Tis TM 8 Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 http://www.pest-stop.co.uk/content/view/125/372/ I bought these traps after having an occasional visitor to my tropical aquarium cabinet... They'd been set for a few weeks with no luck, using chocolate in one and peanut in the other as bait. Yesterday morning the kids shreeked that we'd caught one but that it was still alive... nightmare Still alive to the extent it was dragging the trap round with half its face squashed So, I had to do the right thing by that one, while having to explain to the kids, that no, we couldn't let it go, because all its jaw was mashed, and it wouldn't survive. Dont get me wrong, I dont have a problem with catching mice in traps that kill instantly, but If I knew there was gonna be a chance it would be like this, I'd have used a humane trap. Ditch bought to my attention that it was a wood mouse by a description I gave him of it, and not one of the invasive ones that will ransack and take up residence... so I felt even more guilty So, I wrote an email to the company that supply them and I have actually recieved a mail back this very same day suprisingly! Dear Toni, Firstly, I’m sorry to hear that your children came across the mouse before yourself. Please be assured that this only happens on very rare occasions. If you would like to send me your address, I will be more than happy to send you a few mouse traps for you to sample. Sorry for any inconvenience this has caused you and your family. Kind Regards Claire Pest-Stop Proctor Bros A nice gesture, but is that just trying to smooth over the fact the traps are crap do you recon?......... Quote Link to post
sue 1 Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 get some humane ones ,and the ferrets love there new toys Quote Link to post
alimac 882 Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 had the same, only killed about 1 of every 4 Quote Link to post
donky7 9 Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 get yerself a few tincats, these are multi humain traps... then mr woodie can go back outside away from yer humble. be good to allow the kids to release too. Quote Link to post
Tis TM 8 Posted February 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 Mmmm, looks like the humane traps are the ones, It will be interesting to see what she sends me out as samples! Quote Link to post
snareman 3 Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 Mmmm, looks like the humane traps are the ones, It will be interesting to see what she sends me out as samples! put a small cover over the trap pan, similar to the modified pro. victor, and you guide the head in one way , and you will get a neck strike every time. Quote Link to post
fish 148 Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 get yerself a few tincats, these are multi humain traps... then mr woodie can go back outside away from yer humble. be good to allow the kids to release too. make yourself one like this. http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u203/1f...28house0004.jpg Quote Link to post
Tis TM 8 Posted February 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 get yerself a few tincats, these are multi humain traps... then mr woodie can go back outside away from yer humble. be good to allow the kids to release too. make yourself one like this. http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u203/1f...28house0004.jpg I like that, nifty thing! thanks, I will have to show my bro that, see if he can make one. Quote Link to post
trappa 518 Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 I bought some from the pound shop of all places a couple of year ago. They looked great- they were like the t-rex rat traps except for mice and basically a copy. I bought some samples thinking if they were fine i would use them but after some tests i found they would close on the mouse and only injure it! crap really and really glad i hadnt used them on jobs. Wouldnt use anything but bona-fide traps now. Quote Link to post
Tis TM 8 Posted February 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 I bought some from the pound shop of all places a couple of year ago. They looked great- they were like the t-rex rat traps except for mice and basically a copy. I bought some samples thinking if they were fine i would use them but after some tests i found they would close on the mouse and only injure it! crap really and really glad i hadnt used them on jobs. Wouldnt use anything but bona-fide traps now. Mmmm, I know where you're comin from, but I bought these from the local agricultural merchant - in thier pest control section, and they weren't cheap either! I honestly thought they must be the better traps being a fiver for a pack of two! hey ho! Me thinks the ag. merchants must be making a good mark up!! Quote Link to post
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