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Chris sent us in a (humane) how to on catching a mouse without a mousetrap, all using household items - Link.
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Feb 28, 2006 08:45 PM
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| Posted by: potentato on February 28, 2006 at 6:14 PM |
then, when the mouse is trapped in the trashcan, beat it to death with a broomhandle.
| Posted by: Shadyman on February 28, 2006 at 6:34 PM |
I was going to say. "How to catch a mouse without a mousetrap": cheese in a bucket?
| Posted by: Madd_Matt on February 28, 2006 at 8:08 PM |
Fill the container with vegetable oil and it'll drown. =]
Less humane, no mucking about with releasing it.
| Posted by: aconbere on February 28, 2006 at 8:43 PM |
I posted this at the website as well, but I'll repost here :P
The one we always used and I don't see mentioned here is to simply take a 5 gallon bucket. Tape the handle in the upright position, and take a slat of wood that leads up to the handle (but leave a good 3-4 inch gap). You spread some peanut butter on an empty can of soda that you put on the handle so that it spins. And in the morning you have a couple of mice in the bucket.
The Mice try and get to the can, the can spins drops them in the bucket. Slightly more complex, but still a 5 minute set up, and not nearly so ghastly as a spring trap, or poison.
This one is nice because you aren't limited to a single mouse a night, and you don't entice mice onto your counter/living area's.
Then we just cart the bucket out into the woods and let the little buggers go.
| Posted by: RalphieBoyo on February 28, 2006 at 9:54 PM |
Or, just glue a cat, by it's tail, in the bucket. He'll love you for it...
| Posted by: Bugmenot on February 28, 2006 at 10:07 PM |
Someone needs to teach these people the definition of mousetrap.
People that illiterate should not be posting here.
| Posted by: Russtang on March 1, 2006 at 7:38 AM |
In the morning, remove the mouse from the trashcan. Give it a stern lecture about property rights. Place it back on the ground so it can scurry off, collect its belongings, and vacate your house.
| Posted by: Senseless on March 1, 2006 at 8:18 AM |
Hahahah!
Great Idea!
I've caught a couple just by leaving some food in the bottom of a five gallon bucket next to something they can climb on.
| Posted by: qwertyudotorg on March 1, 2006 at 9:41 AM |
um, this is a mousetrap, isn't it?
rename: "how to catch a mouse w/o snapping its neck."
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