Re: Hi and Question: Mouse Traps
Hey Marissa, I'm sure someone answered you by now, but in case they didn't they sell little mouse cubes that the mouse can go in, but can't get back out of. be sure to put something heavy on it so your cat won't turn it over and let the mouse out accidentally. Then you just take the mouse outside far from your house and let it go. Also, you have to check it daily because the mouse will die quickly in the cube with no food or water. t Marissa Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all! Sorry I haven't been around much lately...life has been INSANE!!! My condolensces to anyone who's lost a fur baby. My thoughts are with you! And I'm sending positive thoughts for any sick kitties. I have a question. I am almost 100% sure I have mice in the walls of my bedroom in my apartment. :( The maintenance people are offering to put out traps, but I'm worried about Slinky getting caught in one. I'm not sure if he'd catch a mouse if he saw one...or what he'd do. But I also worry a bit about him getting a disease or something from the rodents. Has anyone ever heard of any kind of mouse trap that's cat-proof? Meaning something that would catch the mice but not hurt Slinky? I googled cat proof mouse trap and all I got was all kinds of mouse traps with cat in the name. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much for being such a great resource!!! MJ - Don't be flakey. Get Yahoo! Mail for Mobile and always stay connected to friends.
Re: Hi and Question: Mouse Traps
My cats have all known what to do with mice and I accept that as part of nature. Especially after I saw a mouse turn on Dixie, jump up and hit her on the nose (if you are going down, go down fighting). However, I don't need to be part of that interaction. I like the live trap idea and have used it with possums and raccoons that were eating the ferals' cat food at my Mom's. They, too, headed to places of comfort and safety on my farm. As do snakes, rabbits and other critters whose lives are endangered. I've just never tried it with a mouse. If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow man. St. Francis - Original Message - From: Kelly L To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 8:01 PM Subject: Re: Hi and Question: Mouse Traps At 04:07 PM 2/7/2007, you wrote: I take all of my mice to a wonderful place in the middle of an olive/orange orchard that has an old turned over sofa and some trash,,They all head into the sofa and I leave plenty of food for them... Kelly In a message dated 2/7/07 5:31:40 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Humane mouse traps are nicer to the mice, too. I've used them with great success. I have to agree on the humane traps... Have used them w/ much success. Only dilemma I had was just where to relocate my new found furry friends!!! Me, I can't stand the idea/concept of hurting any living creature. Hugs, Patti her clan - (Which DOES include the mice in this house!! My felines wouldn't know what to do w/ a mouse! Thank heavens) No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.411 / Virus Database: 268.17.29/673 - Release Date: 2/6/2007attachment: 35104d8b.jpg
Re: Hi and Question: Mouse Traps
Wow - that mouse was very brave. I use the tea towel method here...throw a tea towel over them and take them outside (huge field behind the house). The kids get so disappointed when I do that...but a mouse doesn't have much of a chance with eight very eager cats. I've done that with mice, lizards, and even a snake that Othello proudly brought in from the garage. It wasn't that big but it was coilled up with it's head looking like it wanted to strike. When Othello saw what I was about to do - he grabbed his snake and ran! I thought I would be up all night wondering where that creepy thing was. Finally I managed to get a towel over it and take it outside. I try not to kill things too (I don't even use pesticides indoors or out) - but I am the queen of my castle and I say who gets to live here. We have only enough room for me and 'the kids'. :-) elizabeth On 2/8/07, Marylyn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My cats have all known what to do with mice and I accept that as part of nature. Especially after I saw a mouse turn on Dixie, jump up and hit her on the nose (if you are going down, go down fighting). However, I don't need to be part of that interaction. I like the live trap idea and have used it with possums and raccoons that were eating the ferals' cat food at my Mom's. They, too, headed to places of comfort and safety on my farm. As do snakes, rabbits and other critters whose lives are endangered. I've just never tried it with a mouse. If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow man. St. Francis - Original Message - *From:* Kelly L [EMAIL PROTECTED] *To:* felvtalk@felineleukemia.org *Sent:* Wednesday, February 07, 2007 8:01 PM *Subject:* Re: Hi and Question: Mouse Traps At 04:07 PM 2/7/2007, you wrote: I take all of my mice to a wonderful place in the middle of an olive/orange orchard that has an old turned over sofa and some trash,,They all head into the sofa and I leave plenty of food for them... Kelly In a message dated 2/7/07 5:31:40 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Humane mouse traps are nicer to the mice, too. I've used them with great success. I have to agree on the humane traps... Have used them w/ much success. Only dilemma I had was just where to relocate my new found furry friends!!! Me, I can't stand the idea/concept of hurting *any* living creature. Hugs, Patti her clan - (Which DOES include the mice in this house!! My felines wouldn't know *what* to do w/ a mouse! Thank heavens) [image: []] No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.411 / Virus Database: 268.17.29/673 - Release Date: 2/6/2007 attachment: 35104d8b.jpg
Hi and Question: Mouse Traps
Hi all! Sorry I haven't been around much lately...life has been INSANE!!! My condolensces to anyone who's lost a fur baby. My thoughts are with you! And I'm sending positive thoughts for any sick kitties. I have a question. I am almost 100% sure I have mice in the walls of my bedroom in my apartment. :( The maintenance people are offering to put out traps, but I'm worried about Slinky getting caught in one. I'm not sure if he'd catch a mouse if he saw one...or what he'd do. But I also worry a bit about him getting a disease or something from the rodents. Has anyone ever heard of any kind of mouse trap that's cat-proof? Meaning something that would catch the mice but not hurt Slinky? I googled cat proof mouse trap and all I got was all kinds of mouse traps with cat in the name. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much for being such a great resource!!! MJ - Don't be flakey. Get Yahoo! Mail for Mobile and always stay connected to friends.
Re: Hi and Question: Mouse Traps
What about sticky glue traps? You'd still have to be careful that the kitties didn't end up wearing them but it would be a lot less painful if they got caught in one of those than if a mouse trap snapped on them. elizabeth On 2/7/07, Marissa Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all! Sorry I haven't been around much lately...life has been INSANE!!! My condolensces to anyone who's lost a fur baby. My thoughts are with you! And I'm sending positive thoughts for any sick kitties. I have a question. I am almost 100% sure I have mice in the walls of my bedroom in my apartment. :( The maintenance people are offering to put out traps, but I'm worried about Slinky getting caught in one. I'm not sure if he'd catch a mouse if he saw one...or what he'd do. But I also worry a bit about him getting a disease or something from the rodents. Has anyone ever heard of any kind of mouse trap that's cat-proof? Meaning something that would catch the mice but not hurt Slinky? I googled cat proof mouse trap and all I got was all kinds of mouse traps with cat in the name. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much for being such a great resource!!! MJ -- Don't be flakey. Get Yahoo! Mail for Mobilehttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=43909/*http://mobile.yahoo.com/mailand always stay connectedhttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=43909/*http://mobile.yahoo.com/mailto friends.
Re: Hi and Question: Mouse Traps
What about sticky glue traps? You'd still have to be careful that the kitties didn't end up wearing them but it would be a lot less painful if they got caught in one of those than if a mouse trap snapped on them. Humane mouse traps are nicer to the mice, too. I've used them with great success. The two I have look like: http://www.themousedepot.com/ I think I got them at Ace hardware? Lynette
Re: Hi and Question: Mouse Traps
The sticky glue traps are incredibly cruel to the mouse. They struggle to free themselves until they starve to death, have a heart attack etc or until the trapper finds them, still alive, and has to kill them personally. If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow man. St. Francis - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 4:31 PM Subject: Re: Hi and Question: Mouse Traps What about sticky glue traps? You'd still have to be careful that the kitties didn't end up wearing them but it would be a lot less painful if they got caught in one of those than if a mouse trap snapped on them. Humane mouse traps are nicer to the mice, too. I've used them with great success. The two I have look like: http://www.themousedepot.com/ I think I got them at Ace hardware? Lynette
Re: Hi and Question: Mouse Traps
The sticky glue traps are incredibly cruel to the mouse. They struggle to free themselves until they starve to death, have a heart attack etc or until the trapper finds them, still alive, and has to kill them personally. That's why I was recommending the humane type: http://www.themousedepot.com/ Sticky traps are awful. I can't stand to kill anything. I just take the mice outside and let them go when I use these humane traps. THe only problems happen if the cat gets them before the trap does. Lynette
Re: Hi and Question: Mouse Traps
seems like you could free them and not just stand there and watch them suffer. of course, if the cat does eat them...i suppose there isn't much you can do about that. elizabeth On 2/7/07, Marylyn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The sticky glue traps are incredibly cruel to the mouse. They struggle to free themselves until they starve to death, have a heart attack etc or until the trapper finds them, still alive, and has to kill them personally. If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow man. St. Francis - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 4:31 PM Subject: Re: Hi and Question: Mouse Traps What about sticky glue traps? You'd still have to be careful that the kitties didn't end up wearing them but it would be a lot less painful if they got caught in one of those than if a mouse trap snapped on them. Humane mouse traps are nicer to the mice, too. I've used them with great success. The two I have look like: http://www.themousedepot.com/ I think I got them at Ace hardware? Lynette
Re: Hi and Question: Mouse Traps
Freeing them would require pulling their feet off the sticky stuff. Having rescued a lizard from some tape once I can promise you that is not easy. If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow man. St. Francis - Original Message - From: elizabeth trent To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 5:15 PM Subject: Re: Hi and Question: Mouse Traps seems like you could free them and not just stand there and watch them suffer. of course, if the cat does eat them...i suppose there isn't much you can do about that. elizabeth On 2/7/07, Marylyn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The sticky glue traps are incredibly cruel to the mouse. They struggle to free themselves until they starve to death, have a heart attack etc or until the trapper finds them, still alive, and has to kill them personally. If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow man. St. Francis - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 4:31 PM Subject: Re: Hi and Question: Mouse Traps What about sticky glue traps? You'd still have to be careful that the kitties didn't end up wearing them but it would be a lot less painful if they got caught in one of those than if a mouse trap snapped on them. Humane mouse traps are nicer to the mice, too. I've used them with great success. The two I have look like: http://www.themousedepot.com/ I think I got them at Ace hardware? Lynette
Re: Hi and Question: Mouse Traps
What do you suggest as a solution to the mouse problem? elizabeth On 2/7/07, Marylyn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Freeing them would require pulling their feet off the sticky stuff. Having rescued a lizard from some tape once I can promise you that is not easy. If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow man. St. Francis - Original Message - *From:* elizabeth trent [EMAIL PROTECTED] *To:* felvtalk@felineleukemia.org *Sent:* Wednesday, February 07, 2007 5:15 PM *Subject:* Re: Hi and Question: Mouse Traps seems like you could free them and not just stand there and watch them suffer. of course, if the cat does eat them...i suppose there isn't much you can do about that. elizabeth On 2/7/07, Marylyn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The sticky glue traps are incredibly cruel to the mouse. They struggle to free themselves until they starve to death, have a heart attack etc or until the trapper finds them, still alive, and has to kill them personally. If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow man. St. Francis - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 4:31 PM Subject: Re: Hi and Question: Mouse Traps What about sticky glue traps? You'd still have to be careful that the kitties didn't end up wearing them but it would be a lot less painful if they got caught in one of those than if a mouse trap snapped on them. Humane mouse traps are nicer to the mice, too. I've used them with great success. The two I have look like: http://www.themousedepot.com/ I think I got them at Ace hardware? Lynette
Re: Hi and Question: Mouse Traps
the small humane traps are a good idea; i've even used the larger hav-a-heart ones when the glue-traps first came out, i'd read all sorts of horror stories about how strong the glue was and how tortuous it was has anyone ever heard of a cat actually springing a normal mouse trap? this thread made me think about it--i don't think i ever have! (but then, traps are often set in places where cats can't easily get to them after all, one has to question the mental health of a mouse that willingly ventures close to where a cat could reach it. On 2/7/07, elizabeth trent [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What do you suggest as a solution to the mouse problem? elizabeth On 2/7/07, Marylyn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Freeing them would require pulling their feet off the sticky stuff. Having rescued a lizard from some tape once I can promise you that is not easy. If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow man. St. Francis - Original Message - From: elizabeth trent To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 5:15 PM Subject: Re: Hi and Question: Mouse Traps seems like you could free them and not just stand there and watch them suffer. of course, if the cat does eat them...i suppose there isn't much you can do about that. elizabeth On 2/7/07, Marylyn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The sticky glue traps are incredibly cruel to the mouse. They struggle to free themselves until they starve to death, have a heart attack etc or until the trapper finds them, still alive, and has to kill them personally. If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow man. St. Francis - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 4:31 PM Subject: Re: Hi and Question: Mouse Traps What about sticky glue traps? You'd still have to be careful that the kitties didn't end up wearing them but it would be a lot less painful if they got caught in one of those than if a mouse trap snapped on them. Humane mouse traps are nicer to the mice, too. I've used them with great success. The two I have look like: http://www.themousedepot.com/ I think I got them at Ace hardware? Lynette -- Spay Neuter Your Neighbors! Maybe That'll Make The Difference MaryChristine AIM / YAHOO: TenHouseCats MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 289856892
Re: Hi and Question: Mouse Traps
In a message dated 2/7/07 5:31:40 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Humane mouse traps are nicer to the mice, too. I've used them with great success. I have to agree on the humane traps... Have used them w/ much success. Only dilemma I had was just where to relocate my new found furry friends!!! Me, I can't stand the idea/concept of hurting any living creature. Hugs, Patti her clan - (Which DOES include the mice in this house!! My felines wouldn't know what to do w/ a mouse! Thank heavens)
Re: Hi and Question: Mouse Traps
At 04:07 PM 2/7/2007, you wrote: I take all of my mice to a wonderful place in the middle of an olive/orange orchard that has an old turned over sofa and some trash,,They all head into the sofa and I leave plenty of food for them... Kelly In a message dated 2/7/07 5:31:40 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Humane mouse traps are nicer to the mice, too. I've used them with great success. I have to agree on the humane traps... Have used them w/ much success. Only dilemma I had was just where to relocate my new found furry friends!!! Me, I can't stand the idea/concept of hurting any living creature. Hugs, Patti her clan - (Which DOES include the mice in this house!! My felines wouldn't know what to do w/ a mouse! Thank heavens) [] No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.411 / Virus Database: 268.17.29/673 - Release Date: 2/6/2007 attachment: 35104d8b.jpg
