mice urinate constantly when moving around place your traps there
Quote mice urinate constantly when moving around place your traps thereCareful you don't inadvertently catch some of the older members of the foc-u forum
You could use a 'humane' trap.https://www.toolstation.com/shop/p60863?r=googleshopping&rr=marin&utm_source=googleshopping&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=googleshoppingfeed&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIzvLRy_272gIVzbHtCh3_0AFGEAQYAiABEgIqN_D_BwE Having said that I caught mine during a cold snap. They seemed a little slow in the morning, looked to be soaking in their own sweat and piss - must be distressing to be stuck in a trap for hours. Then got dumped in a field in the middle of nowhere. Lots of folks said, they’ll be fine, but I dunno. Traditional trap is cheap, quick and effective. For real sadists there are the various versions of the DIY water trap. Though you can make a ‘humane’ version with just enough water to stop em jumping out of the bucket but not enough to drown em.
so probably best to try and find the nest and save them and return to the east where they came from
No murders over night , have refreshed the bait this morning , will check at the end of the day...
I killed one with a mallet once but then felt really guilty afterwards. I saw it run under a piece of board so crept up with a mallet flipped the board over and whack a mouse. The thing is I never thought had chance at all and there was no danger of actually hitting it.I then brought those linked to in Toolstation and they do work very well but as has been said the mouse gets soaked in pis and sh1t and all of that then gets stuck in the mechanism which is then a disgusting mess to clean before you can re use it.
I've been doing the same ( shooting the squirrels) only mine are a reddish colour not grey. Think it might be the red clay rubbing off on their fur when they're down their burrows.Think they're all young un's too as they seem smaller than usual.Anyway, so far I've bagged over a hundred and haven't seen any about for a good few months now.
I then brought those linked to in Toolstation and they do work very well but as has been said the mouse gets soaked in pis and sh1t and all of that then gets stuck in the mechanism which is then a disgusting mess to clean before you can re use it.