I got those sticky traps. I think the other day this one critter ate some peanut butter we put on the trap died from the glue. I was like wtf is this mouse thinking just run into middle of room and dying for?
After a year?
The electrocuted mice can also server as a food source in these hard times.
keep em. they’re doing you a favor and eating all the roaches.
Earlier this year I got new traps, stickey traps, and layed out some poisen outside. I was rodent free all spring/summer. The other day I saw a lil fugger scurry away when I turned a light on. Time to up the ante!
This is a passive way to rid one’s dwelling of rodents.
This takes care of my roaches.
We had a mouse in our basement a month or so ago and the Mrs. freaked out. It was just a little guy that I think ran to the house when the electric company was clearing some trees for new poles, so I tried to trap it myself with a bowl so I could let it go outside but could never get him before he snuck behind something. Anyway, had some sticky traps laying around because we use them to catch some furry, 8 million leg creepy-ass bugs that love our house. The Mrs. refused to go back into the basement (i.e. she would not be able to do my laundry) until the little mouse was exterminated, so I put a sticky trap out to get him. Checked the next day and I got him. He was still alive but stuck to the trap. I honestly felt really bad for the little guy as I chucked him in the garbage can. Would have been much better for him to have died instantly in another type of trap.
You killed the mouse before throwing him out right?
As long as you don’t tell the girls the (real) reason you got a cat.
I would never do the sticky thing. They either starve/rot to death, or you have to kill them. If you try to pull them free, you can literally pull their feet off.
I understand the desire to get rid of or kill the mice. And I’m not a tree-hugger, but let’s not cause them any more agony than we have to.
I’d be OK with the sticky thing if you monitor it regularly and kill any mice found quickly. But letting them suffer needlessly isn’t great. The traps can be bad too, they aren’t always instantly lethal and its pretty brutal to see what happens if they don’t work immediately.
Can’t you just grab a shotty and blast it? 'murica
FYI, a while back we had a couple of rats and I bought me one of these bad boys:
Within a day, I had me my first rat. The second came not long after. It’s a little less conspicuous since it doesn’t say “rat zapper” on the side.
Rats in your city can read?
Yes, but I’ve no idea how long he suffered first.
Possibly. But I was thinking more about the chubby blonde who opens the closet door and sees “rat zapper” instead of an inconspicuous brown box.
^ Respect.
Body Count - 4
This thing is the bomb!
Respect.
It sounds like you have your problem under control, but I’ve got a solution we used in the garage at the cabin. Not at all humane*, but very effective.
You will need:
1- 5 gallon bucket
1- plastic bottle or 16+ oz aluminum can
1- piece of dowel or metal rod
1- jar of peanut butter
1- 4 foot length of 2x4
1 drill
1 gallon of liquid. Water would work, so would anti-freeze if it’s a winter project
Step 1 -If the bucket has a handle, remove the handle and drill a hole through the bucket large enough for the rod or dowel to pass through. Drill a second hole 180 degrees around the bucket from the first hole. These holes should be no more than 1 inch beneath the top of the bucket
Step 2- Drill a hole in the top and bottom of the can/bottle. This hole should also be big enough for the dowel to pass through.
Step 3- Pass the dowel through 1 end of the bucket, through the can/bottle, and through the other end of the bucket. The bottle should spin fairly freely like a log roll
Step 4- Smear the peanut butter on the can/bottle
Step 5- Place the 2x4 on the floor, with 1 end acting as a ramp to the top of the bucket
Step 6- add liquid
If you wanted this to be humane, you wouldn’t need to add the liquid, but you would need to check the trap regularly, or else you’ll end up with a mouse/rat fight on your hands if you capture more than 1.