This past weekend I killed two mice.
I used sticky paper, but then had to execute them.
Am I going to hell?
Sticky paper is a more “Humane” way to catch them, IMO. They are just kinda “Stuck” rather than seriously maimed and suffering until you get to them. A regular mouse trap kills them anyway, sometimes slowly. So I figure sticky and quick smack with a hammer is better then a regular trap and suffering and probably dying anyway.
I’ve never tried to “Release” one from a glue board so maybe that’s an option if you want to try but most of the time it winter when we get them and “Releasing them” outside far enough away from the house means death anyway.
Never tried a “Catch and release” type of trap…but yes you’re going to hell…probably no matter what trap you use.
~Matt
Yes, you are going to hell but it has nothing to do with killing mice…
Actually, I did the same thing last week and I felt horrible about seeing the mice trapped so I bought a catch/release thingy. Once I had him I walked about 50 meters from my house but I suspect he came back.
I think I’ll just get a cat.
fortunately for you, there is no heaven and no hell . . . but you will be reborn in the womb of a rat, but your ratty parents will be high up in the rat kingdom
Once I had him I walked about 50 meters from my house but I suspect he came back.
50 meters? He probably beat you back to your house 
~Matt
I thought sticky paper would be humane, but I’m not as convinced.
The first mouse had badly mangled feet and “arms”, from trying to struggle free from the glue–I’m sure that wasn’t pain free.
It would be impossible to free a mouse from a glue board if they are really stuck on their good.
Of course, if they are not stuck that well, they likely ain’t there when you check the board!
Also, sometimes they stick there face on the glue which means they suffocate themselves.
I guess in the latter instance, I can claim that the mouse committed suicide!
I thought that the glue traps were really nasty with the little critters ripping their own legs off trying to escape. Probably less so if you check them regularly. I always get some mice in the garage in the Fall. I use regular mouse traps which break their little vermin necks.
Once I had him I walked about 50 meters from my house but I suspect he came back.
50 meters? He probably beat you back to your house
~Matt
LOL, that’s what I was thinking.
Yes, you are going to hell but it has nothing to do with killing mice…
Actually, I did the same thing last week and I felt horrible about seeing the mice trapped so I bought a catch/release thingy. Once I had him I walked about 50 meters from my house but I suspect he came back.
I think I’ll just get a cat.
This house used to have 2 cats, so no mice, but now it is only used every other weekend or so and they are in the walls!
What kind of cage are we talking?
As you would expect, PETA has their own take on mice
http://living.peta.org/2009/top-five-reasons-to-be-nice-to-mice
however, getting back to the mice you already slaughtered - give them a proper burial and put a cross over their graves and you will be forgiven.
The longer they sit in the board the worse it is for them.
I’ve had some get caught at night and be dead in the morning. If they get stuck and you’re around it’s pretty painless for them for the most part.
I had one get off the board while I was carrying it outside. It got away in the house. I know it’s not quite “Humane”, but I make sure that doesn’t happen anymore by folding the board over onto them…with no hope of them getting away or being released.
I really don’t feel bad at all. If they’d quite shitting and pissing on my silver ware I wouldn’t have to kill them. Can’t tell you how many times I’ve had to empty 2-3 drawers out, disinfect them, and run 2-3 loads in the dishwasher…I’m not to empathetic at this point. I also worked on a dairy farm and have zero problem eating those dam cows either…I guess that makes me a little vengeful…but such is life. I suspect that the 2nd or third time you got slapped across the face with a after birth soaked tail mixed with manure, or maybe getting kicked at 6 in the AM everyone might want a little revenge.
~Matt
1. Glue is for crafts, not creatures. Gruesome glue traps cause animals to slowly dehydrate or suffocate to death. Many mice become so desperate that they chew off their own limbs in an attempt to free themselves.
2. Poison isn’t pleasant. Poisoning causes a painful death to mice and any cats, dogs, or other animals who either ingest the poison by mistake or eat the bodies of rodents who have been poisoned.
3. Snap traps can prolong suffering. All mammals, regardless of species, have the same capacity to experience pain and terror. And snap traps, which are not always released on target, can cause plenty of both.
4. Violence is in vain. When mice are killed, more will move into the newly vacant niche. Effective, humane methods of rodent control do not target the animals themselves, but rather, they target what attracts animals to certain areas. Mouse-proofing your house is as easy as denying mice access to food and a place to nest.
5. Mice are nice. Friendly and highly intelligent, mice are just as smart as dogs and can even recognize their names and respond when called. Much like us, mice are highly social creatures. They become attached to each other, and they love their families. Mice enjoy playing, wrestling, and sleeping curled up together.
Thanks for providing that link, I just went out and bought a 10 pack of the industrial strength glue boards.
On a related note, I had a pet mouse as a kid and that dumb fuck didn’t know his name!
These little bastards got into a bag of birdseed.
I found little stashes of bird seed in every god damn nook and cranny in the house.
Under pillows, under books, on a shelf in the closet, on the folds in the bed, everywhere!
I might try poison but I don’t want them rotting in the walls!
The most humane way to kill a mouse is to do it as quickly as possible. Most of the time, sticky paper just results in them being in a total panic for hours or days until you get around to doing whatever you are going to do to them to kill them. Personally, if I were a mouse I would like to be taken out instantaneously by having my neck broken as I licked peanut butter off a spring trap rather then being glued to the ground then thrown live into the trash.
After you’ve killed the 3rd or 4th one, you’ll realize you are in a war and you’ll stop having silly thoughts about being nice to the mice. It took me over a year to clean out my house and they still try to make a comeback every few years. There were some dark moments, and I did some things I’m not proud of but in the end, I got them all . . . . .
- Mice are nice. Friendly and highly intelligent, mice are just as smart as dogs and can even recognize their names and respond when called. Much like us, mice are highly social creatures. They become attached to each other, and they love their families. Mice enjoy playing, wrestling, and sleeping curled up together.
Aside from the last sentence - oh please.
Would you consider getting a cat? Then it’s a food chain thing.
My god I could never hit a mouse with a hammer and kill it.
The house is only used on the weekends–grandmother lived there and had two cats.
Sometimes several weeks goes by before anyone goes there.
Poision–well, they probalby will just rot in the walls.
Traps–they will die and rot for a week on the floor.
Sticky Paper–suffer and still smell after a week.
Maybe I should just charge them rent.
My cat, Louie, says they taste just like chicken. And he knows.
Maybe I should just charge them rent.
At one point in my battle, if the mouse leader had come forward and offered some sort of rent deal in exchange for a truce, I would have considered it. They did not want to be my friend though. There is now mouse equivilant of PETA advocating for being nice to humans.
The spring traps made quick kills 99% of the time although the crafty little creatures will able to lick off the peanut butter bait several times without setting off the trap. One time, I did find a dead mouse with a spring trap on each hind leg and a third on his neck. He set off the first two and probably was feeling pretty lucky as he dragged them back toward his liar but he made the mistake of not looking where he was going as he made his way through the basement . . .
Tincat for non-lethal:
http://www.amazon.com/Victor-Tin-Cat-Clear-Pack/dp/B000B75ESK
Ratzapper or knockoff for a quick lethal electrocution.