How can i get rid of mice with out hurting them?

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How can i get rid of mice with out hurting them?

Answer 1

If you're looking for a way to get rid of mice without hurting them, there are a couple ways to catch them - one's a do it yourself method and the other is to purchase a live catch mouse trap.

Some people have reported success using the do it yourself method.  It involves the use of a bucket, a ramp or stair step, and bait.  You essentially set up a bucket and construct a ramp to the top.  You apply peanut butter to the inside just out of reach from the rim and also at the bottom of the bucket which (in theory) causes the mouse to fall in.  You can then take the bucket and release the mouse far away from your home (if you do it too close they will come back - they have a keen sense of smell that acts as a sort of homing device - i.e. your home!).

The other method is to purchase a live catch mouse trap which you should be able to find at a local store or online.  One such trap is the wire cage that has a funnel hole on top with bait on the inside... the shape encourages the mouse to get in, but doesn't allow the mouse to get out.  There are also box traps that should be able to do the trick.

A final method that I've heard work though your mileage may vary is the use of peppermint oil.  Essentially you spread it throughout your house where the mice are thought to be and the smell is too strong for their sensitive noses and they in essence stay away.

All of these options and other mice deterrents are outlined in the source site I've listed below.

Hope this Helps!  Good Luck!

Answer 2

rat poison

Answer 3

Why would you be worried about harming worthless, disease carrying vermin? Get rid of them by any means possible!

Answer 4

maintain cleanliness in your house. keep all your edible things in a good container where mice cannot get them. if they cannot find any food, they will transfer.

Answer 5

~sigh~ without hurting them people!

there is this electronic thingie you can plug into an outlet taht lets out a signal that mice hate(bugs too so itsa bonus) they work very well.

also there are cages you can buy, it traps the mice and they cant get out, then you take taht cage far away and release them.

hope i helped

Answer 6

HAHAHAAAA

Answer 7

I have recently found a product that uses sonar to clear an particular area of mice.  I don't know how well it works but it might be worth a shot if your concerned about the well being of the mice.  You can find this product at any home improvement store like Lowe's or home depot.

Answer 8

Plug ins for rodents buy them at Ace any hardware store even walmart. They work great.

Answer 9

theres a special trap that you put food inside and it when it enters the little round trap the door closes and you can release it outside and it might be at walmart or something :D

Answer 10

you can by a humane trap, most pet stores carry them and then relocate the mice, but  I have tried this with little sucess, and almost instant sucess with the snap traps

Answer 11

Get a metal cage trap,then when you find one in it you can just take it somewhere and let it go

Answer 12

what are u.. Gandhi..!!come on kill that d**n thing..

Answer 13

leave them a trail of cheese leading somewhere far from your home?

Answer 14

a trail of cheese that leads out of the house

Answer 15

Most DIY/home stores sell "live capture" mousetraps, which have a scented (but harmless) bait and a one-way door into a holding area.

I bought one when we had mice in our garage, and it caught 7 mice over two nights, which I released unharmed into woodland several miles away, to prevent their return.

If you're in the UK, check out B&Q - that's where mine came from, and it worked great.

Jim

Answer 16

You can use humane mouse traps. Here's a link of one you can make. http://www.humanemousetrap.info/    

Or you can go to most superstores and buy some.

Answer 17

get a cat

Answer 18

cant. unless your able to catch them by hand and throw them out. even then they can still find their way back in.

nowadays they have, poison, traps, and glue. all are effective

Answer 19

use a bomb!  blow up the house and kill all the mice.  Become a mouse terrorist.

Answer 20

nuke the house

Answer 21

You can buy humane traps that just close the mouse in the trap and then you can take it outside and release the mouse.  There are also ultrasonic devices that are supposed to make mice leave your home but I've never tried that one.

Answer 22

a classic rabbit trap with a piece of cheese :-) lol prop a box up with a stick and tie some string around the stick... put the cheese under the box and wait lol...

Answer 23

Live-trapping is so cruel, and just STUPID.  What do you do with the mouse, once you've trapped it?  Put it outside, so it can come back in again the same way?  Put it in unfamiliar territory, so that it's in some other mouse's territory, and has to deal with unfamiliar predators?  I think it might be kinder to give it to a cat to play with! I think poison is cruel, but not as cruel as live-trapping.

Keeping a clean house is important. Last year there must have been some sort of peak in mouse population.  I will not tolerate mouse droppings on my cooking surfaces.  

The considered choice I made was an old-fashioned quick-kill mousetrap.  Perhaps it was projection: I would rather die quickly than in prolonged distress and agony. I spared my own sensitivities by throwing away each trap as used. On these occasions, I choose not to recycle the trap.

This year, I have the good fortune to have a weasel nesting by my house. It kills, efficiently, in order to live.

Answer 24

They have trps where you can catch them and release them some where far from home. Poisoning them is never a good idea because how do you plan to find them? Gross thinking about leaving them all around your house dead. If you aren't worried about them living or being hurt then try the sticky traps or the snap traps.

Answer 25

cats are extremely cruel to mice..they will hurt them bad. im pretty sure there are detectors u can get that u plug in, and the sound or something makes the mice want to leave..if not that..then just get them ona  sticky pad and throw it outside somewhere..not much else u can do..

Answer 26

poison them

Answer 27

You can buy those little box mouse traps at grocery stores and pharmacies.

They get stuck in the box and then you take them out somewhere and let them go.

Answer 28

you cant...

Answer 29

They have humane traps at a lot of stores. You can't really "get rid" of them without hurting them.

Answer 30

kill em quick

Answer 31

live traps.u have to check them frequently or they die within a day or so.