Catching Mice Any Help??

[8ball]

I have mice in my house But I want to catch them not kill them, any idea for some sort of trap??

 

[OldHag]

Walmart sells those traps that catch them live! My friend and I used to catch them from her house and let them go...places we shouldnt have

 

[8ball]

Walmart sells those traps that catch them live! My friend and I used to catch them from her house and let them go...places we shouldnt have

Oh ok thanks I'm gonna go buy some of those, also how long do mice live? :?

 

[iturnrocks]

My friend makes them out of the spring loaded kill traps. He attached a soup can with the lid off to the trap where the mouse is usually killed, then straps a piece of cage wire to the spring arm. Then bait the inside of the can and when the mouse goes in, instead of getting squished, the lid closes on the can.

Another thing, animals caught in glueboards can be removed with vegetable oil. I wouldnt recommend it for mice, because then they will be coated in vegetable oil. But if you need to rescue something, that is much safer than trying to pry it off. Also works for removing them from children, shoes, and pets.

 

[bugmankeith]

Are these wild mice or domestic ones, just curious.

Catch any mice yet?

 

[8ball]

My friend makes them out of the spring loaded kill traps. He attached a soup can with the lid off to the trap where the mouse is usually killed, then straps a piece of cage wire to the spring arm. Then bait the inside of the can and when the mouse goes in, instead of getting squished, the lid closes on the can.

Another thing, animals caught in glueboards can be removed with vegetable oil. I wouldnt recommend it for mice, because then they will be coated in vegetable oil. But if you need to rescue something, that is much safer than trying to pry it off. Also works for removing them from children, shoes, and pets.

You cant post a pic of the trap?? I got an idea of what you mean but im kinda confused lol :?

 

[8ball]

Are these wild mice or domestic ones, just curious.

Catch any mice yet?

They're just wild mice that found their way into my house, I'm sure I can maybe tame their kids though, havent caught any yet they're just roming around

 

[bugmankeith]

Interesting I have always wondered if wild mice offspring would act differently than pet store mice. It would be interesting if a white domestic mouse mated with a wild type domestic mouse in captivity.

 

[Frogsarethapoop]

There is no comparison to those catch em live traps. I have about a dozen or so and I use them to catch all sorts of rodents in the summer from mice to gophers to squirrels to chipmunks to voles to birds and once a salamander.

 

[Taceas]

I have one of the metal Hav-a-Hart live traps for mice and it works great. I just use a little peanut butter chip as bait and voila. Although I mostly got it for my garage where occasionally I will have an escapee from my feeder mouse rack.

Wild mice are vastly different than domesticated fancy pet store mice. They can interbreed, which will give you mice that jump like the dickens though, so I really wouldn't recommend it. Although I am talking about the brown all over ones that look kinda like pet mice, not the large eyed deer mice.

For most of the wild mice here I use the kill traps. There are enough wild mice out there and they can carry diseases that I don't want to mess with, so I just set the trap, it kills them, and I chuck the body in the trash.

 

[Socrates]

I've got a mouse trap story:

When we lived in Germany we found rodent droppings in the attic, so off we went to buy some mouse traps (the ones that snap close). One evening we heard one snap shut so we all stormed into the attic to find.....nothing. No mouse and no trap. Gone!

We sat up another one, and that one disappeared as well. We began to fear that we had rats up there that were possibly taking off with the mouse trap attached to them, so we bought a rat trap. When that one snapped shut it woke us up in the middle of the night, and once again we went scrambling up the stairs only to find a GERBIL trapped in that thing.

Come to find out gerbils are protected in Germany, and we quickly learned to share out space with them.

One more thing - this is a funny one: One day my younger son (he must have been 5 at the time) was playing in the attic and stuck his hand in my husband's boot, only to pull out a gerbil. I'll never forget the look on his face. It was priceless.

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Wendy
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[8ball]

took me forever but I finally caught a little mouse I put newspaper in his encloser and made a house out out of a peanut container and put some hay for the bedding in his house, I dont have a water bottle yet i'm just using a small coke bottle cap but I'll get one, anything I did wrong or anything I need??

 

[bugmankeith]

Well you need food,lol. And something for him/her to chew and excersise. If you want to post a picture of the enclosure that would help even more.

 

[8ball]

Well you need food,lol. And something for him/her to chew and excersise. If you want to post a picture of the enclosure that would help even more.

well yea of course he/she has food lol, what do you suggest I give it too chew on?? The excersise stuff will come a little later when I go to the store. Don't have a cam right now

 

[AneesasMuse]

For household things to chew on... safe and edible... try dry pasta like the twists or shells or even elbows. When you get to the store for toys, exercise stuff and water bottle, you will find an array of wood chew things or you can get "apple sticks"... basically, limbs and branches from an apple tree that have not been sprayed or treated with any pesticides, etc. People use these for their rabbits usually, but rats and mice like them, too.

Oh, and give the little guy some paper towel rolls or TP rolls to gnaw and mangle... he'll probably shred it up and make a nest or stuff it with something and make it a home... however. He/she will enjoy it!

Pieces of loofah sponge are good chewie things, too. The pet store will have some that are dyed bright colors, but you can buy organic and without pesticide ones elsewhere and just slice them up in rings. I stuff these with cheese bits, yogies, grapes, etc. to keep little active critters busy with full tummies, too.

 

[8ball]

For household things to chew on... safe and edible... try dry pasta like the twists or shells or even elbows. When you get to the store for toys, exercise stuff and water bottle, you will find an array of wood chew things or you can get "apple sticks"... basically, limbs and branches from an apple tree that have not been sprayed or treated with any pesticides, etc. People use these for their rabbits usually, but rats and mice like them, too.

Oh, and give the little guy some paper towel rolls or TP rolls to gnaw and mangle... he'll probably shred it up and make a nest or stuff it with something and make it a home... however. He/she will enjoy it!

Pieces of loofah sponge are good chewie things, too. The pet store will have some that are dyed bright colors, but you can buy organic and without pesticide ones elsewhere and just slice them up in rings. I stuff these with cheese bits, yogies, grapes, etc. to keep little active critters busy with full tummies, too.

Ok i'll be sure to get the apple sticks, do they sell them at walmart?? I put some paper towel in his house he seems to like it

 

[AneesasMuse]

hmmmm... I don't know what Wallie's carries anymore. They may have them if they have other rabbit and rodent items. I got mine from a "indy" pet/feed store type place... for free, actually.

 

[jimmyx36]

These brown ones are a little more skiddish than the little white feeder ones. At the pet store I go to, they get a couple dark mice in some of their litters every now and then. The parents are both white mice, and even though they come from the same litter, they're always more wild and skittish than their white siblings. The big theory is that the white albino ones have poorer eyesight with their red eyes, hence why white one's make better pets, for they're more tamable.

 

[AneesasMuse]

These brown ones are a little more skiddish than the little white feeder ones. At the pet store I go to, they get a couple dark mice in some of their litters every now and then. The parents are both white mice, and even though they come from the same litter, they're always more wild and skittish than their white siblings. The big theory is that the white albino ones have poorer eyesight with their red eyes, hence why white one's make better pets, for they're more tamable.

It's funny that you say this... I always used to avoid the little colorful mice when it was time to buy my cornsnake's food (before I learned about frozen and more humane ways to feed him) simply because of the "jump" factor. Hollywood, the snake, will not eat things that are fast and jumpy... he likes slow and easy, I guess. And now, frozen/thawed is about as slow and easy as one cornsnake guy can get around here. Heh!

In a different light... I had to make a trip to the ER after having a battle with a albino/white mouse. It wasn't pretty... hence the reason for "humane" feedings (for me and the snake... LOL ) and how I ended up with my Poodah kid (my big ol' squishy rat man).

Good Luck with this little wild guy. He may never overcome being "wild", but he'll probably appreciate the accommodations that you're providing for him, nonetheless.

 

[bugmankeith]

Post pictures i've never heard of anyone keeping a once wild mouse as a pet, this will be interesting to see. Are you thinking of getting the mouse a mate, or a friend?