Smart Mouse Trap - Humane Mousetrap
by Humane Mousetrap
Product Details
Manufacturer: Humane MousetrapBrand: Smart Mouse Trap
Edition: Kitchen
Publisher: Humane Mousetrap
Studio: Humane Mousetrap
Music Label: Humane Mousetrap
Product features:
- No Poison or Glue
- Safe around Children and Pets
- Reusable Humane No Kill Mouse Trap
- Endorsed by Humane Societies and Animal Rights Organizations in the U.S. and Worldwide.
- An Effective, Patented Mouse Trap
Description of Smart Mouse Trap - Humane Mousetrap
This Humane Mouse Trap is perfect for all animal lovers. The Smart Mouse Trap senses when the mouse enters to retrieve the bait and snaps the door shut. The little critter will stay in the trap enjoying his treat until you come and release him in a safe place. To use this easy "no kill" mousetrap simply place a "saltine" cracker in the bait holder, set the trap and check frequently (make sure you check daily or you may starve a trapped mouse). Take the live mouse still in the trap to a wooded or brushy area and open the door and set the little guy free. Escape is delayed until the mouse chews through the cracker. This delay avoids contact between the mouse and the trap user and gives the mouse a little snack to keep him nourished for a while. The Smart Mouse Trap can be cleaned and reused as many times as needed. You'll be thrilled with this quick and humane mouse control. The trap is made of green see-through Kodar plastic & two stainless steel springs work the trap door. Measures 3" x 7" x 2.5". Comes with 1 mouse trap with instructions and booklet about trapping smart mice and mouseproofing your home. Endorsed by humane societies and animal rights organizations in the U.S. and worldwide. Makes a great gift for animal lovers.Tools and Hardware Reviews of Smart Mouse Trap - Humane Mousetrap
Customer Review: Bingo! Mousies gone, human has clearer conscience
Summary: 5 Stars
To give the info most people want up front, this trap is easy to set up, transport, empty and clean. All you need to contribute to the trapping is a 2" square cracker with a bit of peanut butter and patience. Because it's made of clear green plastic, you're able to see quickly if your unwelcomed guest is in there. The trap is a great idea, and the directions on the box and in the accompanying booklet position this as a family project wherein children can be taught that the world is big enough for all of us - a much kinder lesson than one taught by a snap-trap or glueboard.
And on to our story... Our van had been in and out of the shop a few times, and the weather here is getting colder, so who knows when a small, fetching grey creature with huge eyes took refuge there? All I can tell you is that the tiny bits of paper and napkins on the floor suggested a mouse might be there, and when I left for the supermarket, I saw it looking up at me from the floor of the passenger side. After a few minutes of trying to convince myself I wasn't unnerved, I took a u-turn, went home, and ordered this trap.
We have had mice or voles in other places we lived. It is sickening to see a mouse crushed by a snap trap. The "humane" glueboards are even worse, because you realize, once the poor thing is stuck in the glue, that he is still alive, but in no shape to live. You can't remove it from the glue. You can choose to throw the board in the trash and condemn the creature to a slow death, or kill it by some hideous means to end its suffering, but why make it suffer at all? You just don't want the mouse, you don't need blood on your hands, literally or figuratively or morally.
The trap arrived, I read the booklet and box and had it set in 10 minutes. I did not hold out a lot of hope for immediate results since it was daytime and mice are usually more active at night, but as directed, I inserted a cracker with peanut butter in the trap and set it along the edge of the van's interior, since mice tend to stick close to walls. Throughout the day I kept checking with no results. Then the sun went down. I checked at 6 pm, nothing, but by 7 pm, our friend was in there. In fact, I knew he was in there before I could see him, because when I shined the flashlight, condensation had built up on the clear walls, suggesting his breathing had steamed them up. Yes, unlike some traps, this one has airholes but still was sealed enough to allow moisture buildup- so another reason to check the trap frequently. Besides the air situation, mice apparently need to eat often so if you just set and forget, you're defeating the purpose of a trap that minimizes suffering. Some people reviewing this trap have complained about the mouse chewing a part of it (the inside mechanism that holds the closing door) rendering it useless for repeated use, but that will happen only if the creature is left in there for long. You need to keep checking for its sake and yours.
Okay, so now that the little charmer was ready to go, I made up a care package. This is not in the directions, but it occurred to me that just tossing him out did not help assure his survival, as he would not know the area, or where food or nesting stuff was. One ziplock bag was prepared of lots of lint from the dryer, and some strips of newspaper. Another was filled with birdseed and broken up crackers and peanuts, which I planned on scattering thickly near where he would be released, along with the paper and fuzz. My husband and I drove with the mouse in the trap to a nearby creek that edges a cornfield and has lots of brush... I had thought "He's a field mouse, this is a field, there's water, leaves and food." I scattered the food and housing material and got ready to let the mouse go.
This trap is designed so that you need not dump the mouse, touch it or get close to it. The means by which the mouse exits is - you remove a plastic door which gives him full access to the 2" cracker you put in there, and then set it down and let him chew his way out through the cracker, all that stands between him and the great outdoors. That way he has a good meal before he's on his own, a lovely idea.
Unfortunately, either we were not patient enough, or our mouse was too freaked, but when we set the trap down and waited for him to leave thru the cracker he had to eat, nothing happened. The poor fellow just sat there, hunched in a corner, looking very scared. Finally I just removed the cracker and put the trap near it so the cracker would be the first thing he saw when he got out... which he was too spooked to do voluntarily. I finally held the trap just a few inches above the ground and very gently shook it and our pal came out and ran, thankfully, not towards us. Last night as I lay in bed listening to the wind, I was glad of the predicted coming days of good weather, and hoped he found all the goodies we left for him to make a go of it.
You may not think much about it beforehand, but you really have the assurance of knowing you did everything you possibly could if you work it this way. I certainly felt better about it than I would have with any other method. If I had kids in the house, this would have been a fine project.
The trap cleaned up easily with hot water, dishsoap and an old sponge... and will be re-baited today in case our critter had any other friends or family in the van too. I'm hoping he was a bachelor though, and that this episode is over!
ADDITION: The next night we caught one more. This one was bigger, and not so shy. We are now wondering if this one is Mama, and how many more there might be. Unlike the one from the first night, Mama needed no encouragement to get out of the trap, nor did she bother to chew her way thru the cracker - she hurtled over it and was gone. Taking bets on how many more we get now.
SECOND ADDITION, one week later: The trap was put out every evening and taken in before bed. Surprisingly to us, no further mice have been caught in the van, either before or after we cleaned it out entirely. It was a little awesome to find the ecosystem they had developed in the van. In a door pocket where we'd kept leftover napkins was one bedding area. Another was found not in the glovebox but behind and aside of it, sort of behind the radio. Then I popped the hood and found tiny turds on the battery too. Yep, just like us they're trying to make a living and get some shelter... hopefully our two have found it elsewhere.
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