Simple, humane mousetrap

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By Gareth Branwyn
Posted 2007/09/25 @ 2:00 pm
Category General

Here’s yet another scheme for a DIY mousetrap that doesn’t starve, decapitate, or Ebola-fy the guts of the vermin in your house. In fact, with all the cereal in the trap here, that’s gonna be one mighty mouse by the time you release him in the field across the street. Oh, I get it, he’ll be so freakin’ fat, he won’t be able to scamper back across the street when you catch and release.

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6 Responses to Simple, humane mousetrap

shbazjinkens on September 25th, 2007 at 3:36 pm said:

I don’t think my mice will fit through the hole.

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vigodits on September 25th, 2007 at 4:21 pm said:

I suggest putting a daub of white paint on your captured mouse’s back so you will recognize him/her when he/she returns to your buffet.

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ahclem on September 25th, 2007 at 5:32 pm said:

You’d be amazed by how small a hole the little bastards can squeeze through.

My only concern is the (20) holes near the bottom. A desperate mouse could, very quickly, enlarge them enough to make its escape.

Neat idea, though.

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Jason0x21 on September 26th, 2007 at 6:02 am said:

“Across the street” isn’t nearly far enough to keep mice from coming back into your house. At least a mile away is more or less required to make sure they don’t come back.

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shoomaker on October 3rd, 2007 at 1:58 pm said:

This same trap works very well for catching minnows too. Put some dry dog food in there and toss it in the lake on a rope. Pull it in tomorrow and you will commonly have more minnows than you would immagine could fit in that space – sort of like a can of sardines.

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molly on July 7th, 2008 at 9:43 am said:

How does it work?

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