Catching Mice...

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They make mouse sized hav-a-heart traps. Or a bucket trap without any water (ug, I never put water in them - can't stand the thought of drowning anything) If you put some long, shredded paper in the bottom they will hide and not try as hard to get out.
 
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There are commercial live catch traps. I prefer the little plastic ones but the metal tin cat traps are much more common. However this is will not solve your mouse problem. Mice will return from a mile away unless you convince them to go to someone else's building. They won't just go happily live in the wild and leave you alone if you release them out there. You will see them again or your neighbor will be killing them off. We take the live caught mice and feed them to the cats, dogs, and chickens. Chickens love mice. The big ones swallow them whole.
 
Mare, I'm afraid I have to agree with Akane.

I can't harm a flea. Just yesterday for the very first time I killed a bug by squishing it - usually I just trap and release outside. I've agonized over what to do with mice for a long time. I live in the country and field mice are common. I very much dislike the glue traps because they cause too much suffering. A mouse will chew it's own leg off to get off of one.

Snap traps are quick, they're relatively painless (set right) and the mice won't be returning.
 
Mostly for mice I just grab them by the tail barehanded - they can't turn enough to bite. Rats on the other hand can do this in a flash.

This knowledge brought to you by my two cats, great sportsmen all, practice the "catch and release" philosophy - catch 'em outdoors and release 'em in the kitchen...

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I thought I had the only cats that did that!
Mice don't bother me, but when they brought in the squirrel...

In theory, mice can return from a mile away. But mice survive by memorizing their trails and bolt holes. In practice, when I release them near my shed 50 feet from the house, I never see them again. The shed houses a pair of muscovies and there is 50 feet of very, very short chicken mowed grass between them. And I have 6 cats.
Pretty much the only mice I have to catch are those "caught and released" and I know that this is a death sentence. I just feel that this gives the little thing a fighting chance. They can always choose to run into the tall grass on the other side of the shed away from the house if they want to live.
 

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