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Glue traps are horrible by design. Just reading the label made me nauseous. But given the mission there's no good outcome for the mice. Even if you catch-and-
by ourmandave 7y ago
Glue traps are horrible by design. Just reading the label made me nauseous.
But given the mission there's no good outcome for the mice.
Even if you catch-and-release (in a far off field away from homes), mice are prolific and there's now probably a bunch of starving baby mice somewhere.
- Zak 7y agoA good outcome for mice over the long term is to seal off holes in the building so mice stop coming inside.
- leguminous 7y agoThis is one of the nice side effects of the air-sealing requirements in modern building codes. The more airtight your building is, the fewer entry points there are for pests.
- hairofadog 7y agoI use “live” traps (a little cage with a flap that snaps shut) and release them in a wooded area nearby. I’ve read the argument that catch-and-release is more cruel than kill traps, but I just keep thinking: let’s say there was some sort of societal collapse due to war or famine and it was suddenly difficult for my family to acquire sustenance. At what point would I be like, “this is too hard; I’d like to step into a glue trap instead?” When a rat gets into my crawl space, it came from outside and I’m putting it back outside. It does give me pangs to think about the difficulty of life in the wild for critters, but catch-and-release seems like the best of all available options.