On Sun, 28 Dec 2003 07:31:16 GMT, Blair P. Houghton > wrote:

>I had a mouse.
>
(snip delightful story)

....and a gourmand, at that.

You will find that peanut butter on the traps is a cheap and effective
attractant. I cannot be lifted or snatched off the traps, but needs to
be licked, so the mouse comes fully into the trap.

I do understand your desires for humane trap and release, but you
should know that it is rarely one " Wee, sleekit, cow’rin, tim’rous
beastie" about the place. They do pose a health hazard and if you do
not wish to do away with them, you might need to take extraordinary
measures to keep them out (it is next to impossible).

If you are going to release, you need to do so far from your home, and
you should understand that nature is not kindly to them out of doors
anyway.


Boron