Nancy Young wrote:
Make your husband stomp the trap (outside) and put the poor thing
out of its misery.

That or run it over with your car. I would rather have a bloody tire
than bloody shoes. Tires do not track blood on the carpet ;-)

The glue traps I've used all killed the mice, since its mouth would
eventually stick to the trap and it would suffocate.

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John Gaughan
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