I found a mouse in a drawer and I sprayed it with bleach. Can that kill it?
2007-01-04 12:56:15 · 12 answers · asked by sittinncat 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
Probably you just blind the mouse....and there will be 3 more blind mice hanging around.....
Set a trap and use chicken, they love chicken....
2007-01-04 12:59:30 · answer #1 · answered by Island Girl 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Spraying the mouse with bleach is unlikely to kill her, but very likely to cause her pain and distress. If you soak your hand in bleach or toss some in your eyes it should give you a good idea of what the mouse experienced. If you wouldn't do it to a puppy or kitten, you shouldn't do it to a mouse. They are equally able to experience discomfort.
Look, the mouse didn't know it was doing anything wrong by being in your drawer. If you want to move mice out of your home, please do it humanely. The Bible instructs us to be kind to animals (see http://www.advocatesfortheinnocent.com/animalscriptures.html ).
I've had great success with this trap in my house:
http://veganstore.com/index.html?stocknumber=266
I've caught over ten mice with it so far and it can be used over and over indefinitely. Or, you can try making the free homemade humane trap described here:
http://www.helpinganimals.com/wildlife_livingWithMice.asp
If you do live trap mice, please be sure to check the traps several times a day and release the mice promptly, approximately a mile away from your home. It is much more cruel to allow a mouse in a live trap to slowly starve to death than to kill it quickly with a snap trap. Also, if you use the live traps outside, put some bedding (torn-up paper towels or cotton balls) inside the trap so the mice won't freeze to death during the night. When you release the mice, do it in an area with some sheltering bushes or plants. If you are a kind person, you might also leave a little bird seed or oatmeal for them.
The absolute cruelest traps are glue traps. Mice have been known to gnaw off their own limbs and tear off their skin in an effort to escape, as they starve or dehydrate to death or suffocate in the glue. Poison isn't any better, as the mice die slowly and painfully from internal bleeding. It can take up to a week for them to die.
It doesn't take much extra effort to be kind. You will feel better and so will the mice! Good luck!
p.s. I like your "baby feet" photo. I am pro-life and concerned about the suffering of all living creatures.
2007-01-05 02:11:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
A simple spray of bleach most likely wouldn't kill a mouse, but it might give it a shiny white coat.
2007-01-05 00:38:34 · answer #3 · answered by Nate H 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Glue traps are the best method to trap rats and mice.
I found detailed information at http://www.pests.in
2007-01-04 13:35:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure if it will kill them or make them sick. But u can always use steel wool or foil. Mice can't stand that
2007-01-04 13:05:04 · answer #5 · answered by itspink22@sbcglobal.net 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no but a small dish of automotive anti freeze will. set it out under the the cupboard where you saw it at . the mouse will drink it and die.
2007-01-04 14:46:27 · answer #6 · answered by rugbumpr69@sbcglobal.net 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no will make it sick but not kill it....try a mouse trap with beef jerky or peanut butter on it...gets them every time
2007-01-04 12:58:42 · answer #7 · answered by HEAR TO HELP 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it can it is very strong it can kill and eat many things
2007-01-04 12:58:50 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hate them little bastards so distgusting
2015-11-23 17:34:40 · answer #9 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only if you drown them in it.
2007-01-04 13:01:02 · answer #10 · answered by Jay 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋