I need help in killing something

Originally Posted by PaulaS

They will only come back, with friends..

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Or with a new disease.

Great post, Paula.

Aww!! I agree, mice are pretty cute. But unfortunately, they dont survive around this house! If your still having problems, I can send one or two of my kits your way!!

My dad used a trap which caught one rat out of the tens that invaded his garage. Its made out of card and has a sticky surface to it. The rodents are supposed to be attracted to the card (smell I think) and when they get on it, they are stuck and can't get off it. Not the most humane way, but it does not involve nasty chemicals.

If its a real problem, you can call the professional pest control people for advice or help.

I told him to be careful about letting his cats do the rodent eradication. I know its nature, but a friend's cat contracted a stomach virus from catching and eating rats/mice which were infesting my friend's garage!

WE had a mouse problem once and tried every humane method possible - buckets with ramps leading up to it and food in the bucket and all sorted of things, and the mice never fell for it.

We lookd everywhere for a humane trap but couldn't find one. i can't remember what happened in the end... I think it might have just stopped coming.

For $20 you can get one of these - http://www.livetrap.com/cgi/search.c...1&2=Mouse+Trap

If you think mice could be a common problem in the future it might be worth investing in.

I would humanely trap them then relocate them. It's cruel just to kill them like that. I would simply trap them and rehome them to a different part of your city/town where they will be safe but not a nusiance to your home. Also, make sure your kitties don't get after them. You don't know what those mice might be carrying germ/disease/parasite wise so it's best not to risk your kitty's health by letting them "hunt" the mice if that idea were to come up

Originally Posted by Helga06

Are you talking about mice traps?

If so, do NOT buy them; they are horribly inhumane!


I don't understand. You obviously aren't disgusted or afraid of mice as you are calling them "cute," so if they are that much of a pest, why not just try to catch them? I hope that is what was meant by a "live" trap. If so, that'd be a good idea. You could then release them in some field.

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And those sticky glue traps that trap the animal, and then it starves to death (I guess that''s how the work). I think it's SICK!

MargeCat

The glue traps are awful, even if you find the mouse after it's recently trapped... you have to take care of it.

Even though trap and release sounds nice the simple fact of it is an animal outside of it's territory usually doesn't do too well. It has no nest to go to, it has no knowledge of the area, where to find food, water, predators to avoid. You're just consigning it to another form of death, but out of sight out of mind, correct?

There's really no simple answer that is humane. There's isn't a such thing as mice sanctuaries.

Could sprinkling a little used litter in the garage work... well.. not if it's chicken feed, mice would eat it . Maybe something else with cat scent on it?

They are kind of cute...but there is nothing cute about them chewing holes through things (and yes they will chew through walls) and peeing and pooping everywhere. If let be they will multiply and then you won't think they are that cute. It wouldn't hurt to try the humane ways first...but if that doesn't work I would just get some good old snapping mouse traps. They are quick so the mouse doesn't feel any pain..its over in 2 seconds (unless they get something else besides their head or neck in them. ). The glue traps are horrible though. The mice get stuck in them and flap around every where...my mom got some once and then we tried to get the poor mice we caught out of them. I would never use those again. With all the cats we have here now we don't really have a mouse problem.

I do hope that the humane ways work out. We caught a couple mice and let them go in the woods once.

Originally Posted by strange_wings

Could sprinkling a little used litter in the garage work... well.. not if it's chicken feed, mice would eat it

. Maybe something else with cat scent on it?

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Cat scent doesn't work. I had mice that would run across the fields full of feral cats and come inside my house where there were 10 more living inside. We also heard that pouring used litter over vole holes would discourage them. That didn't work either.

Originally Posted by strange_wings

The glue traps are awful, even if you find the mouse after it's recently trapped... you have to take care of it.

Even though trap and release sounds nice the simple fact of it is an animal outside of it's territory usually doesn't do too well. It has no nest to go to, it has no knowledge of the area, where to find food, water, predators to avoid. You're just consigning it to another form of death, but out of sight out of mind, correct?

There's really no simple answer that is humane.

There's isn't a such thing as mice sanctuaries.

Could sprinkling a little used litter in the garage work... well.. not if it's chicken feed, mice would eat it

. Maybe something else with cat scent on it?

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I went over to a friends once and she told me she'd set a glue trap and it had caught a mouse and I was all oh no (me the bleeding heart animal lover), and I couldn't stand to see it like that, so I tried to rescue it.. it was impossible, the glue is SO sticky, and I was afraid of hurting it. I tried one more time - and it BIT me! So off I had to schlepp to the ER to get a tetanus shot cos I couldn't remember when my last one was.. I remember the doctor laughing when I told the story "Looks like the mouse had the last laugh"

We have mice here but I leave them be. I see one every six months or so. Actually Wonton's killed three, and I rescued two from him. They just don't bother me.. I asked my vet about Wonton catching something from them if he bit them, and the vet said it was a remote possibility but not really something I should worry about.

One thing I've heard is that you cant put a house mouse outdoors tho? That they aren't made to live outside and they'll just die.. so even if you do humanely trap them, I'm not sure what you're supposed to do with them then I just leave them be - problem solved.. but I do understand peoples concerns about disease and them chewing wires, ect.

They're thieves, too:

http://tucson.cox.net/cci/newsnation...alidatearticle

Better keep your teeth in your mouth

If you do manage to get rid of them you may want to check your garage and see how they are getting in. We had mice in our house until we renovate the kitchen and were able to plug up some entryways from the outside. Otherwise no matter how many my kits caught there always seem to be more.

Tricia

What about trying those plug-in sonar things? Has anyone had success with those? I noticed Home Depot sells a variety of them.

We got those plug in things once and they didn't seem to work.