Mouse diabetes?
Yeah, some animals can’t adapt to affluence. It took me a while.
This does remind me. A contractor friend of mine purchased some of those new mousetraps (you get field mice when doing new construction). Basically, they are just a pad with a strong adhesive on it that smells like food. The mouse tries to get the food, becomes stuck, and can be disposed of. My friend, being the animal friendly sort of guy he is, figured he’d use these new traps instead of the kind that kill instantly and would then take the mice to a field and release them.
Problem was, you can’t unstick them. He tried. He said if he had continued, he’d have likely ripped off little mouse feet in the effort. The mouse likely starves to death or you have to bash their little skulls yourself or something. Pretty brutal.
Not a better mousetrap. Though it’s quieter, it’s really less humane.
May 13th, 2004 at 11:42 am
Yeah, I have seen those in action as well. They are truly disturbing.. Give me a quick clean spring-loaded snap to the neck any day over that..
May 13th, 2004 at 1:52 pm
How about a cat?
May 13th, 2004 at 2:59 pm
There is also the problem of non-target animals getting stuck.
May 14th, 2004 at 3:41 pm
Ugh, that’s awful.
I’ll have to agree with Thibodeaux about the cat though. Speaking as someone who grew up in the country, we’ve always had outdoor ‘mouser’ cats. The only problem is they like to bring their kills up to the front door….for praise I guess. So, if you ever were to visit my parent’s house, you’re likely to have to step over dead mice, moles, birds, small rabbits, etc. to get in the house, which might turn some people off as much as the sticky paper.