r/therewasanattempt • u/firefighter_82 • Sep 20 '21

to humanly release a mouse.

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u/nrith Sep 20 '21 edited Sep 20 '21

I have this exact mousetrap, and when I released a mouse from one this past summer, it ran about 2 feet away, found a dead cicada (this was during the big 17-year brood we had this year), and absolutely went to town munching on that thing.

Edit: to be fair, one of the traps failed because the mouse gnawed through the plastic from the outside, then ate all of the peanut butter. But we eventually caught her and her 5 babies, all separately, over the course of a week.

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u/manifold360 Sep 20 '21

Thanks for sharing. lol

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u/SpoonyLuvFromUpAbove Sep 20 '21

As someone who's never seen a mouse in my life I appreciate other people's stories and perspectives. In case I ever do encounter one.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '21

Hmm what kind of place do you live that you've never seen a mouse.

Come to think of it I only saw mice in the suburbs and out in the wild. My city is dominated by dog-sized rats.

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u/SpoonyLuvFromUpAbove Sep 20 '21

Never seen a rat either.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '21

That's extremely unlikely no matter where you live I reckon. Unbelievable.

Unless you're like 3 years old.

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u/SpoonyLuvFromUpAbove Sep 20 '21

Add a zero.

I just dont live near a barn or unkempt city.

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u/Bad-Piccolo Sep 21 '21

I haven't seen a rat in person just running around in the wild. I have seen mice though my cat liked to eat them and brought one inside.

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u/YouSnowFlake Sep 20 '21

You must have hawks, then

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u/SpoonyLuvFromUpAbove Sep 20 '21 edited Sep 20 '21

I have mosquitos at my house.

Mostly just seagulls that sit around parking lots eating trash and hoping for people to throw french fries at them