My husband and I were having dinner at one of our favorite restaurants, an anniversary present compliments of his folks. The night started off well until the subject of the mice, who had moved from the cold outside into the warmth of our house, came up. He insisted he was placing poison throughout the kitchen the next morning and I said there would absolutely be no poison in our house. He raised his voice and said he wasn't going to live with mice. I got louder and insisted we could catch them and set them free. Somehow this escalated into a near war and as we were yelling about mice, I could see the patrons eating next to us wondering if it was the restaurant we were eating in that had the mice. Well the food came faster than usual, as I am sure they were glad to see us go. The next day I was on a hunt for Havahart traps.
Mice, while instilling horror to many a person, and fable has to even elephants, are only 3 to 7" and weigh less than an ounce. Hardly something that is going to drag you off into the wilderness and eat you alive. They only consume 1/10 of an ounce of food a day and need very little water if their food is moist. They are a popular pet, are incredible adaptable, and have the ability to live commensally with humans.
Well, trying my best to compromise, we set the Havahart traps and successfully caught and released a half a dozen little critters. As they ran off into the forest, I thought about the popular choices on the market; having the innocent creature be snapped in half, eat food only to feel sick and die, or be stuck on glue paper until it starves to death. It seemed to me the little extra work of capturing them and setting them free into the wilderness was a far better choice and one we could all happily live with.
Got mice? Have a heart - http://www.havahart.com/store/live-animal-traps
Need a laugh? See Mouse Hunt with Nathan Lane (Photo above and available at Amazon) http://www.amazon.com/Mouse-Hunt-Nathan-Lane/dp/0783231172/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1293897074&sr=1-1
Mice, while instilling horror to many a person, and fable has to even elephants, are only 3 to 7" and weigh less than an ounce. Hardly something that is going to drag you off into the wilderness and eat you alive. They only consume 1/10 of an ounce of food a day and need very little water if their food is moist. They are a popular pet, are incredible adaptable, and have the ability to live commensally with humans.
Well, trying my best to compromise, we set the Havahart traps and successfully caught and released a half a dozen little critters. As they ran off into the forest, I thought about the popular choices on the market; having the innocent creature be snapped in half, eat food only to feel sick and die, or be stuck on glue paper until it starves to death. It seemed to me the little extra work of capturing them and setting them free into the wilderness was a far better choice and one we could all happily live with.
Got mice? Have a heart - http://www.havahart.com/store/live-animal-traps
Need a laugh? See Mouse Hunt with Nathan Lane (Photo above and available at Amazon) http://www.amazon.com/Mouse-Hunt-Nathan-Lane/dp/0783231172/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1293897074&sr=1-1
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