How Should I Get Rid of a Mouse Thats Stuck in a Glue Trap? No, you cant just trash the squirmin vermin. If youre the proud possessor of a mouse stuck to a sticky trap, then youre stuck with the problem of putting the creature out of its misery. The DIY guys at Stack Exchange are here to help. The pest control company left a few glue traps in my garage and a mouse was captured by one of them. Its a painful process and inhumane to let the mouse die in the glue trap, so I am looking for a way to kill a glue-trapped mouse in a way that meets the following requirements: humane (must be quick and effective), safe (I got bit when I tried to remove the mouse from the board), clean (ideally just kill and throw into trash bin). Im considering spending $20-$50 on a stun gun, but Im not sure if a stun gun can kill a mouse in a few seconds. See the original question. Whack It (Answered by alt) Wear a thick glove (the gardening kind is preferred). Flip a Ziplock or similar plastic bag inside out and cover your glove with it. Firmly grab the mouse (and its associated trap) with your gloved, plasticked hand and with your free hand, roll the Ziplock back out so you can seal it completely, with the mouse trapped inside. Lay it on the floor, preferably a driveway or garage. Whack the poor thing with a heavy magazine or a shoe; make sure you hit its head for near-instantaneous death. It has already suffered enough; this will help it pass on quicker. After you do this, please make sure you remove all the glue traps your pest control folks installed. Stomp It (Answered by Tester101) Quick, humane, and approved by the United States Marine Corps. Ooh-rah! (Course when youre done you have to clean out the waffle with a stick, but what the hell, you cant have everything, right?) Gas It (Answered by Jon Ericson) According to Cait McKeown, a National Mice Club (UK) member and judge, the most humane method of mouse euthanasia is chloroform. Unfortunately, the chemical is hazardous (even deadly in high dosage) to humans as well as mice, so its difficult to obtain. Also impractical for most people, veterinarians sometimes use halothane or another anesthetic gas. With these methods, the mouse becomes unconscious without pain before death. Other methods, such as breaking the neck, decapitation, drowning, and freezing are painful for the mouse. This may or may not be an issue for you since these are not pet mice, but most people will have a difficult time in execution. The quick methods might not be so quick if you make a mistake. Perhaps the best method is a CO2 chamber such as those used by herpetologists before freezing rodents for food. The cheapest source of concentrated carbon dioxide is dry ice, but the National Institutes of Health (NIH) recommends compressed CO2 gas in cylinders in order to control the inflow of gas. Their instructions are: Without pre-charging the chamber, place the animal(s) in the chamber and introduce 100% carbon dioxide. A fill rate of about 10% to 30% of the chamber volume per minute with carbon dioxide, added to the existing air in the chamber should be appropriate to achieve a balanced gas mixture to fulfill the objective of rapid unconsciousness with minimal distress to the animals. (Example for a 10-liter volume chamber, use a flow rate of 1 to 3 liter(s) per minute.) Sudden exposure of conscious animals to carbon dioxide concentrations of 70% or greater has been shown to be distressful. If you regularly use sticky traps to control mice, you might consider building a CO2 chamber—there are plenty of designs out there. But I personally prefer using snap traps which provide a much quicker death and are easy to dispose of. Disagree with the answers above? Have your own expertise to contribute? Check out the original post, and see more questions like this at Home Improvement, a question and answer site for contractors and serious DIYers. And if youve got your own problem that needs a solution, ask a question (its free). This post is part of our Evil Week series at Lifehacker, where we look at the dark side of getting things done. Knowing evil means knowing how to beat it, so you can use your sinister powers for good. Want more? Check out our evil week tag page. ift.tt/16TCk1F ift.tt/17y3Nvv Source: Lifehacker
Posted on: Fri, 01 Nov 2013 21:24:10 +0000
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