Redneck mousetrap

[Blooz]

Antifreeze is a bad idea.

Not only will it kill mice and rats, it'll kill anything else that drinks it. Dogs, cats, rabbits, squirrels, etc, etc, etc...

[BuckShot]

That's a good one. Used something similar in my barn.

Right now I just have bait blocks in little wooden houses with holes that only mice and red squirrels fit through.

[BuckShot]

When I was a kid, we had some scumbag neighbors who wouldn't stop their dog from peeing on our shrubs, killing the plants. My Dad asked nicely. It didn't stop.

solution: one piece of chicken wire on the ground, one piece on the shrub, one modified extension cord.

Only had to leave it out for a few mornings. It never happened again and the dog was fine.

[CASHEW]

Sombody say nut?!

[DREDIOCK]

the fact they fall into anti freeze to drown in poison is pretty effed up. Why not let them fall into an empty pot they cannot escape from and dispose of them in another way.

Cause they are mice. Aint exactly on the endangered species list

And according to the CDC

Diseases directly transmitted by rodents

Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome
Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome
Lassa Fever
Leptospirosis
Lymphocytic Chorio-meningitis (LCM)
Omsk Hemorrhagic Fever
Plague
Rat-Bite Fever
Salmonellosis
South American Arenaviruses (Argentine hemorrhagic fever, Bolivian hemorrhagic fever, Sabiá-associated hemorrhagic fever, Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever)
Tularemia

[DREDIOCK]

Why waste good water just letem starve to death

Only the first one would starve. every one thereafter would simply feed on the previous

[Saxman]

Cause they are mice. Aint exactly on the endangered species list

And according to the CDC

Diseases directly transmitted by rodents

Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome
Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome
Lassa Fever
Leptospirosis
Lymphocytic Chorio-meningitis (LCM)
Omsk Hemorrhagic Fever
Plague
Rat-Bite Fever
Salmonellosis
South American Arenaviruses (Argentine hemorrhagic fever, Bolivian hemorrhagic fever, Sabiá-associated hemorrhagic fever, Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever)
Tularemia

That doesn't mean they have to be subjected to death-by-antifreeze. If you don't want to use live traps to release them elsewhere away from your home, that's fine. But that doesn't mean you can't use a humane kill trap instead.

[68ZooM]

the fact they fall into anti freeze to drown in poison is pretty effed up. Why not let them fall into an empty pot they cannot escape from and dispose of them in another way.

Agreed, seems cruel.

[homersipes]

well this is no more cruel than the sticky traps, in fact IMHO sticky traps are far mor in humane than this, nor any different than rat poison, which basically dries them up inside to outside.  Just sayin

[Estes]

Agreed, seems cruel.

+1

[chaser]

This is the best mousetrap You will ever use. 5 gal bucket with a gallon of RV antifreeze dumped in the bottom,  plastic bottle with a coat hanger through it and some peanut butter on the middle of the bottle.

Lean a board up against the side and it works all year without checking it and no smell.






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That's awesome 

I will have to remember that the next winter when all the mice start coming up to the houses.

[danny76]

Cause they are mice. Aint exactly on the endangered species list

And according to the CDC

Diseases directly transmitted by rodents

Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome
Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome
Lassa Fever
Leptospirosis
Lymphocytic Chorio-meningitis (LCM)
Omsk Hemorrhagic Fever
Plague
Rat-Bite Fever
Salmonellosis
South American Arenaviruses (Argentine hemorrhagic fever, Bolivian hemorrhagic fever, Sabiá-associated hemorrhagic fever, Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever)
Tularemia

Human Beings

Responsible for

Murder
Mass Murder
Burning
Bombing
Raping
Child Abuse
Theft
AIDS
Mesothelioma
Terrorism
Religiously motivated genital mutilation

Just Saying

[SmokinLoon]

Human Beings

Responsible for

Murder
Mass Murder
Burning
Bombing
Raping
Child Abuse
Theft
AIDS
Mesothelioma
Terrorism
Religiously motivated genital mutilation

Just Saying

and all can be prevented by making the culprits drink anti-freeze.  Right?

[Bizman]

and all can be prevented by making the culprits drink anti-freeze.  Right?

Mostly yes, I suppose. Haven't tried it myself, though, neither don't know anyone who has, but somehow I believe very few people would be capable to do such things after drinking a bottle of anti-freeze. Unless, of course, they act before the substance takes effect in their body. 

[danny76]

and all can be prevented by making the culprits drink anti-freeze.  Right?

Good point