Hi Suzie,

Thanks heaps for your reply & my apologies for taking so long to thank you.

I'm having trouble finding where to buy the non-lethal traps. Bunnings don't
have them - any ideas? The mice are now getting into my oven, so I might
have to go the lethal method if I can't find those other types. I would
never use poison - I agree it's too cruel.

About releasing them, there's a tip down the road so that's kinda handy. Are
you saying the mice that live in my house are adapted to live in houses &
can't survive outside a house? (Sounds kind of amusing to me since they're
wild!).

Loved your story about the tame rat eating the wild one!! I'd be worried the
wild ones would give the tame ones diseases they're not immune to.
Fortunately nothing can get into my rats cage.

Thanks once again Suzie for your advice.

Regards,

Sharon (sharon@...)

----- Original Message -----
From: "chiriyu" <no_reply@...>
To: <AMRIS_rodents_and_rabbits@...>
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 10:38 AM
Subject: AMRIS Rodents & Rabbits Re: Wild rodents


> Hi Sharon,
>
> You can buy non-lethal traps (they are a box with a trigger plate inside
that closes the door, or boxes with one-way doors). I've found them fairly
effective with mice. However, once you've caught the rat you still have to
dispose of it somehow - obviously releasing it anywhere other people live is
not very good for the people. But releasing it far away from human
habitation might not be good either; they might not be able to survive in
the wild, and if they do survive they'll be competing with and eating native
animals. If you really don't want to kill them the best option I can think
of would be to release them in a wasteland/rubbish area that would have food
resources for them and few native animals. Even then it's likely that there
will be local rat populations which will kill them.
>
> If you decide to kill them, conventional spring traps are usually pretty
good cruelty-wise - mostly the trap will break their neck and kill them
instantly. Poison on the other hand gives a lingering, extremely painful
death.
>
> Someone I know had a pet rat, and a wild rat got into its cage. The tame
rat ate it.
>
> Good luck, and I hope someone else has a more pleasant suggestion!
>
>
> Suzie
>
>
>
> --- In AMRIS_rodents_and_rabbits@y..., "sharon" <sharon@c...> wrote:
> > photos neededHi All,
> >
> > I have two lovely male rats, but they aren't my problem....
> >
> > The past week I have had probelms with rodents of the wild variety! i.e.
rats in the roof keeping me awake by their running around & a mouse (or
mice) in my house running between my legs, leaping out of my linen cupboard
at me & waking me up at 5.30am today by rustling round in my rubbish bin! I
can even SMELL that mousy smell in my study.
> >
> > Yesterday I thought I couldn't bring myself to use any of the usual
disposal methods (ie. traps, poison) because having rodents as pets I
couldn't bear the thought of them suffering. But now that they keep
disturbing my sleep I'm becoming less empathetic!
> >
> > Does anyone have any opinions/ideas on the ethical disposal of wild
rodents??
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Sleep Deprived Sharon
> >
> >
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