HOW TO – Catch a mouse without a mousetrap

HOW TO – Catch a mouse without a mousetrap

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Chris sent us in a (humane) how to on catching a mouse without a mousetrap, all using household items – Link.

22 thoughts on “HOW TO – Catch a mouse without a mousetrap

  1. potentato says:

    then, when the mouse is trapped in the trashcan, beat it to death with a broomhandle.

  2. Shadyman says:

    I was going to say. “How to catch a mouse without a mousetrap”: cheese in a bucket?

  3. Madd_Matt says:

    Fill the container with vegetable oil and it’ll drown. =]

    Less humane, no mucking about with releasing it.

  4. aconbere says:

    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.

  5. RalphieBoyo says:

    Or, just glue a cat, by it’s tail, in the bucket. He’ll love you for it…

  6. Bugmenot says:

    Someone needs to teach these people the definition of mousetrap.

    People that illiterate should not be posting here.

  7. Bre says:

    Great drawing

  8. Russtang says:

    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.

  9. Senseless says:

    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.

  10. qwertyudotorg says:

    um, this is a mousetrap, isn’t it?

    rename: “how to catch a mouse w/o snapping its neck.”

  11. Rentokil says:

    Thanks for DIY moustrap tip

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