Humane Mouse Traps
Discussion
I have a bit of a mouse problem at the moment. Not an infestation, but have seen one, and seen evidence of quite a few others. I have had these traps set for a few days and this morning I had caught one! Cute little guy, quite a lot bigger than the one I saw in my living room so we have at least two! So off I went with the mouse still inside the trap and I walked about 3/4 of a mile away and then let him go, fairly confident he won't return. This was 5.30am, and it was about -1 out. My thoughts turned to the fact that releasing a little mouse into the winter is almost certainly a death sentance if he doesn't find somewhere warm fast, so is this less humane than poison or conventional traps?
balders118 said:
I have a bit of a mouse problem at the moment. Not an infestation, but have seen one, and seen evidence of quite a few others. I have had these traps set for a few days and this morning I had caught one! Cute little guy, quite a lot bigger than the one I saw in my living room so we have at least two! So off I went with the mouse still inside the trap and I walked about 3/4 of a mile away and then let him go, fairly confident he won't return. This was 5.30am, and it was about -1 out. My thoughts turned to the fact that releasing a little mouse into the winter is almost certainly a death sentance if he doesn't find somewhere warm fast, so is this less humane than poison or conventional traps?
Tricky one.I let them go well away from the property, but with a Digestive biscuit to nibble on.
How about putting it through a vegetarian's letterbox? They would ensure mousey comes to no harm and there must be at least one breading pair near you. The antinuclear stickered 2CV outside used to be a surefire way of finding them but unfortunately ethnic peace bicycles fit in garden sheds so they're harder to identify these days.
I find the above hard to believe. A, putting tipex on a wild mouse's head would not be an easy exercise. Also, a mouse would find a warm place to hide much closer than the 2 miles it took to walk home. I'm also very doubtful that a mouse would find it's way two miles home when the didn't see how they got to where they got.
I could be proved wrong though.
I could be proved wrong though.
Humane mouse traps my arse.
This is the stuff
http://www.ratbait.co.uk/neosorexa-gold-125-c.asp
If people are worrying about a mouse (that s
ts and pees in your food, gnaws your belongings and generally causes damage) they don't have enough to worry about.
This is the stuff
http://www.ratbait.co.uk/neosorexa-gold-125-c.asp
If people are worrying about a mouse (that s
ts and pees in your food, gnaws your belongings and generally causes damage) they don't have enough to worry about. 
Well the cat so far has just been milling about upstairs, so no use yet!
The traps however have been fruitful. I've caught three so far, and they have all been different mice - One was much darker than another, and the third was quite a lot smaller than the other two. I felt sorry for the little guy this morning because the others scuttled off, where as this one just stood by my feet, then hid under a leaf. He was also covered in his own wee!
The traps however have been fruitful. I've caught three so far, and they have all been different mice - One was much darker than another, and the third was quite a lot smaller than the other two. I felt sorry for the little guy this morning because the others scuttled off, where as this one just stood by my feet, then hid under a leaf. He was also covered in his own wee!
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