Element Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 are only no-kill if you remember to check them every day or two. :sad: This was the first and only time we've had a mouse issue, so I was trying to remove him humanely. Poor ds came out of the bathroom (trap was under the sink) and said, "Mom, we caught a mouse and it's really cute but... (tears)... it's not alive anymore." We stopped hearing noises in the walls a couple of months ago. I continued to check daily for a few weeks, but I haven't checked in a week or so since I haven't heard anything in so long. Ds8 is super sensitive when it comes to taking care of plants and animals, and this is the first dead mammal he's seen up close & personal. He wants his dad to bury it. What do we do? Tell him, no, this is part of life, and throw it in the dumpster like any sane person? Or, shrug our shoulders and have ourselves a mouse funeral today? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakia Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Step 1: Have a mouse funeral. Step 2: Get a cat. That would be our plan of action anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Element Posted February 8, 2012 Author Share Posted February 8, 2012 Thanks, Nakia. I think we will bury the mouse. The cat would be a great idea, but dh and ds are allergic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scuff Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 We've done that. Oops. Have the funeral, if it helps your ds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuntieM Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Another vote for mouse funeral. Those poor mousies, they dehydrate so quickly. You really do have to check those traps daily. BTW, if you don't have a good (far from your house) place to release the critters, those are really kind of pointless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pretty in Pink Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 I'm glad you are going to bury the mouse. :grouphug: I think it's a sweet thing to do for your boy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrappyhappymama Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 1. Mousie funeral. We've had dragon fly and baby bird and frog funerals. I've drawn the line at insects or spiders. Isn't having a sensitive child fun? :001_smile: 2. It was my husband's job to check the no-kill traps every morning. Then he'd drop the critters off in a field on the way to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessReplanted Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Well, I will be the odd one out - I have absolutely no compassion for rodents once they have invaded our house and are pooping all over the place, and I have let my kids know that. They would all clearly tell you that mice do not belong in our house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixpence1978 Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 A friend of ours tried the no-kill traps for a while. Unfortunately, those mice usually ended up dying anyway from dehydration or heart attacks (panicking in the trap). She decided that it was actually more humane to just get the standard traps and end it quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiddenJewel Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 A friend of ours tried the no-kill traps for a while. Unfortunately, those mice usually ended up dying anyway from dehydration or heart attacks (panicking in the trap). She decided that it was actually more humane to just get the standard traps and end it quickly. This is what I decided after using them only one time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pqr Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 (edited) Well, I will be the odd one out - I have absolutely no compassion for rodents once they have invaded our house and are pooping all over the place, and I have let my kids know that. They would all clearly tell you that mice do not belong in our house. You are not the odd one out, there are at least two of us. Snap traps and poison. A serious question though, why? Does one also try to humanely move fire ants or bed bugs, slugs, rats, moles (in the yard)? Is it acceptable to electrocute mosquitoes? Wipe out wasp nests? Edited February 8, 2012 by pqr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurie4b Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 are only no-kill if you remember to check them every day or two. :sad: This was the first and only time we've had a mouse issue, so I was trying to remove him humanely. Poor ds came out of the bathroom (trap was under the sink) and said, "Mom, we caught a mouse and it's really cute but... (tears)... it's not alive anymore." We stopped hearing noises in the walls a couple of months ago. I continued to check daily for a few weeks, but I haven't checked in a week or so since I haven't heard anything in so long. Ds8 is super sensitive when it comes to taking care of plants and animals, and this is the first dead mammal he's seen up close & personal. He wants his dad to bury it. What do we do? Tell him, no, this is part of life, and throw it in the dumpster like any sane person? Or, shrug our shoulders and have ourselves a mouse funeral today? I assume that you had a mouse funeral. If you use those small grey plastic live traps, you have to check them 2x a day to make sure there are no fatalities. But maybe you got one of the larger, cage-like ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaichiki Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Well, I will be the odd one out - I have absolutely no compassion for rodents once they have invaded our house and are pooping all over the place, and I have let my kids know that. They would all clearly tell you that mice do not belong in our house. :iagree: I tell the kids, dramatically, that the mousie made a "grave error" when it decided to move into our home. I don't kill them outside in *their* homes, but when they come into mine it's open season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Mouse funeral. We once had a funeral for a baby fry that was maybe two weeks old. We are no kill for anything that won't kill us and even some things that will if we can safely trap and remove. Wasps go because I am allergic and can't take a chance. All other insects are trapped and remove or shooed out of the house, same with rodents, snakes and various other wildlife. This is strictly because of my children - they are vegetarian, no animal products. I personally eat meat and have killed and butchered both wildlife and domesticated livestock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kolamum Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 I'd probably bury it if that's what he wants.. but in the future I'd place non-humane traps in a paperbag so he's not gonna see.. Cause honestly, if you let that sucker lose within a few k's of your home, he's coming back.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrappyhappymama Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 You are not the odd one out, there are at least two of us. Snap traps and poison. A serious question though, why? Does one also try to humanely move fire ants or bed bugs, slugs, rats, moles (in the yard)? Is it acceptable to electrocute mosquitoes? Wipe out wasp nests? For us, using no-kill traps is not so much about being humane. My parents used poison for mice when I was growing up and one died in a wall and stunk for weeks. Another crawled into one of my shoes and died. I put one shoe on without looking into it first (the last time in my life I did that) and happened to look into the other shoe at a dead mouse and about had a heart attack. So, when we moved into a house with a mouse problem, I told my husband no way on poison and I also did not want traps with dead, squished mice in my pantry. He's a softy at heart anyway, so he was all for the no-kill traps and was willing to check them and do mousey disposal into a nice field some ways off everyday. Happily, after a week or two, and sealing up some outside cracks, we were completely mouse free. My husband will capture and return to nature anything that makes it's way into our house. I am less tolerant of insects and they usually meet a watery death on my watch. Outside, we pretty much live and let live, except for fire ants and a wasp's nest in a high traffic area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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