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[Friggz]

all i use is glue traps becuase they are the most effective for me. i put a trap down in my barn and watched a mouse try to chew its leg off to escape.

 

[YoungHav]

I had a mouse problem in my apartment a few years ago. I used mouse sticky traps and after catching them I'd walk to the park, unstick them w/vegetable oil and let them free in the park. I only had one casualty, I went on vacation and forgot to remove the traps. Found a dead sucka when I returned.

 

[Red Comet]

Just get a cat and let them do the dirty work for you.

 

[DJMicLuv]

Don't worry much. They're pests. You were either going to poison it, kill it with a conventional trap, or have a mouser eat it. Just get a conventional trap. .

But from the mouse's point of view it is YOU who is the pest. How would you like it if a mouse killed you with a conventional trap or had a tiger eat you? You'd probably hate it!

 

[Jarrod38]

If you want to see a mouse that was a REAL fighter, look at this.

I don't know the rules here of pictures of animals eating other animals, so I'm going to break up the link. You'll have to copy/past it to see it. It is pretty graphic.

http://i.imgur.com/umPWdNR.gif

Fix

 

[user8503492]

Is there any kind of mouse trap that would capture them alive (and mostly unharmed) and allow you to release them outside?

I true those.

Mice come right back, unless you plan on going pretty far away. Also, dont get them out in timeand they will chew right trough it, give them enough time and the plastic is easy for them to nibble through.
I use the plastic snap traps that arent just a bar that snaps but a mouth looking thing. Its a row of thick plastic with serrated teeth. Snaps down and crushes and bites through the skull.

 

[npa189]

I took a potshot at a sparrow last year with a BB gun. It wasn't rifled so I didn't think I would actually hit it. Looked like it went straight through the chest and it died instantly. I hurried him in our compost bin and my family proceeded to call me ted bundy for the next week as a joke.

 

[The Wheel of Fortune]

Charlie, king of the rats.

Just get a Scarcoon, dude.

 

[entremet]

But from the mouse's point of view it is YOU who is the pest. How would you like it if a mouse killed you with a conventional trap or had a tiger eat you? You'd probably hate it!

Possibly. But evolution being what it is, most humans don't live near species that actively wants them dead lol.

But to be serious, aren't there those noise emitters that ward off pests? For those who don't want to kill mice? The frequency isn't audible to humans. But I would imagine it would bother dogs or cats.

 

[Winterfang]

If you felt so bad you could had just threw the mouse along with the trap into a bucket of water so it would drown.

 

[MIMIC]

Heh, this reminded me of something I did a few minutes ago.

I was coming home from the grocery store and saw an enormous cockroach on the wall outside of my apartment a couple of feet from my door. So I went inside, got some Raid, and blasted the motherfucker (well, I just misted from about 2 feet away it because I didn't want to get too close; those bitches can fly!)

I come to find that both a frog AND a lizard were stalking the roach. As soon as it started moving, they both were chasing it, trying to be the first to eat it. Now I don't mind the roach dying, but I didn't want to poison a lizard or a frog. So basically, it was like a race to the death with whoever caught it first.

The lizard was so close (it was on the wall as well), but once it fell off, the frog hopped right up to it and ate it.

Hopefully I didn't use too much Raid

 

[Two Words]

Fix

Dick. I split it for mobileGAF.

 

[Alligatorjandro]

Fuck mice

 

[DJMicLuv]

Possibly. But evolution being what it is, most humans don't live near species that actively wants them dead lol.
.

That's not evolution, that's common fucking sense.

Maybe mice are just a bit stupid, or at least stupider than humans. I don't know though, I've met some really stupid humans and some really smart rodents. Rodents are all about three things and three things only - fucking, eating and sleeping - so maybe they're not so stupid after all.

 

[DJMicLuv]

Fuck mice

I do. Professionally. It's a steady job but the money's a bit shit.

 

[Alcotholic]

I used to live in this shitty house security cameras in the hallway and the kitchen. I had a mini mouse problem in my bedroom one time. I could hear it scurry behind my desk in places I couldn't reach. One night the mouse was either very brave or very foolish as it was exploring next to my bed. It was sitting under a plastic bag, so I grab the thing. I could feel it squirm in my hand. I go over to the kitchen and drop it in the garbage. Never saw it again.

 

[EASTC0AST_GH05T]

Savage

 

[FrenchToastDisciple]

One time I saw a mouse in my apartment, and I alerted the landlord. Unbeknownst to me and my roommates, the landlord sent a pest control guy to to the apartment, and he set up sticky traps when we were all away. A couple days later, for the entire day all of us in the apartment heard a pathetic squeaking noise off and on. We thought it was just the mice being weird, but then I came to my senses and checked behind the stove. Behind it was a tiny mouse, it's back legs stuck in the trap, slowly and painfully dying. I had to drop a big ass rock on its head to put it out of its misery.

So yeah, never use sticky traps. Use the live traps or the ones that kill them right away, and check them everyday

 

[Gully State]

So, a little background. My apartment has recently had a small mouse problem. Some of the neighbors got an infestation so we've seen 1 or two of the little guys running around. I've always been a bit of a neat freak so naturally I started putting traps up anywhere I could think they might be hiding. At first I set up one of these neat little electric box traps that lures them in and electrocutes them to kill them instantly. Those worked well in the past, not so much here.
So I went a little old school and bought a sticky floor trap. They walk on it, get stuck, end of story. Lo and behold, a mouse gets caught an hour after I set the trap out. It was a fairly decent size, not big enough to be a rat I think. I hate having to touch one of those, but hey you gotta do what you gotta do. So I pick the trap up around the corners and take the long walk downstairs to throw the trap, mouse and all, downstairs to the garbage. And the whole walk through, the thing is squeaking like crazy. It can't move an inch, but it still manages to squeak over and over. I'm starting to feel pretty bad about it but eventually I shrug and throw it out.
Pretty much an entire day later, I can't get it out of my head. The way it looked, the way it sounded, all of it is just bugging the hell of me. I try telling the rest of the family, but they just laugh it off, and wanting to avoid embarrassment, I do too. But the truth is, I'm feeling really shitty about the whole thing. I don't know what I should do about it, or how I should feel.

You heathen...

Spoiler

I've had to sack mice by the hundreds as a job a long time ago. It's normal to feel bad.

.

 

[Sibersk Esto]

When I asked my dad, he said the most humane thing he did was grab a stick and press on the neck for a couple of minutes until it suffocated/broke its neck. I know what I'm too much of a pussy for

 

[Conor_Fool]

One time a mouse ran from under my bed and I jumped (out of "Oh shit!"), and landed on its head with the heel of my foot. It died pretty much instantly I guess.

Jesus christ I think I would throw up

My dad uses sticky traps and thinks we are pussies for telling him not to use them. I mean, fuck, last time he used them they would sometimes get out of them and leave a fat slab of skin and trail of blood.

 

[kswiston]

Sticky traps are the worst. I remember my parents using them on an outside garbage shelter once. We ended up with 5-6 rats and mice stuck on there ripped open as others who were stuck tried to eat them. Much more humane to use a regular mouse trap if you are going to kill them.

 

[mf.luder]

Sometimes I wonder if our lives are more valuable than theirs.

 

[ExplodingKetchup]

One time a mouse ran from under my bed and I jumped (out of "Oh shit!"), and landed on its head with the heel of my foot. It died pretty much instantly I guess.

Man, I'd feel so bad if I did that. Reminds me of that time I accidentally saw a gruesome picture of a kitten someone had purposely stomped on for fun. I couldn't get it out of my head and felt shitty the rest of the day.

 

[railGUN]

How about you kill the thing after you sticky trap it.

 

[-COOLIO-]

What's done is done. You can get a non lethal trap next time. Glue traps are pretty terrible for the animal. I have seen patches of tissue and gnawed limbs left behind by mice who've escaped, but most of them don't make it far. You find them dead or dying nearby whatever body parts they've left behind.

holy shit.

sticky traps should be banned.

 

[Chuckiemagne]

holy shit.

sticky traps should be banned.

I agree. The general consensus here tells me it's a pretty cruel/shitty way to kill an animal.

Even if an animal has to die, it shouldn't be tortured to death. OP did a very cowardly thing, should have ended it misery then and there. You do NOT leave an animal superglued and still alive in the bin, that's so disrespectful and cruel as.

 

[XiaNaphryz]

...well that was an odd bump.

 

[highrider]

Every person will have to navigate their standing on things like this. I've killed a mouse in the past, as well. I also regretted it. Don't hide your feelings, or feel ashamed that you felt that way. Being opposed to killing living creatures is perfectly normal, and also a positive thing in my opinion. Try and just think about what it may mean that you were affected by inflicting harm on a living creature, and perhaps just wish the best for whatever form of energy/spirit/consciousness that the little mouse you killed had.

Couldn't have been said better.

 

[Spider from Mars]

I go out of my way to avoid killing insects and shit, I could never, ever kill a mouse. Catch and release, friends.

 

[Dice]

...well that was an odd bump.

The thread came back, but the mouse will never come back.

 

[hipbabboom]

You did the right thing OP. It wouldn't have shed a tear if it was killing you and it may have been planning to do so... you never know.

Spoiler

I know the feeling OP. I feel bad killing things bigger than insects. I hit a rabbit on the way home from work one night and it bothered me for a while.

 

[kswiston]

Sticky traps should be made illegal, since they are needlessly cruel. I know that the old school snap traps seem brutal, but they offer a much quicker/humane death than a sticky trap if you have to kill a mouse.

EDIT: Just noticed the OP date...

 

[Sibersk Esto]

Well this brought back some memories lol

 

[Madao]

that's why i prefer the traps that kill instantly.

 

[Turbowaffles]

Glue traps are the most effective, unfortunately.

Sorry mice.

 

[baterism]

My mom and my dog are the mouse killer duo. My dog will spot the mouse, my mom will shake the cupboard to scare the mouse out. Then it will be bitten to death by the dog like T-rex from JP1. Bite to neck only last several seconds before it completely dead. Everything happened so fast, predatory instinct is really scary. Then of course, the carcass will be left until I take care of it.
Shitty for the mouse, but well, they are pest. They shit and piss everywhere.

 

[kittenbreath]

I agree. The general consensus here tells me it's a pretty cruel/shitty way to kill an animal.

Even if an animal has to die, it shouldn't be tortured to death. OP did a very cowardly thing, should have ended it misery then and there. You do NOT leave an animal superglued and still alive in the bin, that's so disrespectful and cruel as.

You registered for GAF on the day this thread was created, and your only posts (including this bump) have to do with killing mice. What is going on with you.

 

[Zeke]

Fuck mice and rats. I feel sympathy if I have to kill one.

 

[zeemumu]

Mouse traps are a pain to set up. You have to set up all that pipe and then hire a scuba diver to jump off of a see saw into a bucket.

 

[freenudemacusers]

this is why i have dogs. just bat em out of their hiding place in their waiting mouths. my smaller pup got a 4 kill streak the other week.

 

[joe2187]

nah fuck em.

They came into my house they will perish by my hand or the dogs. Glue traps and spring traps are the most effective.

I've gotten rid of about 12 mice in the past month with poison, glue traps and spring traps and my dogs.

Sometimes lizards get caught in the glue traps, so I throw some oil on them and they wiggle out of it real quick. Those guys are cool with me, but mice? they deserve to die.

 

[Jaffaboy]

My mom and my dog are the mouse killer duo. My dog will spot the mouse, my mom will shake the cupboard to scare the mouse out. Then it will be bitten to death by the dog like T-rex from JP1. Bite to neck only last several seconds before it completely dead. Everything happened so fast, predatory instinct is really scary. Then of course, the carcass will be left until I take care of it.
Shitty for the mouse, but well, they are pest. They shit and piss everywhere.

My nan's cat once caught a mouse and brought it back to the house alive. It escaped the cat and climbed up onto my nan's bed, ran to the other side where her dog was waiting. The mouse jumped, literally straight into the dog's mouth who swallowed it whole. It was the most grim, bizarre and hilarious thing.

 

[Dice]

You registered for GAF on the day this thread was created, and your only posts (including this bump) have to do with killing mice. What is going on with you.

I support this questioning.

 

[brotherbean]

We live adjacent to a small forrest and in spite of our fat-ass, good-for-nothing, lazy-as-sin cat I have dealt with more than a few mice in my time. I won't pretend to know what happens when we die, but if there are pearly gates awaiting me then I've got lot of dead mice to atone for.

I too am familiar with the sickening crunch of a mouse underfoot. Accidental of course, and I still feel guilty thinking about it even years later.

 

[statham]

Not a fan of glue traps either, but I have used them before and felt shitty afterwards, don't like regular mouse traps either. We have 2 cats now, good-luck mice.

 

[btags]

It sucks I guess but not much you can do about it now. If you are ever in a similar situation, you can kill the mouse with a cervical dislocation by holding it down just behind the skull with your finger (or a pen) and then pulling on the tail until you feel a snap. It sounds terrible but it is the most humane way to kill them.

 

[Dice]

Not a fan of glue traps either, but I have used them before and felt shitty afterwards, don't like regular mouse traps either. We have 2 cats now, good-luck mice.

I've seen cats cruelly play with mice, tearing them apart alive.

It sucks I guess but not much you can do about it now. If you are ever in a similar situation, you can kill the mouse with a cervical dislocation by holding it down just behind the skull with your finger (or a pen) and then pulling on the tail until you feel a snap. It sounds terrible but it is the most humane way to kill them.

Are you the Steven Seagal of killing mice?

 

[btags]

Are you the Steven Seagal of killing mice?

Wow, I didn't even realize this was an old thread that was bumped. And no, I am not by any means. I still get jumpy as hell when dealing with wild mice, but I worked with lab mice and that is how I was taught to kill them.

 

[BolognaOni]

Dude. Look at their feet. Sure, the big beady eyes make them look at cute and sweet, and make you feel bad for killing them. But the feet expose them for the vermin they are.

So next time just look at those disgusting little feet and slaughter away with a clean conscious. You're probably going to do some extra cleaning though, fair warning.