Mice! Mice!! Mice!!!

[Linda]

One problem with snap traps and poisons. This is painful for mice. I will use if absolutely have to, but...
Anyone heard about the dexice which produces ultrasound to scare mice away? I would remove my Pig for a while, and set this device, if it really works.
Thanks everyone!

 

[cookie]

the ultrasound things don't really work well, you can get "humane" traps that are a little box that they can't get out of. you can release them outside. problem is, unless you go pretty far away, they are going to come right back in. i don't use the poison, because sometimes when you have a dead mouse(smell!) you can't find the smelly thing to get it out, they get between walls, etc.
cathy

 

[Linda]

Cathy, last year we had a dead mouse smelling from somewhere. We searched around the house and finally found the thing under the fridge. It was gross!
Yes, probably "mice cubes" will work, I am going to release them far away form the house. Fricking mice are smart.

 

[mac]

We recently used a glue pad and it was successful... the rat was stuck and could not move. The problem was that the rat was still alive, so I had to make the decision to either discard him to the trash can alive (stuck to the pad), or put him down permanently. The latter seemed more humane.

 

[Portabella]

Mac, I hope you did the latter...

Linda, if you are going to use the "have a heart" trap, you must take them a distance, they will come home. But....they will not come in once spring or fall is over. Also, I would rather die from painful poison than glue trap and slowly starve and be scared and know I am dying.

Also, the snap trap if set proper will not hurt them it snaps his neck and he dies instantly. I would go with the snap if you don't have time nor patience for the "have a heart" traps. They do work though, my mother in New York uses the "have a heart" for kangaroo rats and then takes them "for a ride". She once caught a possum in it and took him for a ride, she said when she set him free he kept looking back as her and going "Hiss, hiss, hiss" he was mad at her. Cute story.