Mouse traps freak me out

[svandamme]

Get one of those automated mouse traps.

[DanielDudley]

My wife gets me the little black traps that look like an igloo. They do work, but they are a pain to set after a few uses. You have to reach in with a small screwdriver and work the toggle.

They do however eliminate getting snapped, looking at mice, and handling issues. Apparently that makes my wife happy, even though I am the one who tends them. I guess if you live in a 200 YO house, mice come with the territory.

My wife goes around telling the mice that if they don't move out, they are going to die, like some kind of domestic Inigo Montoya.

[DanielDudley]

Originally Posted by motion

I HATE setting these things. They give me the heebie jeebies like nothing else. Except maybe my first wife.

I once killed a man with a mouse trap. Well, maybe kill is too strong a word, but I'll bet it really stung.

Worse than gag gum for sure.

[javadog]

Quit buying the wooden ones. By the plastic ones. There are probably a bunch of different brands; Google the brand name Intruder and you'll get the idea.

[Borders Reivers]

Have two ferrets and NO MICE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3M0p5OM28w

[LakeCleElum]

Years ago, neighbor gal wants a ride in the Longwood Targa. She wants the heat on. We were both sorry when the fan hits high and starts blowing fur in her face from the dead mice. Never forget that smell. Traps are now my friend.

[KevinTodd]

[GH85Carrera]

Our early warning system AKA the male dachshund lets me know when the mice are in the back yard. I set the traps again and kill off a few mice. The early warning system goes back into normal mode but ever vigilant for for more. He has caught and disposed of two mice. By disposed I mean processed into dog crap and deposited in the back yard in random places much like bears in the woods.

[rattlsnak]

[javadog]

^^^ Today's youth is entirely brainless.

[JavaBrewer]

Funny I was just watching a YT video on rodent traps and came across this one.

[David]

I prefer the old wooden traps myself. At least once a year the little buggers get in the attic. A few months ago I had my first double kill with one trap!

[recycled sixtie]

I got a double kill on my sticky mouse trap recently in the garage. I simply dispose of the whole sticky board each time I get a mouse.

I set the sticky board next to an inside wall. Mice generally won't go along the middle of the garage. They go along next to the walls. At a little over a dollar a board it is economical and efficient.

[sand_man]

Originally Posted by peteremsley

They make me nervous too... because they're kind of on the edge. Similar to a toddler holding a pistol.

This for the win!

[motion]

I tried the glue traps for rats *once*. Woke up to the sound of a screaming rat in the middle of the night. Grabbed a flashlight and went outside to investigate. The thing was literally pulling itself apart trying to escape from the trap. I grabbed a broom and started whacking it, trying to put it out of its misery. The glue traps are inhumane, IMHO.

[RKDinOKC]

Was sitting at the dining table one afternoon. Heard a rattle banging in the lower kitchen cabinet. Ran in there just in time to see the cat shoot out of the cabinet and bounce off the other cabinets scrambling through the house with a sticky trap stuck to one of it's feet. Finally caught it and cut it's hair to get the trap off. Whole family laugh the cat was bouncing off of everything trying to get the trap off it's foot.

Forgotten I had put the sticky trap back there about a year before we got the cat. Went ahead and put the trap with the bits of cat hair on it back in the back of the cabinet. A couple of months later we had a repeat performance from the cat. Didn't put the sticky trap back that time.

Was visiting some friends that had a rodent problem. Helped them put some sticky traps out. Those crafty rodents had placed socks and rags they got out of the dirty clothes over the sticky traps. Was glad I left, those rodents were too smart!

[recycled sixtie]

Whichever way you look at it life for a rodent is brutal. I have three sticky traps set around the garage. If I ever caught one chewing on my car wiring I would have no trouble killing it with whatever was handy.

A few years ago my daughter was doing animal research and had to euthanize mice.
They were frozen and their brains sliced so they could be studied under a microscope.
I don't know where she got the drive to do that to further her career. She managed.

I don't know what the purpose of rodents is in this world but I am sure a biologist would have a good explanation. Now killing a deer with a bow and arrow I would be more sensitive about.

[UconnTim97]

Originally Posted by motion

I tried the glue traps for rats *once*. Woke up to the sound of a screaming rat in the middle of the night. Grabbed a flashlight and went outside to investigate. The thing was literally pulling itself apart trying to escape from the trap. I grabbed a broom and started whacking it, trying to put it out of its misery. The glue traps are inhumane, IMHO.

Totally agree. I had the same issue with a mouse on a glue trap. No idea they could scream that loud. I ended up drowning it in the toilet to put it an end to the suffering. Never used another glue trap after that.

[1990C4S]

Originally Posted by motion

The glue traps are inhumane, IMHO.

True, but I once set two traps under my kitchen sink. Trap #1 got the mouse on the leg, he dragged the trap around until trap #2 snapped his neck...

[JavaBrewer]

Originally Posted by KevinTodd

I have a couple of Tomcat snap traps and they work great on mice. Easy to set and clean. One day we caught a rat with one. Not enough force to kill it so it was dragging the trap around on our patio with it's head stuck. I ended up getting a broom handle to push down on the trap to complete the kill. I really dislike rodents but am a total wimp when it comes to dispatching creatures. I like the A24 I posted earlier but not the $$ they want for one.