how to get rid of mice without killing them?
I’ve tried the cheap ($5) Victor traps from Ace Hardware…the lid comes down, but no mice to be found…the food is still there too…are these mice wise and on to the trap?
I’ve had great success with this humane trap in my house:
http://veganstore.com/index.html?stocknumber=266
You can also get it for $2 cheaper here, but I’m not a big fan of PETA:
https://www.petacatalog.org/prodinfo.asp?number=HP200
I’ve caught over ten mice with it so far and it can be used over and over indefinitely. Or, you can try making the free homemade humane trap described here:
http://www.helpinganimals.com/wildlife_livingWithMice.asp
If you do live trap mice, please be sure to check the traps several times a day and release the mice promptly, approximately a mile away from your home. It is much more cruel to allow a mouse in a live trap to slowly starve to death than to kill it quickly with a snap trap. Also, if you use the live traps outside, put some bedding (torn-up paper towels or cotton balls) inside the trap so the mice won’t freeze to death during the night. When you release the mice, do it in an area with some sheltering bushes or plants. If you are a kind person, you might also leave a little bird seed or oatmeal for them.
I know you wouldn’t use them, but the absolute cruelest traps are glue traps. Mice have been known to gnaw off their own limbs and tear off their skin in an effort to escape, as they starve or dehydrate to death or suffocate in the glue. It can take three to five days for them to die. Poison isn’t any better, as the mice die slowly and painfully from internal bleeding. It can take up to a week for them to die, and then they smell as they rot behind your walls.
Thanks for being kind to the mice! Good luck!
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