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aemeijers

wrote:
my dislike for poision, the mouse eats it and dies, but a bird eats
the carcass and get ill...... plus the odor issues, contrary to
poision advertising they dont all leave for water, most mice live off
the water in food.

and yeah they have live traps for mice.

look one day something will kill each and every one of us, why kill
other living things unnecessarily? espically when a non toxic non
hazardous method is available? one that does not leave your home
stinking?

I've had real good luck with those teeter-totter box traps baited with
peanut butter. Resist the temptation to open the drop-down lid to see if
anyone is in there- the mouse will run out over your hand and leap for
freedom, startling the crap out of you. But I caught the same mouse the
next night, no problem. Put the trap in a bucket, and released him in
tall grass by the river in the park a mile away, on my way to work the
next morning. An owl probably got him before I got to the office, but at
least I didn't have to deal with the tiny little dead body.

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