Feeling a bit bad -
I started to put the mouse traps out again round the coop - and this morning I was late up and out to check them. One poor little critter - well the trap didn;t fire quick enough and the little thing got his foot caught. He had dragged that big old trap with him a good 4 feet to the drain and managed to get under cover there but the old trap was hanging outside. I scratched my head and thought I never put that there???? So I lifted it and found him. Alive and he must have been in agony cause that foot I am pretty sure got broken. I am certain he had been thrashing to get out of the trap to. DH got his fingers in one a few times and they are really sore. I went to lift a rock to finish him off cause I hate that - I hate suffering bigtime. But as I turned the trap he managed to free himself and took off under the coop. Now I feel really bad. I put the trap down , I hurt him and now I didn;t even kill him right and hes out there suffering and dying slowely cause I just know that old legs broken and that foot isn;t any good to hunt for food on. One of Gods creatures and I failed him. He did manage a few good bites on my hand that I think I rightly deserved though!!! I am truely not cut out for killing things really. Not even those old disease riden theives of mice - I still lift the wee babies out the food bin when they get caught stealing as they get in and are too wee to get out!!!! I just keep telling their mamma she has till spring and then I am going to evict her.
Anyhow I had to put the traps out again tonight and I tried to get the bate right up close to the trigger so they have to get right in so its a clean kill. It really has upset me bigtime that that poor wee critter suffered soo much because of my stupidity. I hate the glue traps cause they try to bite their feet off to get free I heard. I just hate pointless animal suffering and cruelty. Yet I know I have to do something about the mouse population here. I do draw the line at babies and pregnant females. I just can;t hurt them if they are not able to run and its an even fight.
OK I am a daft soft old bird. - Still feel awful at the suffering of that poor mouse. -
Anyone else have these issues or am I the only female in this world who doesn;t scream and try to kill them with a broom?????
Oesdog
I started to put the mouse traps out again round the coop - and this morning I was late up and out to check them. One poor little critter - well the trap didn;t fire quick enough and the little thing got his foot caught. He had dragged that big old trap with him a good 4 feet to the drain and managed to get under cover there but the old trap was hanging outside. I scratched my head and thought I never put that there???? So I lifted it and found him. Alive and he must have been in agony cause that foot I am pretty sure got broken. I am certain he had been thrashing to get out of the trap to. DH got his fingers in one a few times and they are really sore. I went to lift a rock to finish him off cause I hate that - I hate suffering bigtime. But as I turned the trap he managed to free himself and took off under the coop. Now I feel really bad. I put the trap down , I hurt him and now I didn;t even kill him right and hes out there suffering and dying slowely cause I just know that old legs broken and that foot isn;t any good to hunt for food on. One of Gods creatures and I failed him. He did manage a few good bites on my hand that I think I rightly deserved though!!! I am truely not cut out for killing things really. Not even those old disease riden theives of mice - I still lift the wee babies out the food bin when they get caught stealing as they get in and are too wee to get out!!!! I just keep telling their mamma she has till spring and then I am going to evict her.
Anyhow I had to put the traps out again tonight and I tried to get the bate right up close to the trigger so they have to get right in so its a clean kill. It really has upset me bigtime that that poor wee critter suffered soo much because of my stupidity. I hate the glue traps cause they try to bite their feet off to get free I heard. I just hate pointless animal suffering and cruelty. Yet I know I have to do something about the mouse population here. I do draw the line at babies and pregnant females. I just can;t hurt them if they are not able to run and its an even fight.
OK I am a daft soft old bird. - Still feel awful at the suffering of that poor mouse. -
Anyone else have these issues or am I the only female in this world who doesn;t scream and try to kill them with a broom?????
Oesdog
