MICE!

BIG HUG!

The second was more naive and trapped itself inside a glass jar.

In both instances I released them off-premises.

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^^^ best pointing device ever made, but they're fucking antiques now.

When capturing mice in "humane traps" how far do you reckon you have to take them so that they don't just come back again?

so do those D Con mouse traps work? I saw my first mouse ever last week, bought the trap yesterday, and around midnight I heard it spring. I can't tell from picking it up (with huge tongs) whether it's inside.

I got mice in my place again. Got the stickers that you put cheese on or peanut butter. Are the spring traps essential or can I catch them with what I got

Recommend a wire cage trap (not the little angled black plastic ones) with peanut butter as a lure. We caught our mice problem (2 mice, over a week) with this, and I released them in "wilds" 4 blocks away. I'm sure the local predators got them.

Or cats (preferably feral/of low breeding) or dogs (preferably with rodent hunting lineages).

My dog was from a litter of a feral dog. He kills everything smaller than him. Cockroaches/mice/rats/possum/nutria/cats...

Also, birds, in mid air. If your favorite songbird descends into my yard below about 7 ft, my dog will leap and catch it in his mouth.

It was cool at first, but after a while its become embarassing. Like cleaning up your husband, the serial killer.

^behind your husband...

yeah almost reason to get a cat at this point tbh, thanks for your help Sanpaku - traps set

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkTZ3YL8j98

An effective way to stop having mice problems is to have rat problems instead. Never saw a mouse again after we started getting rats. Apart from the smell rats weren't as much trouble because they were smart enough to avoid the cats so we didn't get woken up at 4am by squealing noises and cats running around with skewered mice in their mouths, and at the time the local council would send exterminators for rats free of charge, but mice you had to deal with yourself. They don't do that now because of cuts. But I don't live in the rat flat any more.

I got an electric (!) trap off amazon, this has been more successful than anything else. They die instantly. Block up every space you can with steel wool. If you release them, you’re supposed to bring them a few miles away or they’ll find their way back.

hey don't kill the mices

yeah

we have had a mice problem (triggered, ironically enough, by spillage from an old forgotten bag of cat food from when we were looking after one) but our upstairs neighbours have adopted termination w/ extreme prejudice as their solution and the knock-on effect is fewer mice for us, which is a little sad

there's still the problem of many, many agglomerated droppings in weird places we never check including INSIDE our boiler

we had come to think of them as friends, so mixed feelings if this is truly over. mind you I found some droppings on our stove recently so maybe not

our solution fwiw has been 'try not to leave food out' but the steel wool is probably a better idea tbh

I've used the electric traps as a supplement to my cats. Worked well. Kept catching mice for a few weeks until eventually no more mice and no more droppings. Not sure about the humanity of it, but better than glue traps or poison and really nowhere close to me to catch & release them that's not near other homes. Although once I was long-term caring for a friend's pet snake. Had to feed it live mice but one day it just wouldn't go after the mouse and you can't just leave it in there because the mouse might hurt the snake. I tried locking it in a room with my cat. Cruel? Probably, but he had always been an eager hunter of mice. Maybe just putting it right out there made it too easy for him, but he wouldn't go near the thing either. So I scooped it up in my pocket, went for a walk, and casually dumped it along the side of the road.

Problem persists. Find that leaving a light on seems to deter them - anyone know if that’s true? The lil guy comes out about 1 am - 2 often ruining my sleep

I’m gonna boil some peppermint tea and speed the bags. Apparently works in days

So I've seen a mouse in my apartment yesterday and today. Must remember to go to the store and get traps (die little fucker(s)).