We finally had a mouse after many years of being mouse free.

Hubby was in charge of buying traps. I preferred the old
"snap" traps, because they are always dead when I have to
deal with the body.

Welllll, apparently the place he went to buy traps was out
of the old fashioned kind, so instead of going somewhere
else - he bought glue traps. How "humane" is that????

I told him as soon as I found out what kind of trap it was
that if he insisted on putting them out that I was NOT going
to deal with the results. Yup! Now we have an alive mouse
stuck to that damned thing. Hubby is trying to talk
everyone in the household into dealing with it (except me of
course, because I made my position clear in the beginning).

I told him initially that if he didn't have the stomach to
deal with mice killed the old fashioned way (I always had to
dispose of the body), this would be a problem and IT IS. He
doesn't know how to deal with a live mouse and I can't stand
the idea of an animal virtually being tortured to death.

I'll cut to the chase... he bought the glue traps and we
have a live mouse caught in a trap now. So, what's the next
step?

Hubby suggested putting it outside and letting the cat have
his way with it. I don't think that's fair. So, the mouse
is slowing dying of exhaustion, fright, thirst and
starvation as I type.





Practice safe eating - always use condiments

In article ,
says...

We finally had a mouse after many years of being mouse free.

Hubby was in charge of buying traps. I preferred the old
"snap" traps, because they are always dead when I have to
deal with the body.

Welllll, apparently the place he went to buy traps was out
of the old fashioned kind, so instead of going somewhere
else - he bought glue traps. How "humane" is that????

I told him as soon as I found out what kind of trap it was
that if he insisted on putting them out that I was NOT going
to deal with the results. Yup! Now we have an alive mouse
stuck to that damned thing. Hubby is trying to talk
everyone in the household into dealing with it (except me of
course, because I made my position clear in the beginning).

I told him initially that if he didn't have the stomach to
deal with mice killed the old fashioned way (I always had to
dispose of the body), this would be a problem and IT IS. He
doesn't know how to deal with a live mouse and I can't stand
the idea of an animal virtually being tortured to death.

I'll cut to the chase... he bought the glue traps and we
have a live mouse caught in a trap now. So, what's the next
step?

Hubby suggested putting it outside and letting the cat have
his way with it. I don't think that's fair. So, the mouse
is slowing dying of exhaustion, fright, thirst and
starvation as I type.

Got any sharpened knives, particularly old ones that you don't really
want anymore? Just take the head off. Yes it'll be bloody, so spread
newspaper out and cut with the head AWAY from you. The blood might
spatter a bit, after all the little mouse heart will keep pumping for a
little bit of time not yet knowing the head is gone.

In article ,
says...

We finally had a mouse after many years of being mouse free.

Hubby was in charge of buying traps. I preferred the old
"snap" traps, because they are always dead when I have to
deal with the body.

Welllll, apparently the place he went to buy traps was out
of the old fashioned kind, so instead of going somewhere
else - he bought glue traps. How "humane" is that????

I told him as soon as I found out what kind of trap it was
that if he insisted on putting them out that I was NOT going
to deal with the results. Yup! Now we have an alive mouse
stuck to that damned thing. Hubby is trying to talk
everyone in the household into dealing with it (except me of
course, because I made my position clear in the beginning).

I told him initially that if he didn't have the stomach to
deal with mice killed the old fashioned way (I always had to
dispose of the body), this would be a problem and IT IS. He
doesn't know how to deal with a live mouse and I can't stand
the idea of an animal virtually being tortured to death.

I'll cut to the chase... he bought the glue traps and we
have a live mouse caught in a trap now. So, what's the next
step?

Hubby suggested putting it outside and letting the cat have
his way with it. I don't think that's fair. So, the mouse
is slowing dying of exhaustion, fright, thirst and
starvation as I type.

Got any sharpened knives, particularly old ones that you don't really
want anymore? Just take the head off. Yes it'll be bloody, so spread
newspaper out and cut with the head AWAY from you. The blood might
spatter a bit, after all the little mouse heart will keep pumping for a
little bit of time not yet knowing the head is gone.

"sf" wrote in message
...

We finally had a mouse after many years of being mouse free.

Hubby was in charge of buying traps. I preferred the old
"snap" traps, because they are always dead when I have to
deal with the body.

Welllll, apparently the place he went to buy traps was out
of the old fashioned kind, so instead of going somewhere
else - he bought glue traps. How "humane" is that????

I told him as soon as I found out what kind of trap it was
that if he insisted on putting them out that I was NOT going
to deal with the results. Yup! Now we have an alive mouse
stuck to that damned thing. Hubby is trying to talk
everyone in the household into dealing with it (except me of
course, because I made my position clear in the beginning).

I told him initially that if he didn't have the stomach to
deal with mice killed the old fashioned way (I always had to
dispose of the body), this would be a problem and IT IS. He
doesn't know how to deal with a live mouse and I can't stand
the idea of an animal virtually being tortured to death.

I'll cut to the chase... he bought the glue traps and we
have a live mouse caught in a trap now. So, what's the next
step?

Hubby suggested putting it outside and letting the cat have
his way with it. I don't think that's fair. So, the mouse
is slowing dying of exhaustion, fright, thirst and
starvation as I type.





Practice safe eating - always use condiments

A friend that used the glue traps use cooking oil to release the mouse.
Then the question becomes where to let the mouse go. The glue traps don't
sound all that humane to me. Late at night I'd be tempted to let the mouse
go in the front yard with the cat out there, released it'd at least have a
chance.

Jessica

"sf" wrote in message
...

We finally had a mouse after many years of being mouse free.

Hubby was in charge of buying traps. I preferred the old
"snap" traps, because they are always dead when I have to
deal with the body.

Welllll, apparently the place he went to buy traps was out
of the old fashioned kind, so instead of going somewhere
else - he bought glue traps. How "humane" is that????

I told him as soon as I found out what kind of trap it was
that if he insisted on putting them out that I was NOT going
to deal with the results. Yup! Now we have an alive mouse
stuck to that damned thing. Hubby is trying to talk
everyone in the household into dealing with it (except me of
course, because I made my position clear in the beginning).

I told him initially that if he didn't have the stomach to
deal with mice killed the old fashioned way (I always had to
dispose of the body), this would be a problem and IT IS. He
doesn't know how to deal with a live mouse and I can't stand
the idea of an animal virtually being tortured to death.

I'll cut to the chase... he bought the glue traps and we
have a live mouse caught in a trap now. So, what's the next
step?

Hubby suggested putting it outside and letting the cat have
his way with it. I don't think that's fair. So, the mouse
is slowing dying of exhaustion, fright, thirst and
starvation as I type.





Practice safe eating - always use condiments

A friend that used the glue traps use cooking oil to release the mouse.
Then the question becomes where to let the mouse go. The glue traps don't
sound all that humane to me. Late at night I'd be tempted to let the mouse
go in the front yard with the cat out there, released it'd at least have a
chance.

Jessica

sf wrote:

Welllll, apparently the place he went to buy traps was out
of the old fashioned kind, so instead of going somewhere
else - he bought glue traps. How "humane" is that????

It's just plain coldhearted.

I told him as soon as I found out what kind of trap it was
that if he insisted on putting them out that I was NOT going
to deal with the results. Yup! Now we have an alive mouse
stuck to that damned thing.

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

nancy (be cruel to be kind) (and be prepared for more mice)

sf wrote:

Welllll, apparently the place he went to buy traps was out
of the old fashioned kind, so instead of going somewhere
else - he bought glue traps. How "humane" is that????

It's just plain coldhearted.

I told him as soon as I found out what kind of trap it was
that if he insisted on putting them out that I was NOT going
to deal with the results. Yup! Now we have an alive mouse
stuck to that damned thing.

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

nancy (be cruel to be kind) (and be prepared for more mice)

On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 04:30:14 GMT, sf wrote:

I'll cut to the chase... he bought the glue traps and we
have a live mouse caught in a trap now. So, what's the next
step?

Put it in the freezer to keep until you can decide how you want to deal
with it...

-Jeff B.
yeff at erols dot com

On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 04:30:14 GMT, sf wrote:

I'll cut to the chase... he bought the glue traps and we
have a live mouse caught in a trap now. So, what's the next
step?

Put it in the freezer to keep until you can decide how you want to deal
with it...

-Jeff B.
yeff at erols dot com

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.

--
John Gaughan
http://www.johngaughan.net/

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.

--
John Gaughan
http://www.johngaughan.net/

sf said:

Welllll, apparently the place he went to buy traps was out
of the old fashioned kind, so instead of going somewhere
else - he bought glue traps. How "humane" is that????

They are "humane" in no sense of the word.


I told him as soon as I found out what kind of trap it was
that if he insisted on putting them out that I was NOT going
to deal with the results. Yup! Now we have an alive mouse
stuck to that damned thing. Hubby is trying to talk
everyone in the household into dealing with it (except me of
course, because I made my position clear in the beginning).


Take a broomstick and wack the mouse hard on the back of it's neck if
you can't get it out of the trap. It's neck will be broken and it will
die instantly.
Thats what I had to do (at the pest control companies recommendation)
when a pest control company used them at a former place of employment .
Then throw the trap away preferably in a manner where some other
predator can't get to it and get stuck in it.

sf said:

Welllll, apparently the place he went to buy traps was out
of the old fashioned kind, so instead of going somewhere
else - he bought glue traps. How "humane" is that????

They are "humane" in no sense of the word.


I told him as soon as I found out what kind of trap it was
that if he insisted on putting them out that I was NOT going
to deal with the results. Yup! Now we have an alive mouse
stuck to that damned thing. Hubby is trying to talk
everyone in the household into dealing with it (except me of
course, because I made my position clear in the beginning).


Take a broomstick and wack the mouse hard on the back of it's neck if
you can't get it out of the trap. It's neck will be broken and it will
die instantly.
Thats what I had to do (at the pest control companies recommendation)
when a pest control company used them at a former place of employment .
Then throw the trap away preferably in a manner where some other
predator can't get to it and get stuck in it.

On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 04:43:22 GMT, Tony P.
wrote:

I told him initially that if he didn't have the stomach to
deal with mice killed the old fashioned way (I always had to
dispose of the body), this would be a problem and IT IS. He
doesn't know how to deal with a live mouse and I can't stand
the idea of an animal virtually being tortured to death.

I'll cut to the chase... he bought the glue traps and we
have a live mouse caught in a trap now. So, what's the next
step?

Hubby suggested putting it outside and letting the cat have
his way with it. I don't think that's fair. So, the mouse
is slowing dying of exhaustion, fright, thirst and
starvation as I type.

Got any sharpened knives, particularly old ones that you don't really
want anymore? Just take the head off. Yes it'll be bloody, so spread
newspaper out and cut with the head AWAY from you. The blood might
spatter a bit, after all the little mouse heart will keep pumping for a
little bit of time not yet knowing the head is gone.

Oh, yeah...

I'm sure he'll jump at the chance of shafting a mouse and
the prospect of it running around like a chicken with its
head cut off will be particularly appealing.


Practice safe eating - always use condiments

On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 04:43:22 GMT, Tony P.
wrote:

I told him initially that if he didn't have the stomach to
deal with mice killed the old fashioned way (I always had to
dispose of the body), this would be a problem and IT IS. He
doesn't know how to deal with a live mouse and I can't stand
the idea of an animal virtually being tortured to death.

I'll cut to the chase... he bought the glue traps and we
have a live mouse caught in a trap now. So, what's the next
step?

Hubby suggested putting it outside and letting the cat have
his way with it. I don't think that's fair. So, the mouse
is slowing dying of exhaustion, fright, thirst and
starvation as I type.

Got any sharpened knives, particularly old ones that you don't really
want anymore? Just take the head off. Yes it'll be bloody, so spread
newspaper out and cut with the head AWAY from you. The blood might
spatter a bit, after all the little mouse heart will keep pumping for a
little bit of time not yet knowing the head is gone.

Oh, yeah...

I'm sure he'll jump at the chance of shafting a mouse and
the prospect of it running around like a chicken with its
head cut off will be particularly appealing.


Practice safe eating - always use condiments