I suppose I am a killer. I do not like mice and the problems they cause if you have them. My electronic world would all go to hell. Three years ago I had mice as they came in from the cold, so I bought a humane catch and release trap. It worked perfectly. I took the mouse outside and he was back inside before I was. I set that trap again and this time I drowned him in a 5 gallon bucket of water! Mice gone.
Yesterday I came home and saw a mouse run under my stove. My humane mouse trap is nowhere to be found, so I ordered new traps from Amazon and found my old fashioned mouse trap in a drawer. We all know that mice love cheese, so I put a bit of peanut butter on the trigger of that trap, set it and left the room. A couple of hours later I found my dead mouse. I'm now a killer again coz the trap crushed his head. I'm also thinking I am humane. I say this because I don't think that little bastard felt a damn thing!
Gonna keep these traps set for a while now just to be sure.
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I got a "cat" cleverly disguised as a dog, she Lives to hunt.
I have been in this house 44 years and every Fall I had mice deciding to move in for the winter.
In the 3 years since 22-lb Sassy came, not one mouse...she finds the nests wherever they are & has a second meal, once she even brought me one, depositing it neatly on the kitchen mat for me to admire. Very catlike!!!!
annewimsey1
Level 7
Nov 19, 2023
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Humane traps are fine so long as you release the mouse at least one mile away, if not they will come back.
It usually tells you this in the instruction.
LenHazell53
Level 9
Nov 19, 2023
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I am a rural resident. Glue traps are cruel. Remember the Los Angeles tar pits? I use the metal traps that permit entry but no exit. Then I release them a distance away. Baited with peanut butter, my traps are seldom empty. I have 4 currently. The old standard snap traps are humane as they don't know what hit 'em. Very effective. I do hope my hawks & owls are well fed.
Mooolah
Level 8
Nov 19, 2023
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Use a miniature trebuchet and chuck him into the next city block.
AtheistInNC
Level 7
Nov 17, 2023
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You killed Mickey Mouse, and then killed Minnie Mouse when she came looking for her boyfriend! You are lucky that it wasn't Mighty Mouse, otherwise he would have fought and punched you out
I generally take most of the fur visitors to some woods, about ten miles away, and let them go. I am not sure if that is really kind, since they may just die slowly in a strange environment, rather than quickly in a trap. But at least they have a chance, and few kill traps are quick or one hundred percent certain.
I have never had one return.
Fernapple
Level 9
Nov 16, 2023
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We've had a mouse problem for a while. My daughter at first insisted on catch and release traps, but we never caught a thing. Poison was out of the question with babies in the house. She won't use glue traps. She thinks them inhumane, and I tend to agree- mice have gnawed of their own leg to free themselves. We're at the point of not caring if they die.... it's ridiculous!! She just doesn't want to see them lol
JonnaBononna
Level 7
Nov 15, 2023
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@Gwendolyn2018 I live in the country. If I didn't use glue traps I would be over run with mice.
@Gwendolyn2018 Same here.
Where are y’all from? 
I don't like killing anything, but I get it. Rarely will I show mercy to spiders. Occasionally, I'll try to catch them in tissue and them flush them, not knowing what that does.
My companion will put out poison and I'll drown rats caught in live traps. They've done serious damage and I'm not worried about endangering their survival.
50 years ago, I built special rockets (powered by Estes engines) that would take them up. One time, though, the top was too heavy and the the delay on the 2nd stage too long. It went up, but came back fast and hard. Cerebral hemorrhage I think... I switched to giant cockroaches and, well, accidents happen (A defective engine blew the smoke charge through the crew compartment...)
racocn8
Level 9
Nov 15, 2023
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@Gwendolyn2018 I don't think I have ever seen a brown recluse live. My home has hanging gardens from the cellar spiders that I enjoy. It's National Geographic live. Love the little land crabs.
@Gwendolyn2018 Wow. Mostly when I shake something out, I find mouse turds. Reminds me of my spouse. I shook out a tarp when camped in Colorado & a black widow fell out. A beautiful specimen. She was feasting on a yellow jacket in her web on a small stick. I moved her unharmed, undisturbed to a large wood pile. With the warming of the climate their habitat will expand.
@Gwendolyn2018 Interesting as I have only been stung when unaware such as stepping on one in bare feet or inadvertently disturbing a nest. Each worker only lives a few weeks depending on species so it is insignificant if you take one out. They are a beneficial insect & the yellow jackets can be aggresive in autumn when they are on a mad dash towards winter. The workers are all female so I am biased.
@Gwendolyn2018 Wow. I don't think I have ever been stung so much as you. Wasp & bee venom are different, but the bee succumbs to death after one sting as the stinger remains in the skin to continually pump the venom into its subject. Ice cube immediately numbs the effect. I am sure as a learned person you already know these things. I find wasp stings are much less painful & the duration is less than bees. For me anyway. Maybe those Missouri wasps are more potent than the Wisconsin wasps. Nah. Gratitude that you are not allergic. =0}
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