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Wondering where do you release the mice you catch. Are you just passing the problem to someone else. Mice can do a lot of damage to your home. They multiply, chew on wires, in the walls, and all sorts of things. Why don`t you just feed them all, and keep them in YOUR home
To be fair one has to consider what sort of mouse has entered one's home.
There are many species of mice besides the common house mouse. A field mouse or any other that is used to living "out doors" and or whatever which simply wandered into one's home can be released back outdoors. Long as one seals up the home/structure and otherwise keeps them out that should be that.
Of course if any species of mice set up base camp inside a structure, find it suits, and begins breeding is going to cause problems. But the odd one or two field mice can be dealt with humanely if one wishes to go that route.
People who live out in the woods, on a farm, in the country, out on the prairie or any place else in the boonies where your nearest human neighbor may be ten, twenty or more acres away often get "field mice". Releasing them back into nature isn't going to cause anyone else a problem. Nor, again will it lead to further problems for homeowner or whoever long as they seal up their place/prevent mice from returning.
Takes them out to the country and releases them to invade a farmer's home or to get into his barn to foul the feed that his livestock needs.
Such fun to open a bin of grain for the horses, only to find it fouled with mouse droppings and urine.
At the farm, the adorable little mouse is killed by an owl or cat or eats the very strong rat poison that the farmer has to put out to control the mice turned loose on his place by those humane, animal loving, city folks.
That IS what some people who cannot bear to kill vermin do, make it someone else’s problem. A guy I know used to shoot pigeons across his city street but would release live-trapped squirrels “in the country”. I pointed out this seemed like some twisted logic. He said “but I can’t kill those cute furry things.”
The “country” residents already have enough of their own mice and do not welcome donations!
To be fair one has to consider what sort of mouse has entered one's home.
There are many species of mice besides the common house mouse. A field mouse or any other that is used to living "out doors" and or whatever which simply wandered into one's home can be released back outdoors. Long as one seals up the home/structure and otherwise keeps them out that should be that.
Of course if any species of mice set up base camp inside a structure, find it suits, and begins breeding is going to cause problems. But the odd one or two field mice can be dealt with humanely if one wishes to go that route.
People who live out in the woods, on a farm, in the country, out on the prairie or any place else in the boonies where your nearest human neighbor may be ten, twenty or more acres away often get "field mice". Releasing them back into nature isn't going to cause anyone else a problem. Nor, again will it lead to further problems for homeowner or whoever long as they seal up their place/prevent mice from returning.
Do you really think that mice would not at least try to enter a building where they once found shelter and possibly food?
They breed ALL year round, and with an extremely short gestation period. I have no problem killing any that come inside. Our place is on slabs and pretty well-sealed against anything bigger than an ant. But early on, I found a mouse in the garage. It had to have entered during the entire afternoon I left the door open while assembling shelves and moving items around. I snap-trapped it—took a few attempts because this mouse must have been experienced at eating around the spring. But once killed, there were no more. No regrets about killing it, since a poisoned mouse that gets outside again can then poison whatever animal eats it. With a snap trap (or glue trap), the buck stops there.
Wondering where do you release the mice you catch. Are you just passing the problem to someone else. Mice can do a lot of damage to your home. They multiply, chew on wires, in the walls, and all sorts of things. Why don`t you just feed them all, and keep them in YOUR home
The only mice who have ever been in my home here came in through the open door—as I clearly stated. There are probably thousands of mice on my property. Mice form the bottom of the food chain. An adult coyote can eat up to fifty per day.
Pack Rats chew wires, but moth balls repel them.
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