After pressure from my wife I have bought an humane mousetrap. I've caught a field mouse. How do I kill it?

Answer 1

The general idea of a humane mousetrap is that you catch the mouse alive and then release it unharmed some distance away from your house.

Of course, this isn't really that humane at all because, for example, it will be exposed to predators in an unfamiliar area and is far more likely to end up getting eaten or run over than if you left it eating its way through your house!

If you want to kill it, the challenge is how you get it out of the trap to kill it without it escaping. Solution:- place the trap (with mouse inside) in a sealed plastic bag so that the mouse suffocates and then remove it. (This is best done when your wife is out for the day!)

Answer 2

Generally, the idea of using a humane mousetrap is to catch a mouse, drive far away, and let the thing go where it won't be your problem anymore.

Common ways of killing rodents include drowning, a simple stomping, poison, and feeding to other pets such as snakes. If you have a dog or a cat, I would recommend not letting them have the mouse since rodents are infamous for carrying disease and can cause another pet problems.

If you're looking for something your wife will approve of, you're probably best off spending the time to drop it off somewhere else.

If you're looking for an easy way to kill it, drop it in a garbage bag and step on it.

Answer 3

If you're talking about a glue trap, the fastest, kindest way to kill the mouse mercifully is to hit it over the head with something heavy (like a boot), then remove it from the trapboard. Or you can snap the glueboard hard against a solid object to kill the mouse quickly by breaking its neck/inflicting mass trauma. (Yes, I know it's yecchhy.)

If it's something like a Havahart box trap, and you now have a little mouse squeaking around.....consider drowning in warm water by immersing the trap---if you just open it and dump mousie into a bucket, he'll swim for a while before drowning. Not good.

Or, if you have a cat, call kitty, open box trap, and let things happen. But if you already had a good mousing cat, it's unlikely you'd be needing a humane mousetrap....

Unfortunately, if you just let the mouse go outside, he'll return. You'd have to move him at least several blocks, and preferably at least a mile.

Frankly, I always felt that the basic snap-type mousetrap, properly baited and set, was reasonably humane, producing a quick (and hopefully relatively painless) kill. Your mileage may vary.

Answer 4

Why get a humane mousetrap if you were gonna kill it inhumanely?
Its a field mouse. . take it to a field and release it so it can be free and alive.
Would you like to be caught humanely and then killed by a hammer to the head or drowned?
Do the right thing. . .

Answer 5

If you have caught a field mouse not a house mouse then you should release it into the countryside, otherwise you haven't bought a humane mouse trap you've just moved the place of execution.

Answer 6

The idea of a humane trap is to keep them alive . the wee thing I am sure didn't want to come into your house in the first place. so take it out to a field, and maybe you wife will reward you with something nice but if you kill it she will reward you with the rolling pin over the head the decision is yours Wine fly

Answer 7

What kind of humane mousetrap did you use? Why would your wife want to trap a mouse and then let it live? Toss it in the garbage outside or find a hungry cat. Next time use a normal mousetrap.

Answer 8

By a spring loaded mouse trap, bait it with peanut butter and put it inside the humane mousetrap.

Answer 9

The purpose of a humane trap is NOT to kill the animal. Take the whole trap out to a field & release yor catch. Tell your wife that you caught & released her little mousie & she'll love your sweet sensitive animal-loving side.

Answer 10

take the trap,away from your house,and release the mouse on a farmers field/railway embankment/local wildlife area..(we have loads of these in Milton Keynes UK)..my trap has netted so far ,4 house mice,and 3 field mice...all have been caught and released alongside brambles on the local rail embankment(brambles will give them a chance against birds of prey..)that's the idea of HUMANE traps.(they have been living in and raiding my bin cupboard outside. gnawing through the bin bags)bait i use is peanut butter and chocolate spread they love it. oh and when you have released the mouse dont forget to wash it thourghly in cold running water,this will remove any scent the previous mouse left behind to act as an alarm/warning for his furry friends,dry it well with kitchen roll rebait and put it where you want..place it alongside a wall,mice tend to follow wall lines.