Do Live Mousetraps Really Work?
non-lethal ways to get rid of them. I thought back to the days when I used regular spring-loaded mousetraps many years ago, and I decided this was not how I wanted to solve the problem. Years ago I would have used classic spring mousetraps, but I am no longer the person who did not care if a hungry mouse died a horrific death in a spring-loaded trap. I have become kinder and more sensitive over the years, and if I could get rid of the mouse problem without killing the mice, that was what I wanted to do. Mice come into homes and garages looking for food and shelter, and I could not justify killing them just because they sought the necessities of life just like every other living creature. Before deciding that live mousetraps are not a good way to get rid of potentially disease-carry rodents, and before deciding live moustraps could never work, read the entire piece before making an assumption. My husband suggested dropping poison into the crawlspace where they were nesting, but I did no
