There's a moose loose in t'hoose.

Emmia

MalMonroe said:

Please don't kill the mouse!!! Traps are horrible, they break their backs. And if the traps don't work properly the little things die in absolute agony. I like your brother, I have to say, and the fact that he doesn't want to kill poor little mousie.   

I disagree, live traps are cruel - you catch them and then you have to dispose of them. Releasing them means they return (& I think is illegal as they are vermin) - so unless you're willing to kill them with your own hands (hammer? strangulation? drowning in a bucket?) or leave them in the live trap until they die of thirst (a few days) then I'd go snappity snap. 

Also the mouse has to wait in the trap until you get around to dealing with it - that's really cruel.

greenface2

Horrible little mouses . Have they worked out where they are coming in from and what about all the flats below if they are 6th floor . even if you blocked all the holes up they will still be hanging around . (and its mouses as a house is houses its mouses ) set them free in the fields with all the sheeps ( yes its also sheeps) 

twopenny

Aren't you supposed to use the repellant thingys to stop mice coming in in the first place?

I'm thinking that using it on the poor little blighter when he's trapped in the flat is sheer torture. And would he put one of these gismos in each room and open the door for a few hours?

They will come in from the cold if they can and it's been really cold lately. Then, if you don't make them comfortable, they go out when it warms up.

Possibily a cat bought it in and it escaped.

I've known people use these sucessfully. Useful in a flat because it can stay for a while and it's a container to take it out. I'd suggest that he decides on a location before starting this.

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Or he could put it in a cage and keep it for company during lockdown.

Homer_home

Mars bars also work well as bait 

doningtonphil

Emmia said:

MalMonroe said:

Please don't kill the mouse!!! Traps are horrible, they break their backs. And if the traps don't work properly the little things die in absolute agony. I like your brother, I have to say, and the fact that he doesn't want to kill poor little mousie.   

I disagree, live traps are cruel - you catch them and then you have to dispose of them. Releasing them means they return (& I think is illegal as they are vermin) - so unless you're willing to kill them with your own hands (hammer? strangulation? drowning in a bucket?) or leave them in the live trap until they die of thirst (a few days) then I'd go snappity snap. 

Also the mouse has to wait in the trap until you get around to dealing with it - that's really cruel.

Yeah.  I have to confess to using a humane trap, the plastic box with the trapdoor that drops down when the mouse is inside.  Anyway, I forgot to check it for a coupe of dys and when I did check the door (3mm thick smooth plastic) had been gnawed through (straight through the centre of the door, not the edges) and the mouse was nowhere to be seen.
It must have been desperate.  Wasn't very hapy wiht myself

Jeepers_Creepers

I'll keep you posted.

I think he quite likes the moosie, just doesn't want it in the hoosie.

Money_Grabber13579

I had 2 in the garage last winter. 3 weeks later, I had 16. Better to get rid of them as quick as you can.

oh_really

I have a Schnauzer that is world class at dispatching rodents, perhaps borrow one or a cat.

Elmer_BeFuddled

There's a moose loose in t'hoose.
Wish that had read "There's a moose loose, about this hoose." And I've have started dancin'!

daivid

Emmia said:

I disagree, live traps are cruel - you catch them and then you have to dispose of them. Releasing them means they return (& I think is illegal as they are vermin) - so unless you're willing to kill them with your own hands (hammer? strangulation? drowning in a bucket?) or leave them in the live trap until they die of thirst (a few days) then I'd go snappity snap. 

Also the mouse has to wait in the trap until you get around to dealing with it - that's really cruel.

It would only be illegal to release an invasive species such as a grey squirrel, any native species you catch can be released to your hearts consent. As has been pointed out above make sure to check 'humane' traps often, also release far from your home or they'll be back asap for their next feed... 

I use spring traps in my garage as I know I won't check humane enough. The life of a mouse is short and brutal, whilst the spring traps may not meet others standards for humane methods they are nothing compared to what the neighbours cat puts mice through...