Reply #28: Killing it won't help. Would you try a humane solution? [View All]

[jilln]

There are humane traps that you can then empty far from your home. Or you can make your own with a bucket.

Poison and lethal traps are just plain mean and don't really solve the problem, since other rodents will just come take this one's place. You have to figure out how they get in and close up the hole.

Here is a place that will help you deal with this humanely, for free:

972-234-WILD: A free wildlife hotline that can help you get rid of the mouse without killing or poisoning anyone (remember, your own animals are at risk when there is poison around and if you poison a mouse who runs out of the house, when the mouse dies your neighbors cats could eat it).