Mouse, intelligent or lucky?

JHeaton said:
If I can remove something without killing it, I will. I'm not keen on the idea of killing animals when I don't have to.
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I don't like killing but I also don't like it in my house, I can catch it and release outside but outside are four cats and I regulary have to remove a dead mouse, frog or flying rat (pigeon) from my backyard that a cat left.

I have set some other, more sensitive traps yesterday with some peanut butter and chocolate so lets see.
 
gort said:
It's because boasting on a forum that you've killed or are trying to kill a [insert innocent creature here] makes you more of a man and more attractive to the opposite sex.
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Or just the fact that they are vermin, a pain, and cause damage and potentially bring diseases into your home.

It's just a mouse/rat/rodent, no different to the millions of foxes that are vermin in and around our cities. Sure it's not nice killing another living creature, but it's not as if it's the last of the unicorns.

Let's get some perspective!
 
LOAM said:
Perspective is what would prevent me from killing it tbh.
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Did you read my post? I, along with my partner and three children, was made HOMELESS by mice at the end of last year. We lived next to a farm and they over-ran the place eating everything we owned. Perspective? Talk to me about perspective when you're sat in a homeless unit on xmas day with your kids crying their eyes out, all because of a few bloody mice...
 
Deep breaths mate.

I think your experience is at the other end of the spectrum to the OP. He has one in his loft.
 
LOAM said:
Perspective is what would prevent me from killing it tbh.
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I think we're all in agreement that if you can capture it and set it free away from your home that would be preferable, but in a city, all you're doing is moving it to another person's problem - and it's not exactly nice. Imagine someone leaving a few mice in your neighbourhood only for them to come and blight you and your family. A city is a breeding ground for vermin and unfortunately the only way to sort it out is to remove them.

If you're willing to drive a few hours into the countryside to set them free in a field - then good on you. I'm afraid, the mice I've caught all met a sticky end. Sure it's not nice and it's not something I would put a pin badge on my sleeve for, however, it got rid of the problem once and for all. I don't feel any more alpha for having done it, but I'm afraid that's how I dealt with the problem.
 
I’m not saying anyone is more alpha for doing it. I understand that there are times when its an infestation that things need to be sorted out. My comment was purely relating to the OP who has one mouse in his attic.

We have loads of mice around us, we’ve had them in the house as well. They just get caught and evicted back into the wild. My perspective comment, what I meant by that is that its not their fault they are “just” a mouse, doing mouse things. I just cant rationalise killing something for what it is, or what its doing. Maybe I’m just soft lol but I even let flies out of the window rather than killing them.
 
Rainmaker said:
Because they're non-indigenous vermin which live in houses not fields. I was made homeless by a horde of house mice last year, which invaded our property and destroyed all of our belongings and trashed the house in a matter of a couple of weeks. Why on Earth would you want to just let them go again to either return, or make someone else's life hell?

Spring traps + poison + anything else you can muster. It's the only way to be sure, and has nothing to do with being macho or alpha.
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Buddha is displeased with your lack of compassion to the poor mouse. :D
 
Cat nicked the cheese?

I had a mouse and set a live trap for it (a short tube with a door that drops closed when the mouse enters). The mouse refused to go for the cheese but absolutely loved some chocolate when I put it in there.
 
To all the people thinking I abused my cat I have added some smilies in my first post.
I love my cat and could never harm him, the same can't be said for mice, rats and pigeons though.
 
LOAM said:
I’m not saying anyone is more alpha for doing it. I understand that there are times when its an infestation that things need to be sorted out. My comment was purely relating to the OP who has one mouse in his attic.

We have loads of mice around us, we’ve had them in the house as well. They just get caught and evicted back into the wild. My perspective comment, what I meant by that is that its not their fault they are “just” a mouse, doing mouse things. I just cant rationalise killing something for what it is, or what its doing. Maybe I’m just soft lol but I even let flies out of the window rather than killing them.
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Oh I'm the same, I'll try and take bugs out of the house if I can lure them out or even handle them out rather than kill 'em.

However something like a mouse more often than not cannot be lured out - unless of course using humane traps - and that would be a prefered route, however it's not always applicable - especially as they're not daft creatures (well they can't be THAT bright ;)).

It is a shame to destroy the life of another living creature, after all what gives us the right to... however, ultimately, that's just "life", it's not always fair and sometimes the path of least resistance involves something like that.

If I had a choice of: 100% guaranteed removal (though meaning death), or not 100% chance of removal, I'm afraid I'd likely choose the 1st option.

Wasps nests being a prime example.
 
Good grief, it's only a mouse. Just kill the damn thing and move on.

If the snap trap still fails to work after changing bait then try a glue board.
 
Use a humane trap you cruel sod!
We had a rouge mouse get into the house and I simply caught it with a £1.99 humane ebay trap.
Worked the first night I put it out and I simply released it on the common a few miles away, problem solved.
Here's a video of the cute little fella :-)
 
C.R.A.Z.Y said:
Use a humane trap you cruel sod!
We had a rouge mouse get into the house and I simply caught it with a £1.99 humane ebay trap.
Worked the first night I put it out and I simply released it on the common a few miles away, problem solved.
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I agree, get a trap that doesn't kill then let it go some where in the country side.
 
I heard those "humane" traps were bad because you forget you put them down, then the mouse dies a slow painfull death of starvation :D

Oh the irony.

I suppose the best thing to do is simply not forget.
 
I live in the country side - keep your pox ridden crappy town mice to yourselves - I don't want them cluttering up my country side. :mad::mad:
 
You need to use different bait, chocolate or peanut butter is best.

Also get better traps, you want one thats gonna mash that mouse up, he'll only be back if you dont!!!!

Also maybe get a humane trap, this way you could release it into the wild miles away from its home, where it would be lost and at great danger of predators (just like you would be) it would be beaten up by other nasty mice, or die a lonely death from starvation, or be eaten by a big monster!!!
Or if you're lucky it'll find its way back to your house where it'll snuggle up in the walls untill you finally kill it with a proper trap!!!
 
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