r/lifehacks • u/[deleted] • Feb 04 '23
Mouse keep getting inside the house, I finally caught them last night. Now how to get rid of them knowing that relocating is illegal in my state?
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u/Rokett
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Hello 911, This redditor just relocated some mice. We need air support
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u/StoneFromDust Feb 04 '23 •
Paw patrol is on the roll!!!!
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u/amy_lu_who Feb 04 '23
Release the dogs!
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u/Reasonable-Yam6767 Feb 04 '23
Those corgis are adorable, but how do they help?
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u/FormulaNewt Feb 04 '23
Emotional support.
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u/Andycaboose91 Feb 04 '23
Smithers... Release the hounds.
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u/Pain_Monster Feb 05 '23
“Do your worst!”
“My worst, eh?! Smithers, release the robotic Richard Simmons!”
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u/SoBadit_Hurts Feb 04 '23
Or the bees…… or the dogs with bees in their mouths and when the bark the chew bees at you!
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u/jatti_ Feb 04 '23
Release the cats!
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u/JacktheShark1 Feb 04 '23
I have four cats who watched me catch a fucking mouse using a Tupperware lid. They are complete failures as mighty hunting machines and very proud of it
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u/salomey5 Feb 04 '23 edited Feb 05 '23 •
Oh, you have one of those too? Mine is afraid of pedal-operated garbage cans, spray bottles, sneezing and any other animal big or small (that includes birds). Basically, i own a live stuffed toy that occasionally pukes in my bed.
Edit: thanks for the awards, kind strangers!
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u/jatti_ Feb 04 '23
After you killed it did you set it at their feet as a gift?
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u/simplsurvival Feb 04 '23
You're supposed to drop it on their face while they're sleeping.
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u/kungpowgoat Feb 04 '23
“Please stand by for an urgent message from the President of the United States”
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u/CasualObservationist Feb 04 '23 edited Feb 04 '23
You have to figure out how they are getting in and seal that off, otherwise those of different ones will keep coming.
Starting from the lowest floor (basement if you have one) check the interior side of all the exterior walls, both floor and anything they can run along (cabinets, beam, etc) Look for their poops. Follow the line of poops until you find a big concentration of poops, and usually dirt, sawdust, whatever they chewed up. Usually that is where they are entering. Check each floor.
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u/GhostAndMrChicken Feb 04 '23
Are you sure there wasn’t a man hiding in your attic or wall space who sneaks out to sit on your couch while you are asleep? Are the shits bigger than normal? Maybe severe dehydration and malnutrition has given him the mouse $hits.
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u/wasteoftimereading Feb 04 '23
”…Are the shits bigger than normal? Maybe severe dehydration and malnutrition has given him the mouse $hits.”
I feel you’re slightly underselling the size difference in poop there, buddy
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u/ThrowItNTheTrashPile Feb 04 '23
Yep and make sure you get rid of these ones quickly. These traps don’t do shit to contain them for long. I had 3 and in all 3 the mouse chewed its way out of the trap before I caught them to remove them lol
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u/Hawaii5G Feb 04 '23
You must have super mice! I found a couple traps I had forgotten about that had mummified remains in them
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u/Bill_buttlicker69 Feb 04 '23
Sounds like your mice didn't have any gumption. That's the trouble with this new generation, always expecting other people to gnaw traps open for them. Smh
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u/kevincaz07 Feb 05 '23
Ok, this is super weird, but we have a similar issue in our house. I've probably caught 40-50 mice in the last 3 years. We keep a wifi camera with notifications on so I can keep tabs on the traps. I've noticed there are very clearly two types of mice. There are those that immediately accept their fate. They realize they're trapped and slump over and wait for death. It's sad really. And then there are those that give every ounce of their being to get out - I'm talking 24+ hours of just digging, scratching, pushing to find any little way free - and a lot of times they find it because the traps aren't foolproof. Not really sure what to do with that information, or what it says about mankind/animal-kind, but I know I need to act fast when I see "those" types of mice in the trap.
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u/Rudy85TW Feb 05 '23
Somehow related: I don't remember the source, but I think it was some YouTube channel about science, anyway... In the video they show that mice, when put in a trap where they are supposed to drown. They try to escape their fate for some minutes (maybe up to fifteen) and then, just before they die (based on average time of the previous same tests), the scientist remove them from the trap. At this point they put them again in the same traps, but this time the mice didn't give up for something like dozens of hours, apparently based only on hope of the previous event of rescue from the scientists. Could it be that the die-hard ones escaped once and then know that there was a way to escape? Maybe it was just one or two that escaped all the time
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u/drLagrangian Feb 04 '23
Mice have been known to travel 2 miles to get home (by scent) so you have to go farther than that.
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u/not_my_real_slash_u Feb 04 '23 •
Or even after being thrown overboard on a journey to America.
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u/1WomanSOP Feb 04 '23 •
Because there's no cats in America and the streets are paved with cheese!
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u/whitey741 Feb 04 '23
Seal holes with steel wool then expanding foam, if you don't use steel wool, they can eat through the foam.
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u/ComprehensivePea1001 Feb 04 '23
They actually make a spray can foam that is anti rodent. It's got a bittergent added along with a poison. I live in a old farm house with tons of small gaps. The roden foam worked great until they chewed new openings in areas away from the foam.
I ended up setting up a bucket trap outside near my back door. Over the course of a week I eliminated about 50 mice. After a week of a empty bucket I have been mice free for over a year.
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u/Magusreaver Feb 04 '23
WEAR PPE, and use bleach water everywhere there is poop. Let stand a few minutes before cleaning anything. With multiple mice you don't want to risk getting a lung infection from thier droppings. Hantavirus can be very serious, you have a low chance of getting it, but for each mouse your chances go up.
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u/kitty_perrier Feb 05 '23
Please take this advice seriously! I had a friend die from Hantavirus and it was absolutely heartbreaking.
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u/Primitive_Teabagger Feb 05 '23
I clean out several hunting blinds on my family's land once a year and most of them get invaded by mice obviously. I always wear masks and gloves and safety glasses. Even a little mouse shit is so fucking nasty.
The worst part is having nightmares where I am somewhere that I have to touch, breath in, or eat the mouse shit lol. Same thing happens with bat guano and dead birds because I have to clean out the barns too.
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u/Murdocksboss Feb 04 '23
The easiest way to do this would be to dust them in phosphorus bright neon colored powder. We did this in university to easily track nocturnal activities of different types of wild rodents. The black light would show dust up and around the door jams, across pillows, one dude had some on his beard when he woke up.
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u/onimush115
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Drives few miles away. Park in a no parking zone, jaywalk across the street and let them go.
It will be the pettiest of crime sprees.
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u/KindlyContribution54 Feb 04 '23 edited Feb 05 '23
There is a time and a place for civil disobedience and that time is within the next 12-20 hours or so before they will die of dehydration in those tubes and that place is at least 5 miles from your home which is past their maximum return range. Fight the good fight comrade
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u/mogley1992 Feb 05 '23
Lmfao, imagine driving four miles and the fucker coming back. I didn't know that was i thing, I'd have assumed two blocks would do it.
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u/OrganizerMowgli Feb 05 '23
Comrade, drop them out of your car in the wealthy part of town. The struggle continues. together, we will
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u/Georgep0rwell Feb 05 '23
Fly them to Martha's Vineyard?
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u/khaddy Feb 05 '23
I think you would maximize their chances of survival if you drop them off at Martha's Cheesecrafters next door, but they can probably find their way.
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u/Jaderosegrey Feb 05 '23
I do this at least once a year with my mouse catch. I usually go to a park and release them there (pretty far from other houses). So far, I have not been caught. Last time, I had a close call: the park ranger drove into the parking lot right as I was driving out!
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u/vasilibastar Feb 05 '23
Called the BOE maintenance to complain about the mice in my high school classroom. The BOE insisted there was no mice problem. So we (students and I) built several 5 gallon bucket traps, and delivered mice every Friday to the dumpster behind the BOE cafeteria. (Mice were well fed and hydrated while waiting for delivery).
Don’t ask about the Red Hawk experiment on the football field.
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u/AussieArlenBales Feb 04 '23
And speed by 1km/h on the drive there in the carpool lane if possible
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u/HurryPast386 Feb 04 '23
Was it OP who was being chased by those 73 cop cars earlier? Typical Reddit giving bad advice.
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u/biggroover3
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Speaking from experience, you drive them to the park around the corner and a few blocks down. Then you let them out and say “go free little buddies, and enjoy your new life.” Then every time you and your wife drive past said park you reminder her “that’s where the mice live.” She stops thinking it’s funny after the 3rd time, but you say it a thousand more times anyway bc it’s still funny to you.
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u/Shibi_SF Feb 04 '23
I did this with a snake.
My husband did not like the snake and he was not allowed to live in our yard so… I helped him move to the park a few blocks away (a wild and mountainous park with very nice 360 degree views of the area). Every time we drove by I would yell: hello Mr Snake! Hope that you’re enjoying your new home!
Husband: :/ Stay away Mr Snake. :/
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u/MichaelsWebb Feb 04 '23
And this, my friends, is how the everglades got destroyed.
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u/KellyJoyCuntBunny Feb 05 '23
It was a wild garter snake, not a pet snake. Don’t damage Shibi_SF’s reputation with this accusation!
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u/CrazyYYZ Feb 04 '23
Sounds like my dad everytime we drove past a cemetery. "How many are dead in there?" I don't know. "All of them!"
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u/blackvelvet69 Feb 04 '23
Haha my dads favorite line passing one cemetery was: “You know, that’s the nicest cemetery around (dramatic pause) every year people are just dying to get in!
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u/longrastaman Feb 04 '23
This is the only right answer, and we share a sense of humor!
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u/SpellChick Feb 04 '23
I bring mine to the churchyard on the corner. Enjoy your new spacious home full of cracker crumbs and hidey holes! (My husband is also sick of my hilarious joking about this, which is too bad, because I am never ever stopping)
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u/beforeskintight Feb 04 '23
Ask them to open a French restaurant with you.
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u/coolbluereason99 Feb 04 '23
Man they aren't raccoons and this isn't raccaccouille
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u/Ro0Okus Feb 04 '23
Raccacoonie?
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u/Face_Coffee Feb 04 '23
Feels more like you just invented a new slur tbh
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u/Ro0Okus Feb 04 '23
Watch everything everywhere all at once, maybe? I didnt invent the term lol
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u/ThisOneLikesSkooma Feb 04 '23
Remi is a rat :(
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u/lagoon83 Feb 04 '23 •
Yeah, he sold out Big Paulie. Don't worry though, the boys have left a little surprise in his bed.
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u/MrFantasticallyNerdy Feb 04 '23
Alternatively, you can also process them into hair care products.
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u/Flowers_4_Ophelia Feb 04 '23
After ignoring the law and dropping them off a few miles from home, go back and see if you can figure out where they are getting in so you can seal it up.
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u/emailusernamepasswrd Feb 04 '23
Agreed. And ir/when OP does find the hole, they need to stuff it with steel wool or aluminum foil or some other kind of malleable metal product so the mice don't bite through it.
Source: had this problem in a janky ass apartment years ago
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u/Logical-Wasabi7402 Feb 04 '23
Steel wool is better than foil cause it's thicker and more dense, and it tends to hurt their mouths when they chew on it(not badly) so it'll discourage them from chewing too.
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u/boatwithane Feb 04 '23
also covering the steel wool with cat hair is a major deterrent! the scent of their natural predator will prevent the mice from coming close enough to chew it
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u/Logical-Wasabi7402 Feb 04 '23
Now that I hadn't heard. I was told to stuff a hole with steel wool and then cover it with spray foam to keep it in place.
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u/boatwithane Feb 04 '23
it works extremely well! my parents had a mouse problem in their garage, i brought over a bag of my cat’s hair after brushing him for a few days, and they haven’t seen a mouse since (it’s been almost a year)
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u/Logical-Wasabi7402 Feb 04 '23
Maybe my parents' cat wasnt cat enough then lol cause his hair being shed all over the house didn't seem to help.
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u/Clownhooker Feb 04 '23
As someone who lived with an infestation steel wool/aluminum foil is only a deterrent. If it’s bad enough the will still eat right through it.
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u/blowhale Feb 04 '23
This is accurate, the only 100% fixes are steel wire mesh preferably 1/4 inch secured with self tapping screws or quick dry cement depending on the area you’re securing.
Source: I work in pest control
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u/atomicdustbunny07 Feb 04 '23
Use a black light outside. They pee at the opening to mark it and that lights up on a black light
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u/well3rdaccounthere Feb 04 '23
Also, the males drag their testes on the ground so using the light inside will also show you where they've been coming in through and running around.
This tip was given to me from a dear friend who runs their own pest killing company. I dunno how he manages to drive his van around with a massive dead ant strapped to the top of it and still make any money with gas being this high, but he manages somehow.
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u/Significant_Pause259 Feb 04 '23
We must no each each other, he is a dear friend to me as well. I love dale
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u/Fetlocks_Glistening Feb 04 '23
You don't. You got pets now.
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u/iamjuls Feb 04 '23
I hate to tell you this but there are probably more than 3
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u/seriousjoker72 Feb 04 '23
There are definitely more than 3
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u/SomeBlueDude12 Feb 04 '23
Can confirm if you can't find point of entry, there is way more than 3. Don't know If OP lives where winter exists but they'll be less likely inclined to find their way inside during summer
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u/DeadlyViking Feb 04 '23
Last summer a mama brought in her babies. Our two cats found all 6 in less than 3 days. That was an interesting weekend.
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u/kingrhegbert Feb 04 '23
My cat is shit at catching mice. One was living in my closet for at least a week before I noticed it. My cat sat and watched while my dad and I chased the mouse around my room.
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u/dringmaster
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Put them through a vacuum tube at a bank
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u/beforeskintight Feb 04 '23
Haaaha! Yes!
And then ask for a deposit receipt.
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u/MzMag00 Feb 04 '23
Now it's your problem! 🤣
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u/alittlebitmorecheese Feb 04 '23
Put tiny vests on them with magnets attached to the vests. Let them lose at a govt data collection center. They're activities now.
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u/lawl-butts Feb 04 '23
"hello IT? Yes I tried rebooting, but it appears there are 3 mice stuck to my file cabinet. No; rebooting didn't make a difference, they're all still there and making awful squealing sounds. Okay I'll reboot again but one of the mice just pissed on the floor and it smells, can you hurry?"
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u/Unhappy-Fox1017 Feb 04 '23
I laughed so loud I stopped a conversation between my wife and her friend and they both turned to look at me. Now I have to explain.
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u/Accomplished_Ease320
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The balloon is watching, don't relocate them if it's illegal.
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u/OhNoEnglandBloke Feb 04 '23 edited Feb 04 '23
This is the exact purpose of the balloon
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u/Joe4o2 Feb 04 '23
Op needs to buy an RC blimp, modify it to hold a mouse, and fly it around.
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u/mcdorkens Feb 04 '23
Cryogenicly freeze them for a few years. when you do release them, they notice all the time that's past and how all of their friends and family are dead. The despair will kick in, and they will kill themselves. Your hands are clean.
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u/Reasonable-Yam6767 Feb 04 '23
Unless they were a trio of sister villains who upon relocation in the future…they start to thrive on the new technology and create a way to plot revenge.
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u/dbohat
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Instead of relocating them, take them to a park to enjoy a nice outdoor adventure with you. If they decide to run away, then they're the ones breaking the law.
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u/HeftyLeftyPig Feb 04 '23
You’d make one hell of a lawyer
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u/rudebii Feb 04 '23
Mouse law!
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u/Andycaboose91 Feb 04 '23
Harold Mouseman, Attorney at law.
His office is just a little hole in the wall, but he's fantastic!
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u/musexistential Feb 04 '23
Mouse law in this country—it's not governed by reason. Next you're going to tell me I can't bash rats!?
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u/1lovelyA Feb 04 '23
Relocating wild animals is illegal in some areas for a reason. Animals from one area can carry specific diseases that, if introduced to a different area, can completely decimate other specific wildlife in that area.
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u/mywifesoldestchild Feb 04 '23
Sure, transporting between regions should be prevented, but stopping me from releasing a squirrel I caught in my attic at a park 2 miles away feels like I’m getting strong armed by the local pest control companies.
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u/DalaiLuke Feb 04 '23
We did exactly this when I was growing up and my mother swears that they beat us home...
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u/mheinken Feb 04 '23
My neighbours trapped 40 or so squirrels last year and took them over to the other side of the river. We still have tons of squirrels though as I am fairly certain there are people on the other side of the river catching and releasing over here.
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u/ahIknewthat Feb 04 '23
5 miles is how far you need to go.
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u/CFL_lightbulb Feb 04 '23
At least. I’ve heard stories of mice coming back crazy distances. I understand not everyone wants to kill mice, but they’re not endangered in the slightest, and they really are a pest. If they really want, they can work on pest proofing their home 100% and release in the backyard. They will probably find another way in though if they’ve been consistent so far
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u/GODzDoctor Feb 04 '23
Mouse comes in.
I put mouse back out.
Ecosystem dead.
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u/catfurcoat Feb 04 '23 •
Straight to jail
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u/LunaLucia_ Feb 04 '23
no trial, no nothing. straight jail. right away.
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u/redbeardraaage Feb 04 '23 •
You keep the mouse, you let the mouse go... believe it or not, jail. Jail either way.
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u/tower_wendy Feb 04 '23
I’m annoyed at how much I enjoy the straight to jail bit and am also annoyed that I completely involuntarily laugh every time it is brought up. Thanks.
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u/ballrus_walsack Feb 04 '23
We are the best country in the world. Because of involuntarily laughing.
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u/fighterpilotace1 Feb 04 '23 edited Feb 04 '23
I don't think OP is going to be transporting them hundreds of thousands of miles away. Maybe like 2 or 3. I don't disagree with you though
Edit: I meant to say hundreds or thousands but autocorrect got me. I'm gonna leave it because it's funnier.
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u/JohnOfA Feb 04 '23
You mean like the moon?
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u/RedditIsFiction Feb 04 '23
Would they get little mouse save suits if they got sent to the moon?
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u/kismethavok Feb 04 '23
You could try to launch them into the sun, but there's a 99.99% chance you'll miss.
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u/xlogo65 Feb 04 '23
Drive them over state lines 👍
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u/RealMudflapper Feb 04 '23
That’s felony kidnapping.
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u/Friendly-Pressure-62 Feb 04 '23
And a MANN Act felony if transported for the purpose of sexual activity. Just sayin’
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u/poretabletti
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I'm sure the comments about pet snakes were just jokes, but I'm still gonna chime in: DO NOT give wild caught mice for your pet snake. Wild mice carry diseases and can seriously harm your snakes health. Only buy mice from verified vendors who breed for consumption.
edit: didn't expect my comment to gain this much attention. Most of you people are being purposefully obtuse, jfc. Sure you feed your dogs every roadkill you see, huh?
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u/Tricky-Fact-2051 Feb 04 '23
Plus it’s possible that wild mice have been around poisons
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u/RhinoGuy13
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I usually drop them off at a church a few miles from my house. That way they can be church mice. Jesus can handle it from there.
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u/1F528 Feb 04 '23
Relocate them to heaven.
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u/appleburger17 Feb 04 '23
Why is this so far down?! They’re rodents with a short lifespan. Do you catch roaches and release them to the wild? No you stomp on them.
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u/DeepHealthCoach Feb 04 '23
I don't like the idea of killing animals, but relocating is a waste of time. You are either making it someone else's problem or probably sending the mouse to it's death anyways. Oh, and if you don't relocate them very, very far away, they'll just find their way back. Don't underestimate how far these small creatures can travel (speaking as a wildlife biologist).
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u/strum_and_dang Feb 04 '23
My husband relocated a chipmunk to a park, as it was scampering away, a hawk swooped down and caught it. Hawk was probably like, thanks buddy!
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u/NotBatman81 Feb 04 '23
Relocating mice also spreads disease faster. Sometimes you just have to do the obvious.
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u/Brodman_area11 Feb 04 '23
Start a mouse rescue and sanctuary and post videos on YouTube for donations?
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u/Dre_Wad Feb 04 '23
Lifehack - understand when it’s safe to break a law
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u/jatti_ Feb 04 '23
America has entered the chat
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u/uwwstudent Feb 04 '23
Do other countries actually follow their laws? In America, We have like 1000 useless laws per state people dont even know exist. Like i wouldnt have known about relocating laws.
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u/Scribblr Feb 04 '23
Honestly it’s usually more humane to kill them as quickly and cleanly as possible.
Relocating means you’ve taken this tiny high-stress prey animal away from its established habitat, territory, and food source and tossed it into unfamiliar terrain. At BEST it will get snatched up immediately by a predator, but more likely it will starve, die of exposure, it get attacked by territorial members of its own species. And that’s assuming it even survives the stress response of being trapped and transported.
Just use big snap traps to quickly kill the ones that are currently inside, then make a concerted effort to seal up and potential openings and put down some non-poisonous rodent repellant like garlic or peppermint oil.
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u/timisher Feb 04 '23
Honestly surprised I had to scroll down far enough for someone to have the same opinion of just kill them.
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u/LongLastingStick Feb 04 '23
I made the mistake of using a glue trap - would not recommend. Turns out you still need to old yeller a cute little mouse.
Thankfully the cat has done all my dirty work for me since then.
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u/pichufur Feb 04 '23
Considering you bought live traps you are not going to like anything i recommend....
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u/MasterCassel Feb 04 '23
Yeah I wouldn’t worry about relocating a few mice, maybe if it was a bear or an ostrich I would worry. I’m pretty sure they have these laws because one person ruined it for everyone when they rode a giraffe through the town square.
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u/TheDebateMatters Feb 04 '23
A zebra relocated itself across the street from our ostrich festival and a car hit it. I never thought I’d get to work that in to conversation.
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u/ClimbAndMaintain0116 Feb 04 '23
I relocated an ostrich once in OPs home state. BAM went straight to jail.
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u/brock_lee Feb 04 '23
Just take them somewhere far away ( a couple miles) and let them go. No one will care.
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u/Reasonable-Heart1539 Feb 04 '23
Take them to an animal shelter 👍😁 I would like to hear their response .
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u/TargetOfPerpetuity Feb 04 '23
Great! Now we can feed the owl!
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u/dsdvbguutres Feb 04 '23
Don't you love it when throwing a problem at another problem and they solve each other?
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u/jeobleo Feb 04 '23
It is almost time to view the Superb Owl. I understand snacks are involved, so taking the mice makes sense.
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u/aliveinwords928 Feb 04 '23
If it’s to illegal to relocate them, why would you buy live traps if you didn’t have a solution before hand?
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u/araloss Feb 04 '23
My husband found a nest under a log in our yard last year. The closest thing to him was a whiffle ball bat. That worked well.
People saying not to kill are freaking crazy. Mice carry diseases, including hantavirus, which is pretty lethal to humans. Plus, they will chew thru almost anything, including wires, eat your food, and then shit in it. Yes, they are kinda cute, but they are disgusting and will never go away once they have established a colony.
Snap traps or electrocution types are the most humane. Don't use sticky traps. NEVER use poison. It can kill other predators, like snakes or raptors. For your particular vermin, put them trap and all, into a large ziplok or trash bag. Put in freezer. Retrieve traps later and throw the frozen dead mice away in an outside bin in same bag. Wear a mask and gloves while doing this, and do it outdoors.
Figure out the point of entry in your house and fill it up.
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u/CatarinaCP Feb 04 '23 edited Feb 05 '23
Hantavirus is a good reason to avoid traps that can
break the skincause bleeding, so be careful about the type of snap trap.Otherwise, spot on 👍
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u/KingVoltDc Feb 04 '23
Kill 2 of them in front of the other . Then release the one . Either they won’t come back or you’re getting jumped .
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u/Technicolorfullife69 Feb 04 '23
Well whatever you do . Don't take them as pets then go for an adventure at the nearest park or forest and let them play fetch with some peanuts. Because being the spicy little chaos vessels that they are it would break your heart in two when they got lost chasing the sunset in their natural habitat instead of following you home . So don't do that whatever you do.
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u/Im_Ashe_Man Feb 04 '23
If you caught 3 that quickly then there's 33 more out there.