Graeme Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 155-year-old museum mousetrap claims new victim I can just see some old gentlemen proclaiming "They don't build them like that any more..." Link to comment
Merkin Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 This is the part I liked best: "For the moment, however, the mouse remains in the trap while we decide what to do with it," the museum said. "One option is a dignified burial, another is to desiccate it or have it prepared to remain as a permanent feature of the mouse trap for our new displays."Needs must. Link to comment
Cole Parker Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 I couldn't help but think of the poor creature as he gradually starved to death. I think a short sharp shock, to steal a bit of a lyric from Mr. Gilbert, to the back of the neck would be a far preferable way to enter the kingdom of heavenly mouses than being stuck in this insidious device. C Link to comment
Graeme Posted February 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 I agree, Cole. It appears that the design is such that it kills the mouse by starvation. Not a humane way to go, though to be far, treating animals humanely wasn't a high priority 155 years ago. Link to comment
ChrisR Posted February 7, 2016 Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 Don't the modern 'humane' super glue traps work pretty much the same way? Unless you run your trap line a few times a day I'd guess they're just stuck until they're dead? And even if you find one...? Link to comment
Rutabaga Posted February 7, 2016 Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 The idea of glue traps is not to be humane, but to be relatively safer to have around than poison or spring traps. R Link to comment
TalonRider Posted February 8, 2016 Report Share Posted February 8, 2016 If they decide to leave the mouse in the trap, it won't be around for long and will stink the place up. Where I worked, they use to use those flip traps to live catch mice. You could then place the whole trap in a bucket of water and drown the mouse. We had one Custodian who took the trap outside to release the mouse. The mouse was back in the building before he was. Link to comment
Cole Parker Posted February 8, 2016 Report Share Posted February 8, 2016 Has anyone ever had a dead mouse inside a wall or air duct in their house? Man o man! They're small but do generate an odor all their own that is beyond belief, or your ability to abide it. C Link to comment
DesDownunder Posted February 8, 2016 Report Share Posted February 8, 2016 Yes Cole, we had a colony of mice who thought that the cavity in our wall was a bungalow built for their inhabitation. However, since we gave our latest cat free reign over the house, I am pleased to announce the mice have either emigrated to another housing development or have supplemented the cat's diet. I suspect the latter. Link to comment
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