Blair P. Houghton wrote:
> I had a mouse.
>
> He was living in my kitchen for a week or so.
>
> I got some great no-kill traps from Home Depot. Small gray
> plastic boxes with a gravity lid that stays open while the
> trap is tilted forward, but slips shut once it tilts back.
(snip)
> --Blair
> "This ain't no Habitrail."

What's the point of no-kill traps for mice? The cheeky little buggers will
just come back inside where it's warm and go after the Stilton (again). I'm
all for being humane, but these are invasive critters. Unless you want to
start breeding them to sell to pet stores to feed to snakes, you have to nip
the problem in the bud!

I had a mouse problem when they started digging up the field across the
street to build some houses. True, your regular mouse trap is a tad messy.
And after hearing the thing snap shut and emptying it about 6 times in an
hour I decided perhaps poison bait would be better. Put it well behind the
refrigerator so as not to allow the pets access. They ate it, gluttons that
they are, then wandered off to wherever they go when you can't find them and
were not seen or heard from again.

Jill