Stuff you have made today

[Sammy7]

I came accross a milk bottle on its side in my field few years back ,some one had chucked over the hedge, inside 3 dead field mice , although I am a country guy born and bred hate to think of them dying slowly , obviously the glass was too slippery for them to climb up out of the neck.
so might be worth a try as a trap, maybes take them over the woods and let them have half a chance rather than just do them in though if it works for you.

I tried the humane approach first time I got one in the bin, I reached down tentatively with an empty box with a view of collection and then release into the wild when I took dog a walk into fields. However mouse was ready and just ran up my arm onto my shoulder and legged it in the junk piled up in garage. Trap reset and no prisoners next time. I quite like wildlife, probably more so than humans. It’s just the damage they cause ( mice) which is unmeasurable in comparison to humans

 

[Sammy7]

I've got no qualms about killing pests if it's humanely done, cooking their insides with a magnetron can't be a quick death though.

Lol

 

[Memmeddu]

peanut butter seems to work better.

I've already captured one using chocolate (half twix) ,we will see in these days if it actually works or I'm only being lucky the last time

 

[Sammy7]

Isn’t @selectedgrub building a mousetrap

 

[TechnicAl]

I came accross a milk bottle on its side in my field few years back ,some one had chucked over the hedge, inside 3 dead field mice , although I am a country guy born and bred hate to think of them dying slowly , obviously the glass was too slippery for them to climb up out of the neck.
so might be worth a try as a trap, maybes take them over the woods and let them have half a chance rather than just do them in though if it works for you.

I use milk bottles in my garage..have done for 40 years....put a bit of bird seed in them.......the mice get in and cant get out.........I tip them in the woods at the bottom of my garden....theyre probably back in my garage before I am......strangely Ive never had any in any of my sheds

 

[arther dailey]

I tried the humane approach first time I got one in the bin, I reached down tentatively with an empty box with a view of collection and then release into the wild when I took dog a walk into fields. However mouse was ready and just ran up my arm onto my shoulder and legged it in the junk piled up in garage. Trap reset and no prisoners next time. I quite like wildlife, probably more so than humans. It’s just the damage they cause ( mice) which is unmeasurable in comparison to humans

I think us humans have done far far worse than mice ever will.

 

[Sammy7]

I think us humans have done far far worse than mice ever will.

Absolutely as per end of my earlier post

 

[arther dailey]

I obviously mis read that then

 

[Sammy7]

Trap armed, note laser trip wire aimed at about 11.00 on inside of bin. For health and safety reasons used armoured cable don’t want them chewing through power cable. Also only set on reheat Chinese 3 minutes medium high

 

[Sammy7]

Added a safety measure some old lead

 

[Memmeddu]

View attachment 204128 View attachment 204128 Trap armed, note laser trip wire aimed at about 11.00 on inside of bin. For health and safety reasons used armoured cable don’t want them chewing through power cable. Also only set on reheat Chinese 3 minutes medium high

This can kill someone
Just fill it with water

 

[brightspark]

sad that's all I can say

 

[Sammy7]

Forgive my warped sense of humour, and remember children you need adult supervision for these experiments

 

[Sammy7]

sad that's all I can say

Only a joke

 

[arther dailey]

and headlines tomorrow in local paper , place burnt to the ground suspect mouse being sought

 

[mrsbruce]

I obviously mis read that then

+1


I could hire out the ‘lodger’ for a small fee. Unfortunately, his favourite game is bringing the wee chaps into the house.

Oh the fun we have at (usually) 3am in the morning.

 

[arther dailey]

if the lodger is feline, we had one must be related ,years back, used to come in with half grown rabbits sit in front of you and let them go.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

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This may help.

 

[Sammy7]

sorry everyone it’s me trying to be lighthearted. Granted odd as I maybe. It wa a staged stunt. I hoped anyone who knew what the thing was might have known how dangerous they were. But on reflection I don’t want to be part of speeding up nature’s natural selection process therefore DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME

 

[mrsbruce]

if the lodger is feline, we had one must be related ,years back, used to come in with half grown rabbits sit in front of you and let them go.

I had another cat many years ago who did that. Rabbits, moles, voles, rats, and one time, a chicken. The living room in the morning was like a reenactment of the Somme.

Never met a cat with such a high kill score.

This is the ‘lodger’.