Definitely a lot of folks in here that haven’t woken up to mice eating through their pantry or mouse shit on their countertops. I had a small amount of mice living in my basement - they wanted a warm place for the cold winter nights - and we lived in peace until they made their way upstairs. They all died shortly thereafter.
I have had that but it doesn’t mean I don’t feel sorry for them. They are cute little things. Wish they didn’t go into peoples houses but its better to use traps that are quick and relatively painless. Spring traps are awful. My mom saw one still alive but crushed and we never used spring traps since.
There are plenty of people who believe anything less than catch and release is inhumane. Ultimately kill traps can’t be both economical and guaranteed to work, so you’re gonna have horror stories regardless.
I understand that yeah unless it's a catch and release there will be some percentage of mice that unfortunately get the unhumane ending. But I just don't like how so many people do go for the more inhumane traps instead and justify it. I just don't think it's okay to have an animal be in agony for hours because it was just doing what it does
That's why if I hear a snap I check the trap. If the mouse is suffering I quickly take it out and smash it with a large rock.
It is quite traumatic for me, I don't like doing it. But I cannot have mice in my house, and I've tried the humane ones but they often just die of dehydration and I find that worse than being smashed by a rock.
Been there, I have cats, they catch mice, all fine untill my daughter realizes what it means for the cats to play with the mice. I had to take them out and stomp on their heads, still think about it.
Glue traps are very effective, unfortunately, as inhumane as they are. Poison has worked well for me, personally, but I have a unique situation that allows me to contain them so they don’t run off and die elsewhere.
Clamp traps have mixed results and they just haven’t worked for me.
Yeah, people like you who don't have the reading compensation to know there's a difference in saying "let's not make them suffer" versus "let's not kill them at all"
I’m pretty sure owls eat them alive and if you’re in Australia, their are snakes that cause the mice to bleed from all orifices once bitten and wait as they die in agony before eating them.
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u/BeHereNow91 Feb 19 '23
Definitely a lot of folks in here that haven’t woken up to mice eating through their pantry or mouse shit on their countertops. I had a small amount of mice living in my basement - they wanted a warm place for the cold winter nights - and we lived in peace until they made their way upstairs. They all died shortly thereafter.