What would PETA do?

[Space05us]

As others have said remove what the mice want and seal up the holes. Even with traps you're only removing/killing a fraction of the total population.

Or you could set up a temple.

[snoopy369]

Simple solution: let the cats into the pantry

[Wezil]

Originally posted by snoopy369
Simple solution: let the cats into the pantry

Talk about half measures!

Clearly the only solution if you are serious about this is to remove all food from the household. Permanently.

[Deity Dude]

My mother-in-law owns a cottage in a rural setting. My son was playing with his BB gun and shot a squirrel. My mother-in-law gave him a huge lecture that the only legitimate reason to kill an animal was for food. If he ever shot another animal with his BB gun he would have to eat it for dinner. Not more than 5 minutes later a mouse ran through the living room of the cottage and she freaked out, picked a broom that she had just been sweeping the kitchen with before her lecture began and swatted the mouse. Needless to say my son asked his grandmother how she was preparing the mouse for dinner.

[Elok]

Had an interview today. Took some time to find my suit, before I realized it was in my sister-in-law's closet for some reason. Got dressed in a hurry and rushed out the door. Five minutes down the road, I happened to glance at my right arm, said "WHAT THE--?"

My right jacket sleeve looked as though it had been attacked by a bulldog. It ended in a ragged edge at the elbow. Thank God I noticed in the car. I'd have hated to hold out my hand to shake and have the guy ask what the hell happened. As it is I left the jacket in the car and said there was a mishap at the dry cleaners.

That was a Perry Ellis suit. I was lucky to get it in my size on clearance. I'm a hard size to get (tall and skinny).

Little bastards. Now it's war.

[Jon Miller]

Are you sure that your sister-in-law doesn't have some interesting life you don't know about?

JM

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by snoopy369
Simple solution: let the cats into the pantry

That was might first thought.

[Lefty Scaevola]

We had a filed mouse plague at a hunting lease about 40 years ago, bought a dozen traps. In one weekend in our cabin 71 mice bit the crank in the traps, and I personally dealt for 3 in foot to mouse combat.

[Zkribbler]

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[Winston]

Originally posted by Deity Dude
My mother-in-law owns a cottage in a rural setting. My son was playing with his BB gun and shot a squirrel. My mother-in-law gave him a huge lecture that the only legitimate reason to kill an animal was for food. If he ever shot another animal with his BB gun he would have to eat it for dinner. Not more than 5 minutes later a mouse ran through the living room of the cottage and she freaked out, picked a broom that she had just been sweeping the kitchen with before her lecture began and swatted the mouse. Needless to say my son asked his grandmother how she was preparing the mouse for dinner.

He-he.

[The Mad Monk]

I would make a broth.

[Boris Godunov]

I was slightly traumatized by a mouse caught in a glue trap when I was in NYC. The apartment building management had laid them out in the hallways, and one day I came home from work and heard this horrific squealing. A mouse (or, more accurately a rat I guess) was stuck along its entire left side, even its head. I got three plastic grocery bags, put the poor thing inside them and then beat it to death with a hammer.

While I know snap traps can lead to prolonged suffering as well, I much prefer them, since they are least more likely to cause instant death.

[DaShi]

You should have performed a cervical dislocation rather than clubbing it with a hammer.