Those who use the Tin Cat repeating mousetrap, do you find the all-steel
kind or the kind with a transparent window in the side better, please?
I know nothing about either, but neither sounds very kind to me.
Shari in Seattle, with 2 feline mousers who, unfortunately, leave
rodent remnants rotting regularly
Hi JT,
I have one of these, and a Ketch-All as well, which has no driven parts.
Both work well as far as I'm concerned, but I think I prefer the Ketch-All
because it has no spring-driven mechanism to foul and of course doesn't
require any winding to ready it.
Anyway, to your enquiry: I would go for the one with the little window as
it makes it much easier to see if any rodents are inside (they're not
always noisy when in there). While any live trap may capture them without
harm, staying in there unnoticed is a cruel way for them to die - which
they will do of thirst within 36 hours. So, if you use a live trap of any
persuasion, be sure to check it every day. The little window makes this
an easier task.
Cheers, Bob
--
Bob Carter
Kootenay Bay, BC
Hardiness Zone 6b
BE ALERT!!!! (The world needs more lerts ...)
In a message dated 9/8/00 4:18:12 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
jt.thompson@INDIGO.IE writes:
<< No, the Tin Cat is a "live trap" which catches mice and other vermin alive;
in fact it works because they call in their companions to share the good
stuff you've put in there for them. Then you bring them out with you and
release them somewhere else. Probably not moral, but your only problem is
homesick mice which have returned again and again, according to stories on
this forum.
That's how the trap works in theory. In practice you end up with a trap full
of dead mice with only one alive. The survivor being the strongest. My
brother then used to release the surviving mouse, and I told him all he was
doing was accellerating the "survival of the fittest" and was eventually
going to breed a race of super mice.
Mary Ann
Six cats, no mice
No, the Tin Cat is a "live trap" which catches mice and other vermin alive;
in fact it works because they call in their companions to share the good
stuff you've put in there for them. Then you bring them out with you and
release them somewhere else. Probably not moral, but your only problem is
homesick mice which have returned again and again, according to stories on
this forum.
> No, the Tin Cat is a "live trap" ...
problem is
> homesick mice which have returned again and again, according to stories on
> this forum.
Could also be illegal in some areas to release wildlife on property other than
your own. (However, not because of property rights. More animal rights.)
Carol
I have a wooden one here in Denmark. Once I caught 4 grown mice children, what a squeeze! There is just room for one in the trap. So I think they do call their brothers and sisters.
I like mice, actually!
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