I have a mouse

[TheyCallMeBruce]

Originally posted by ken0042@Oct 20 2005, 10:02 PM
Have you tried that, TCMB? I ask because when I was trying to be non-lethal I tried it, and had no luck.

I did and it worked...but not on a mouse lol. It was a hamster, and it worked real good.

[peter12]

Peanut Butter and old fashioned traps. Murderous.

You can also put this super adhesive stuff in dark places they like to go, the mice run over it and get stuck to the adhesive. Unfortunately it gets kind of messy afterwards...

[ken0042]

Yes, I used to use that trick to catch hamsters when they'd escape as well. That's why I thought I'd try it on a mouse.

Maybe mice are smarter than hamsters.

[4X4]

Nooo... It's because mice can jump. How else do they get up on counter tops? Those little buggers can leap.

Thats why you need a thin necked vase.

[KevanGuy]

[Ro]

Got him!

Baited the glue traps with peanut butter, and sure enough, I come home and he's squeaking like crazy. Both front feet and half his face stuck in the glue.

Drove him about 2 km away and managed to unstick him without using vegetable oil as suggested, but simply gently smearing the remaining peanut butter under his little paws/feet and let him go.

I will be keeping the other traps around, as I'm sure there will be a couple more, from what I've read online.

Also, found this page on catching mice. A cool homemade trap that seems to work pretty well if anyone has a similar issue, although my glue traps seemed to work fine.

Linkity Link

[KevanGuy]

I cant believe you didnt use a shovel when you had the chance!

[Neeper]

Honestly Ro, BRAVO!! I am glad to hear you chose a non lethal method to catch the mouse.

[shoestring]

I couldn't kill the mice I caught either,I released them off Robert Road.
Two hours maybe, before the falcon fed.

[Incinerator]

Why are you guys releasing the mice you caught!? Ever think of other people's homes that they might invade when you release them? Do us all a favor and kill them if you catch them!

[Patek23]

When we had mice we bought every single kind of trap there was, the bombs the electro-zappers the traps that lock them in, we caught 17 of them because the buggers had been nesting for a month without us knowing. The best was the electrozappers, you'd be sitting there watching TV and then all of a sudden "ZZZZZZZZ-SNAP" and whamo you'd have a fried mouse on your hands to dispose of.

[CaramonLS]

It was really strange actually... my one cat I have wouldn't actually eat mice, but he would mercilessly beat them (play with them) until they were dead.

Of course, then my other cat would then not only kill/eat the mice, but spread the baby mouse fetuses all over the lawn.

[Hack&Lube]

Originally posted by CaramonLS@Oct 22 2005, 11:15 AM
It was really strange actually... my one cat I have wouldn't actually eat mice, but he would mercilessly beat them (play with them) until they were dead.

Of course, then my other cat would then not only kill/eat the mice, but spread the baby mouse fetuses all over the lawn.

Well, if you keep your domestic cats well fed, they just use their primal instincts to kill for pleasure. Lions do this too in the wild. They will kill without eating in some circumstances. I'd like to get a cat but I feel badly about not allowing it to exercise it's native instincts. It'd be nice to have a mouse every now and then for it to go through the motions because a lot of cats become restless/bored/depressed when they just live the sedentry domestic lifestyle of canned food and sleeping with no companions or challenges.

Other times, cats will kill mice and birds and rabbits, etc. and then bring them to your doorstep, middle of the kitchen, foot of the bed, etc. as a sign of affection.

[Patek23]

I hate cats, woke up one morning to see a ripped up bird on the foot of the bed........................

[Cowperson]

Originally posted by Hack&Lube@Oct 22 2005, 11:47 AM
I'd like to get a cat but I feel badly about not allowing it to exercise it's native instincts. It'd be nice to have a mouse every now and then for it to go through the motions because a lot of cats become restless/bored/depressed when they just live the sedentry domestic lifestyle of canned food and sleeping with no companions or challenges.

An average cat sleeps 18 hours a day and likely has a happier and far safer life if confined indoors.

Its probably only yourself, not the cat, which thinks it would become restless, bored, depressed, etc. if indoors.

Figures vary, but an average indoor cat will live about 10-13 years while an average outdoor cat will live about two to three years.

Don't get me wrong . . . . cats love the outside but its incorrect to assume a cat that never goes outside and has never know the outside is restless, depressed or bored.

As to the mouse, use traps that kill them outright. That way you don't have to do the job in person. But they should be killed.

Cowperson

[Antithesis]

Mice should be killed not only because of the nuisance they cause but also because of the many varied diseases they carry.

[Shawnski]

One year later and this thread is relevant again. Once the weather cools off they obviously are looking for warmer climates.

Tried printing off a picture of KevanGuys shovel and threw it at the two I saw. Alas, that solution didn't work. But some other solutions here will work. And no, they will not survive. Of Men and Mice, I will be victor.

[browna]

Originally Posted by Shawnski

One year later and this thread is relevant again. Once the weather cools off they obviously are looking for warmer climates.

Tried printing off a picture of KevanGuys shovel and threw it at the two I saw. Alas, that solution didn't work.

How about throwing a pic of KG himself?

[icarus]

Originally Posted by Fozzie_DeBear

Your bear hands?

That only works in the states, where they have the right to bear arms.

[Shawnski]

Originally Posted by browna

How about throwing a pic of KG himself?

What, and be charged with animal cruelty, browna?