Comments on: DIY Humane Mousetrap.

By: ih8nonbelievers

ih8nonbelievers — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 20:14:42 +0000

to dan ur a jerk think about the animals if they die we all do

By: Scott Marquardt

Scott Marquardt — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 08:16:04 +0000

I tend to agree as well.

Another humane-ness problem that was quite an educational experience for me: the trap caught baby mice wonderfully — but some were caught early enough in the night that by the time I checked the trap in the morning, the little things were already uncomfortably dehydrated. That was NOT a fun discovery. As a farm lad and hunter, I learned to hold in contempt those who didn’t kill quickly — and here I was years later, creating suffering myself (albeit unwittingly).

As for the “catch and release” approach, I realized I was probably dooming the released mice to being a meal before long in the forest.

As it turns out, we now have feline means of detering mice. This has proven 100% effective.

By: Denita TwoDragons

Denita TwoDragons — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 14:16:34 +0000

I’m also with Dan and Dave on this one.

And glue traps? Just…ugh. Absolutely horrible.

–TwoDragons

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 02:16:13 +0000

I’m with Dan. Catch & release is fine for fish, but for vermin, best to finish them off so quickly they don’t know what hit them.

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 23:18:15 +0000

Traditional traps that kill mice instantly are humane. If you take a trapped mouse and relocate it it is likely to go back into your house or somebody elses or be attacked by a mouse who lives in the territory you introduced it to.
Inhumane traps are glue traps that cause mice to slowly die of thirst or poisons that cause them to hemmorrage internally.
A quick whap and a sudden end is preferable.