Mallets -- damn, I should have thought of that! They are practical, violent, and funny! Especially when they are bigger than the person or animal wielding them.
Humane way to catch a mouse
- Thread starter D_Tintagel_Demondong
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Kill the buggers, they go around pissing all over your worktops and crapping indiscriminately.
Yes, but we are trying to be practical about the means: hence the discussion of anvils, bombs, etc.
- b.c.,
I wrote about this a number of years ago when I discovered a whole kaboodle of 'em (little church-micey looking fellas) living in the loft after The Storm. I tried two types of "humane" traps: one a little grey delicately balanced box with a hinged door, and the other, a round windup dohicky that resembled a hockey puck.
They never fell for the latter, though I'd found one or two sprung. But the grey box gizmos caught a few varmints, whom were later deposited near an abandoned area.
The rest, however, avoided the traps (the word apparently out), and one, chewed his way out. It became apparent that I'd have to resort to more "permanent" solutions.
Recently this summer, I discoved that several were making a run at the outdoor grill, eating leftover droppings and even bringing scrounged up vittles there to eat. Again I tried the two types described above and even bought a third (a two chambered contraption with a little one way door).
None of those worked. So again I bought those (apparently tasty) little bait "packages" and tossed a few therein. End of story.
They never fell for the latter, though I'd found one or two sprung. But the grey box gizmos caught a few varmints, whom were later deposited near an abandoned area.
The rest, however, avoided the traps (the word apparently out), and one, chewed his way out. It became apparent that I'd have to resort to more "permanent" solutions.
Recently this summer, I discoved that several were making a run at the outdoor grill, eating leftover droppings and even bringing scrounged up vittles there to eat. Again I tried the two types described above and even bought a third (a two chambered contraption with a little one way door).
None of those worked. So again I bought those (apparently tasty) little bait "packages" and tossed a few therein. End of story.
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I knew this would happen that is why I suggested the "inhumane" traps because in the end, no matter which kind of explosive you use...a bomb is a bomb is bomb. LOL
The Swedes have some interesting ideas when it comes to mouse traps. I haven't seen the first one before, but the second one has a sort of guillotine action.
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