Don't disagree. Many find the sticky traps to be cruel, especially since there are alternatives. They range from those you described to "have a heart" enclosures in various sizes for trap and release. Do note that you can release trapped living creatures from sticky traps with mineral oil. Best, Hilary
On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 5:01 PM christine m.a. marzano < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I’m personally against glue traps for a rodent problem (mice mainly); I > feel they’re very cruel, and not totally effective because I find a lot of > times mice actually get unstuck (unless they fall over on it and get stuck > in the glue over most of their body and not just their feet/tails and then > I have to find the sometimes still alive mouse and figure out my plan from > there— not my favorite thing, obvi); I also feel they almost immediately > lose stickiness and have to be diligently replaced every 1-2 days > (sometimes problematic when staff who check are not there all week or just > not checking diligently). > > My actual questions are: > > Are glue traps the accepted method for catching mice/small rodents in > buildings? This is not in a collection area (yet) but in offices of staff > both collection and education and can at times have collection items in > offices. > > Does anyone have specific wording (perhaps in their IPM plan) that says > why/why not use glue traps for catching mice; this would against a > facilities dept that doesn’t really want to hear other methods on this > unless there is clear museum IPM precedence not in favor of glue traps. I’m > in favor of classic snap traps, multi-kill traps, even the ole bucket with > rolling log/walk the plank traps (shoutout to Shawn Woods on youtube who > tests and reviews mousetraps). > > Thanks for any thoughts or advice, > > ~christine > > christine m.a. marzano > www.christinemamarzano.com > (631)312.6559 > > Pronouns: She/Her > > (what’s this? https://www.mypronouns.org/) > > Why I include pronouns in my email signature > <https://www.aclunc.org/blog/what-s-pronoun> > > > sent from my iPhone > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Museumpests" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/4F0919AA-CC85-4792-83BA-38D91049DDD0%40gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/4F0919AA-CC85-4792-83BA-38D91049DDD0%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Hilary A. Kaplan Training Specialist, National Faculty Records Management Training Program National Archives and Records Administration 8601 Adelphi Road College Park, MD 20740 [email protected] 301 837 0998 Phone 301 837 0380 FAX -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Museumpests" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CADExKEZ2cZB3hXTofV60u4p93vqRibj_haOApQCYfVXcPj0PVw%40mail.gmail.com.
