the random musings not worthy of new thread thread

[ice grillin you]

after i found mouse turd on a half eaten tastykake in my pantry i wanna torture em all....slowly

[Sgt PSN]

Exception to the rule.   

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Glue trap with a couple of peanuts on it. Easy peasy.

I don't like glue traps.  1.  Mice can sometimes chew through the trap and free themselves.  2.  I used them once and was really put off by it.  Caught a mouse on it and the mouse had dislocated each of it's legs trying to get free.....and it was still alive.  Very inhumane imo.  I don't have a problem with killing them because it's really the only way you can get rid of them, but I didn't like the fact that this animal suffered for at least a few hours on this trap before I put him out of his misery with a hammer.  At least with traditional traps they go fairly quickly.   

Well, we had one treating itself to stuff in our pantry, which backs up to the garage. Went to the hardware store, and the guy recommended the glue traps over the other ones that people convince themselves are more humane. I put the trap in the garage right up against the wall shared with the pantry, and we had our culprit the next morning. I didn't bother with the hammer - just put it in a plastic shopping bag, tied it tight, and put it in the trash. Pretty sure it was dead before the trash collection 4 days later, but out of sight, out of mind.

Anyway, LOL at the idea of being humane when catching a mouse. Unless you want to keep it as a pet, it's going to end poorly. If it helps you sleep at night killing them more quickly, go for it. I figured he might live long enough to tell his friends to stay the farg away from my food.

[Sgt PSN]

I know that traditional traps don't always get a clean snap of the neckspine, so there is a possibility of there being some suffering, but I think they still probably suffer a little less and die a little more quickly than with the glue traps, so I can deal with that.  There's no real humane way of doing it without using non-lethal traps, but those are pretty pointless unless you plan on driving the mouse 20 miles down the road and dropping him in a field or something. 

[ice grillin you]

ill use the non lethal trap just to let him think for a couple minutes that im taking him to be released in a beautiful big mouse field thats over grown with wild cheese flowers....then i will put the little disease spreading farger in the pond behind my house

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

ill use the non lethal trap just to let him think for a couple minutes that im taking him to be released in a beautiful big mouse field thats over grown with wild cheese flowers....then i will put the little disease spreading farger in the pond behind my house

typical hippie liberal!

[Sgt PSN]

ill use the non lethal trap just to let him think for a couple minutes that im taking him to be released in a beautiful big mouse field thats over grown with wild cheese flowers....then i will put the little disease spreading farger in the pond behind my house

I hope you have lots of snakes and turtles in your pond.  Otherwise, it will just swim to the edge of the pond, get out and come back in your house with his little muddy paws and wet mouse smell.   

[DH]

im guessing wet mouse is one of the more horrible smelling things out there

[ice grillin you]

on a serious note is it possible i come home from work today and have dead mouse...or do they only come out at night

[Diomedes]

def. possible

[Sgt PSN]

Yeah, they come out during the day.  I have them all the time in my office.  It's impossible to keep them out because I work in a 50 year old hangar and we're in the middle of the desert.  I see them scurry across the middle of the floor sometimes in the middle of the day.  I'm strongly considering adopting a cat and just leaving it locked in my office all the time with a litter pan and a bowl of water.  If he wants to eat, he has to hunt.  Once he dies of starvation, I'll know my office is finally clear. 

[charlie]

So you'll starve a cat to death, but you insist on giving mice handjobs before lulling them to sleep? I can dig that.

[PhillyGirl]

Someone had this posted on their FB wall....I laughed and thought of you idiots

[Sgt PSN]

So you'll starve a cat to death, but you insist on giving mice handjobs before lulling them to sleep? I can dig that.

I hate cats. 

[BigEd76]

When I worked in retail, we had mice that were eating through the birdseed bags in the aisle and in the back stockroom.  We put out the glue traps and those worked, but like a few of you said, dealing with the aftermath is rough.  Oh and at least it's mice and not rats.  We put a glue trap in the stockroom and those f'ers were twice the size of it.  And besides PB, try dry dog food too