The morality of killing mice

[RWEST]

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the question of morality: I checked the Bible, and there is nothing there about not killing mice, so you are o.k.

I LOL'ed at that one!! Good job!!

Just remember Leptospirosis if you're getting TOO warm/fuzzy about the little creatures.

 

[PandaBear]

Originally Posted By: CivicFan
If we are to believe the reincarnation theory, that same mouse could be a relative.


I'll probably do them a favor so they can try their luck again, and hopefully get better luck next time around.

 

[Tempest]

Mouse trap for the squeamish:
http://www.scotts.com/smg/catalog/produc...0070002&id=

 

[Gary Allan]

I saw the commercial for those. @ about $10/mouse, this is truly a convenience item. Nature's way of saying you make way too much money.

 

[Mr_Incredible]

It's simply the Karmic price you'll pay for not putting your seed in a mouse-proof container from the beginning. I use a small steel garbage can. They'll cut through a plastic container in a heartbeat when they discover there are seeds inside it.

Snap traps and peanut butter for the win. Rat traps and peanut butter for ground squirrels.

 

[expat]

If you feel bad about killing mice in a snap trap, just think how a mouse would typically die if nature had it's way.
It would probably be slow , lingering or very unpleasant.
On the other hand, with a snap trap the mouse is just about to get nice feed of Peanut Butter (or whatever) then Whammo!

 

[nthach]

Wasn't there a episode of Verminators where one of the IsoTech guys was called to a house of vegans and they wanted a no-kill method, but they were eventally persuaded to kill the rats they had because of the risk of disease and their house burning down again?

I'd get a few cats, and some of these guys:
http://www.belllabs.com/product_details/united-states-of-america-pest-control-trapper-t-rex

Tomcat brand at the stores is actually the same stuff Bell Labs sells to the pros.

 

[saberz]

In my old house we had an infestation of about 6 little mice. Snap traps did them in, sad part was I first used peanut butter and I read that they even come for their own dead as bait. So I would release the snap drap(it wasn't your standart wooden one, it was plastic wtih the snap handle outside the casing. Would release the dead rat and put the trap back with whatever was left + mouse blood etc.

Sure enough they came. [censored] I had a sticky pad(this is where I felt bad). The little mouse actually gnawed off one of its own legs to get free and then another mouse actually came and ATE HIM!

Suffice to say, use the snap traps. End it quick. I can't stand mice, no point in setting them free because 9 times out of 10 they come right back in and the openings are nowhere you can easily get to.

 

[saberz]

Going a bit off topic.

My friend came home one day and found a possum in his living room(he used to leave his sliding door opened enough for his cats to come and go.

Well the thing decided to play dead. He went and got a dirty pair of work jeans and wrapped it around his hand and picked up the possum and put it in a box. Picked up 2 of his cats and put them in the box and closed it.

The cats started to meow, so he opened the box and the possum was still playing dead. So he then took the cats out, took the jeans, wrapped it around his hand and kicked the possum out his door across his lawn. Now I FELT BAD about that and the cats. That to me is a little on the evil side :|

 

[PandaBear]

Originally Posted By: Anies

Sure enough they came. [censored] I had a sticky pad(this is where I felt bad). The little mouse actually gnawed off one of its own legs to get free and then another mouse actually came and ATE HIM!


I've heard that they will do anything to get themselves free before, but ate each other when they got stuck on a sticky patch is just insane.

 

[greenaccord02]

If you ever keep a couple hundred in a large cage, you'll start to notice the weak ones get eaten. I can't tell you how many half-eaten mice I took out of holding cages when I worked in the pet store. Sometimes you'd come in the morning to feed them and change bedding and find a tail. Just a tail and that's it. If the population is high enough, they'll start cannibalizing even if other sources of food are available. Survival of the herd is priority #1 with rodents.