1988RedT2

Seems to me the "old fashioned" spring-type traps were much more humane. Mouse goes for a tasty snack and "Whack!" he never knew what hit him. Now, you put out a glue box and he steps in it, gets stuck, and starves to death. Lovely.



The appeal of the sticky traps lies in the elimination of the unpleasantness of having to deal with the dead mouse. Such cowards we are!

TYSON

I much prefer dealing with one already dead then one stuck to a glue trap

Rob x-7

you cant set the thing free, just drown him, I know it sucks



you go to free him and you will pull off some limbs



get some poison in the little packets, and get more glue traps.





they also like to make nests in mufflers!

GreyGT-C

take him to work and stick the trap/mouse to the hood of someone's car that you don't like. no longer your problem...

Baldy

I actually successfully pulled them from the glue traps and set them free about 2 acres away. I'm sure they'll make a tasty snack for an owl.



One was only stuck by two of his feet, he pulled off and was running around fine. The other had some glue on his fur, and legs were a little slow moving, but good enough for him to burrow under a leaf pile.



My wife had pulled the traps out and set them on top of the car before I got home, so my son was all wrapped up in it as well. He watched me take them off and such, and I didn't feel like teaching him one of the "what happens on the farm" lessons.

Jims5543

I had the same problem in my house in North Carolina. Mice were getting into the garage and making a nest in the trunk of the Porsche I was super pissed off because if they decide the egine is a good place to make a nest its a lot of work to clean it up and might entail pulling the engine.. I bought out the rodent stuff on Lowes. I had the glue traps down, then there are these pellets in a tray they they eat and it kills them, I also had some old school ouse traps, just because.



I caught one in the glue trap and it looks like they are eating the bait/poison.



Also what really worked good, and this was by accident, was a tall kitchen garbage can, it was next to a low shelf and I guess there was the smell of food in it. We came back to the house after being away 6 weeks and it had 5 mice in it dead. Maybe rig up something they can climb into but not out with some bait.



I am really nervous that they will still build a nest and I am in Florida and the car is in NC and has been for a month now and will be for 5 more weeks before I go and bring it back down.



Good luck.

Jims5543

BTW- I just read your last post, next time kill them, I did the same thing and the very next day the same exact freaking mouse (with glue and grass stuck to him) was in the trap again.



You have to take them out.

sidewinderx7

Yeah, seriously... its not like mice are going to say, "wow, we sure did have a close call on that one, Constantine. Lets not go back there again!"



Its not that hard to kill a mouse. Anyone whos had to deal with them as feeder mice for other pets should know this as well. You take grab them by the tail and swing their heads into something hard. One good smack will break their necks and they will die. Hit them hard, toss them out into the bushes.



The first killing might be kinda tough because you might be all wussy like, but I assure you, its actually very easy.

rowtareh

Hahahaha. This is classic. Sig material!







Yeah, those glue traps are a pain in the ***. I just put them in a small plastic wally-mart bag, swung it around my head, and smacked it against the brick walls. You would hear a little "YELP" and silence. Blood gushing everywhere, and oh my sweet lord, it was awesome!



But now I have a cat, that I am going to train to kill mice, shrews, and moles. Oh yes, the sweet victory of a cat bringing you the kill of the day.

1988RedT2

Exactly. What is so hard about killing a pest? What's next, a catch-and-release policy for flies that get in your house? You don't have to enjoy killing them. Just kill them.