Homemade humane mousetrap: topple bottle, feat. Angela M.

This simple setting enables one to catch a mouse in a way appropriate for ulterior transportation. It is easy to build and to set up. Its main limitation is that it only allows the entrapment of one mouse at a time (as almost every common trap, however unlike our one-way wheel trap!). A plastic bottle containing the bait is placed horizontally at the edge of a box, in an unstable equilibrium. When the mouse ventures too far into the bottle, the latter topples vertically in the box and the mouse is caught. Nice for the mouse: it has nothing better to do than peacefully eat the prepared bait, before being carried away... More informations about homemade humane mousetraps see link

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• humane

[BlackandChrome]

I've had mice jump out of 5 gallon buckets... They would never stay in that.

[bestamerica]

that is a home pet a mouse,,,

good training

[paoutdoors95]

im gonna try this but im gonna put it on the edge of a table tied to the ceiling

[MrsLepetit]

@goodwinco I moved into a big old house miles from anywhere...with a mouse seen running in the kitchen !!! So I made this, but replaced the box with a tall pasta pan to keep the bottle upright better...first night nothing...went out next afternoon and came back to a little chap chomping happily on the piece of cake I left in it !!! No kill...no trauma for the kids...just an unharmed little mouse to release a LONG way from home in the countryside :) Thanks gliesche :)

[NeuroToxin109]

Just FYI this does work for wild mice if baited correctly. Peanut butter works great, and do make sure the container is tall enough so they can't jump out. Depending on the size mice your dealing with.

[yukidog0]

Was that your hamster? Didn't look look like a mouse to me

[1Thanh1]

Awesome idea.

[BlackandChrome]

@saquibs20

Or put out a real mouse trap...

[saquibs20]

@BlackandChrome just put some oil in the bottle so every time they try to jump they slip.

[1crazyfocker]

what good is a live trap? most ppl live in cities and suburbs and dont live to close to an area with out homes ie no homes for like 20miles in every direction, plus even if they did they are to lazy to take them out there they take them to a park or down the road just to have them come back or become someone elses problem, and if its a rat it not native to us and should be distroyed, besides it just a pest anyway

[Yourmom10947]

Wow never seen a black and white 1 before