On 6/29/2014 3:19 PM, rbowman wrote:
Don Wiss wrote:

Whatever, somehow
the mouse got into a can half filled with fat. It was swimming around and
couldn't get out. I put the can into a few layers of plastic bags and out
with the garbage it went.

That's a variant on the trash container theme; fill it with a few inches of
water and let the mouse drown. I consider that cruel and unusual compared to
SNAP, you're dead. As a matter of interest, a motivated mouse can jump a
little more than halfway up the standard 13 gallon kitchen trash can.



Reminds me of a couple of experiences:

SNAP, you're dead is not necessarily so.
Cold night I heard a snap in the furnace room and rather than throw the
mouse out the door, I opted to flush him. He revived in the toilet bowl
and tried to get out but got flushed anyway.
It's more like, snap and suffocate.

Glue traps work but a mouse may gnaw off a leg trying to escape. I've
seen it happen.

Caught one in a glue trap at friends hunting camp and watching him
struggle tossed him and the trap into the firebox. Watching him burn
still burns in my mind after many years.