day we could hear the trap 'rocking' back and forth making a right racket as Jerry ran inside it. Opened loft trap, put elastic around and when I went to release him HE WASN'T THERE! Then I noticed the teeth marks on the trapdoor - One of his mates had released him! Clever little blighters.
We didn't get them again though - they were clever enough to get the message. A colleague had a mouse, so I lent him the trap and the mouse disappeared! One theory is the mouse gives out a "terror scent" when caught and they know to vacate - not my theory, but it sounds reasonable. I had mice in the garage and put down spring traps (they seemed VERY sensitive), but the little blighters took the bait without releasing the traps. There are some amazing videos online of mice overcoming the traps - good viewing. Also some home-made traps (if you are ok with killing them) with "Ninja Assault course" rotating bridges with bait over a bucket of water.![redface](/inc/images/redface.gif)
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I used to have three cats and they used to bring the mice in and occasionally they would lose them. Had one in the cupboard under the sink that was eating the wax candles and chewed up a sponge for bedding. I used a humane trap to catch it and caught it pretty quickly.
With three cats I think I have seen mice in every state of dismemberment possible.....
With three cats I think I have seen mice in every state of dismemberment possible.....
Vitorio said:
V6Pushfit said:
Humane? Let loose in a field somewhere?
Mice are disease ridden vermin do should be dispatched
This, there is no shortage of the buggers, kill it, and every other one you find in a 20 yard radius of your houseMice are disease ridden vermin do should be dispatched
HarryFlatters said:
Fair play, but doest it not taint the next glass of wine/beer ![hehe](/inc/images/hehe.gif)
as for the op, get a cat....or if you have a cat, feed it less. That what we did/do and rarely see a mouse in the garden or shed these days.
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