OT: How do you trap mice?

In article <[email hidden]>,
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Quoted message said:

We finally had a mouse after many years of being
mouse free.

Hubby was in charge of buying traps. I preferred the old
"snap" traps, because they are always dead when I have to
deal with the body.

Welllll, apparently the place he went to buy traps was out
of the old fashioned kind, so instead of going somewhere
else - he bought glue traps. How "humane" is that????

I told him as soon as I found out what kind of trap it was
that if he insisted on putting them out that I was NOT
going to deal with the results. Yup! Now we have an alive
mouse stuck to that damned thing. Hubby is trying to talk
everyone in the household into dealing with it (except me
of course, because I made my position clear in the
beginning).

I told him initially that if he didn't have the stomach to
deal with mice killed the old fashioned way (I always had
to dispose of the body), this would be a problem and IT
IS. He doesn't know how to deal with a live mouse and I
can't stand the idea of an animal virtually being tortured
to death.

I'll cut to the chase... he bought the glue traps and we
have a live mouse caught in a trap now. So, what's the
next step?

Hubby suggested putting it outside and letting the cat
have his way with it. I don't think that's fair. So, the
mouse is slowing dying of exhaustion, fright, thirst and
starvation as I type.

Got any sharpened knives, particularly old ones that you
don't really want anymore? Just take the head off. Yes it'll
be bloody, so spread newspaper out and cut with the head
AWAY from you. The blood might spatter a bit, after all the
little mouse heart will keep pumping for a little bit of
time not yet knowing the head is gone.

sf said:

I'll cut to the chase... he bought the glue traps and we
have a live mouse caught in a trap now. So, what's the
next step?

You can flush it (after removing it from the trap), or drive
it down the street and let it go someplace else. What does
the manufacturer recommend?

-sw

"sf" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

We finally had a mouse after many years of being
mouse free.

Hubby was in charge of buying traps. I preferred the old
"snap" traps, because they are always dead when I have to
deal with the body.

Welllll, apparently the place he went to buy traps was out
of the old fashioned kind, so instead of going somewhere
else - he bought glue traps. How "humane" is that????

I told him as soon as I found out what kind of trap it was
that if he insisted on putting them out that I was NOT
going to deal with the results. Yup! Now we have an alive
mouse stuck to that damned thing. Hubby is trying to talk
everyone in the household into dealing with it (except me
of course, because I made my position clear in the
beginning).

I told him initially that if he didn't have the stomach to
deal with mice killed the old fashioned way (I always had
to dispose of the body), this would be a problem and IT
IS. He doesn't know how to deal with a live mouse and I
can't stand the idea of an animal virtually being tortured
to death.

I'll cut to the chase... he bought the glue traps and we
have a live mouse caught in a trap now. So, what's the
next step?

Hubby suggested putting it outside and letting the cat
have his way with it. I don't think that's fair. So, the
mouse is slowing dying of exhaustion, fright, thirst and
starvation as I type.

Practice safe eating - always use condiments

A friend that used the glue traps use cooking oil to
release the mouse. Then the question becomes where to let
the mouse go. The glue traps don't sound all that humane to
me. Late at night I'd be tempted to let the mouse go in the
front yard with the cat out there, released it'd at least
have a chance.

Jessica

sf said:

Welllll, apparently the place he went to buy traps was out
of the old fashioned kind, so instead of going somewhere
else - he bought glue traps. How "humane" is that????

It's just plain coldhearted.

Quoted message said:

I told him as soon as I found out what kind of trap it was
that if he insisted on putting them out that I was NOT
going to deal with the results. Yup! Now we have an alive
mouse stuck to that damned thing.

Make your husband stomp the trap (outside) and put the poor
thing out of its misery.

nancy (be cruel to be kind) (and be prepared for more mice)

sf said:

I'll cut to the chase... he bought the glue traps and we
have a live mouse caught in a trap now. So, what's the
next step?

Put it in the freezer to keep until you can decide how you
want to deal with it...

-Jeff B. yeff at erols dot com

sf said:

Welllll, apparently the place he went to buy traps was out
of the old fashioned kind, so instead of going somewhere
else - he bought glue traps. How "humane" is that????

They are "humane" in no sense of the word.

Quoted message said:

I told him as soon as I found out what kind of trap it was
that if he insisted on putting them out that I was NOT
going to deal with the results. Yup! Now we have an alive
mouse stuck to that damned thing. Hubby is trying to talk
everyone in the household into dealing with it (except me
of course, because I made my position clear in the
beginning).

Take a broomstick and wack the mouse hard on the back of
it's neck if you can't get it out of the trap. It's neck
will be broken and it will die instantly. Thats what I had
to do (at the pest control companies recommendation) when a
pest control company used them at a former place of
employment . Then throw the trap away preferably in a
manner where some other predator can't get to it and get
stuck in it.

Jessica Vincent said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Hubby suggested putting it outside and letting the cat
have his way with it. I don't think that's fair. So, the
mouse is slowing dying of exhaustion, fright, thirst and
starvation as I type.

It'll die of cardiac arrest or a stroke long before that.
That's how glue traps work.

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Nancy Young said:

Make your husband stomp the trap (outside) and put the
poor thing out of its misery.

That or run it over with your car. I would rather have a
bloody tire than bloody shoes. Tires do not track blood on
the carpet ;-)

The glue traps I've used all killed the mice, since its
mouth would eventually stick to the trap and it would
suffocate.

--
John Gaughan johngaughan.netjohngaughan.netOpen ↗
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Jessica Vincent said:

A friend that used the glue traps use cooking oil to
release the mouse. Then the question becomes where to let
the mouse go. The glue traps don't sound all that humane to
me. Late at night I'd be tempted to let the mouse go in the
front yard with the cat out there, released it'd at least
have a chance.

If you've got a cat, you wouldn't need the traps to
begin with.

-sw

Tony P. said:

Quoted message said:

I told him initially that if he didn't have the stomach
to deal with mice killed the old fashioned way (I
always had to dispose of the body), this would be a
problem and IT IS. He doesn't know how to deal with a
live mouse and I can't stand the idea of an animal
virtually being tortured to death.

I'll cut to the chase... he bought the glue traps and
we have a live mouse caught in a trap now. So, what's
the next step?

Hubby suggested putting it outside and letting the cat
have his way with it. I don't think that's fair. So,
the mouse is slowing dying of exhaustion, fright,
thirst and starvation as I type.

Got any sharpened knives, particularly old ones that you
don't really want anymore? Just take the head off. Yes
it'll be bloody, so spread newspaper out and cut with the
head AWAY from you. The blood might spatter a bit, after
all the little mouse heart will keep pumping for a little
bit of time not yet knowing the head is gone.

Oh, yeah...

I'm sure he'll jump at the chance of shafting a mouse and
the prospect of it running around like a chicken with its
head cut off will be particularly appealing.

Practice safe eating - always use condiments

Steve Wertz said:

On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 04:30:14 GMT, sf

Quoted message said:

I'll cut to the chase... he bought the glue traps and we
have a live mouse caught in a trap now. So, what's the
next step?

You can flush it (after removing it from the trap), or
drive it down the street and let it go someplace else.

LOLOLOL! <oh stop, my sides are hurting>

Quoted message said:

What does the manufacturer recommend?

I have absolutely NO IDEA - I wasn't in favor of this method
in the first place and I'm NOT buying into this method of
mouse removal. He's ignoring it at this point and when the
darned thing finally dies, I AM NOT LIFING A FINGER TO HELP.

If he'd found the normal traps, I would have baited them and
disposed of the remains. As it is, he can do it himself or
(this to be the likely senerio in my household) find someone
else to do the dirty deed.

Practice safe eating - always use condiments

Nancy Young said:

sf said:

Welllll, apparently the place he went to buy traps was
out of the old fashioned kind, so instead of going
somewhere else - he bought glue traps. How "humane" is
that????

It's just plain coldhearted.

Quoted message said:

I told him as soon as I found out what kind of trap it
was that if he insisted on putting them out that I was
NOT going to deal with the results. Yup! Now we have an
alive mouse stuck to that damned thing.

Make your husband stomp the trap (outside) and put the
poor thing out of its misery.

I'm out of this picture... and he can deal with it by
himself. If I insert myself, all of a sudden I'm "the
Inforcer" - which isn't a roll I want in this situation.

Quoted message said:

nancy (be cruel to be kind)

that's creepy

Quoted message said:

(and be prepared for more mice)

We've taken precaucions against more mice. Now the door is
open to the attic (old house, custome configuration) so the
cat can prowl around.

We haven't had mice in - 15 (?) years <I wasn't counting>.
My former cat was an inside/outside cat that didn't leave
the block and never crossed the (city) street, but she kept
rodents clear of the property.

She developed a cancer that required immediate euthanization
2 years ago, yet my house was mouse free for what seemed
like forever.

The current cat came to me as a youngster last August at the
age of 6 months old. You know how they are at that point...
we shut doors so he wouldn't get into mischeif.

After we knew there was a mouse in the house (a couple of
days ago), we opened the attic door so the cat could prowl
around, but he didn't catch the mouse - and I guess the
mouse wasn't afraid of cats.

Practice safe eating - always use condiments

Yeff said:

sf said:

I'll cut to the chase... he bought the glue traps and
we have a live mouse caught in a trap now. So, what's
the next step?

Put it in the freezer to keep until you can decide how
you want to deal with it...

How do you propose getting it into the freezer and how do
you propose keeping it from contaminating the compartment?

What makes your method any better than an old fashioned
snap trap?

Practice safe eating - always use condiments

John Gaughan said:

Nancy Young said:

Make your husband stomp the trap (outside) and put the
poor thing out of its misery.

That or run it over with your car. I would rather have a
bloody tire than bloody shoes. Tires do not track blood on
the carpet ;-)

The glue traps I've used all killed the mice, since its
mouth would eventually stick to the trap and it would
suffocate.

Theres an idea. You could smoosh it's face down into the
glue.

ObFood: Cadbury Creme Eggs

-sw

John Gaughan said:

Nancy Young said:

Make your husband stomp the trap (outside) and put the
poor thing out of its misery.

That or run it over with your car. I would rather have a
bloody tire than bloody shoes. Tires do not track blood
on the carpet ;-)

The glue traps I've used all killed the mice, since its
mouth would eventually stick to the trap and it would
suffocate.

Why didn't you use the "real thing" and not make the
mouse suffer? Or were glue traps a fall back like it was
in this case?

Practice safe eating - always use condiments

sf said:

I'll cut to the chase... he bought the glue traps and we
have a live mouse caught in a trap now. So, what's the
next step?

Got an old Pellet Rifle laying around the house from when
the kids were little?... Quick - Clean (and if good shot
placement) - Painless...

~john

In article <[email hidden]>,

Quoted message said:

We finally had a mouse after many years of being
mouse free.

Hubby was in charge of buying traps. I preferred the old
"snap" traps, because they are always dead when I have to
deal with the body.

Welllll, apparently the place he went to buy traps was out
of the old fashioned kind, so instead of going somewhere
else - he bought glue traps. How "humane" is that????

I told him as soon as I found out what kind of trap it was
that if he insisted on putting them out that I was NOT
going to deal with the results. Yup! Now we have an alive
mouse stuck to that damned thing. Hubby is trying to talk
everyone in the household into dealing with it (except me
of course, because I made my position clear in the
beginning).

I told him initially that if he didn't have the stomach to
deal with mice killed the old fashioned way (I always had
to dispose of the body), this would be a problem and IT
IS. He doesn't know how to deal with a live mouse and I
can't stand the idea of an animal virtually being tortured
to death.

I'll cut to the chase... he bought the glue traps and we
have a live mouse caught in a trap now. So, what's the
next step?

Hubby suggested putting it outside and letting the cat
have his way with it. I don't think that's fair. So, the
mouse is slowing dying of exhaustion, fright, thirst and
starvation as I type.

Practice safe eating - always use condiments

I recommend felines. Works for us. Four of 'em, and the
random mouse we've had hasn't lasted long.

--
Nancy Howells (don't forget to switch it, and replace the 😉
to send mail).

In rec.food.cooking said:

Hubby suggested putting it outside and letting the cat
have his way with it. I don't think that's fair. So, the
mouse is slowing dying of exhaustion, fright, thirst and
starvation as I type.

Put it in a tupperware with some ammonia.

--
...I'm an air-conditioned gypsy...

- The Who

"sf" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
"]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

I'll cut to the chase... he bought the glue traps and we
have a live mouse caught in a trap now. So, what's the
next step?

Hubby suggested putting it outside and letting the cat
have his way with it. I don't think that's fair. So, the
mouse is slowing dying of exhaustion, fright, thirst and
starvation as I type.

Why not just put the trap into a pail of water and weight it
down if necessary?

Quoted message said:

Practice safe eating - always use condiments