by Brian Keller

Created on: June 30, 2009   Last Updated: July 06, 2009

Mice are some of the most annoying and hard to get rid of pests sometimes and lots of people struggle to find how to get rid of these little rodents without feeling bad about killing one. Well, look no further because, this article will show you how to get rid of mice the humane because you do not kill or harm them, cheap because, you could probably make one of these traps for the same or even less then the traps that kill the mice and sometimes, I know it is hard to believe but, fun! So if you are looking for an easy and cheap way to get the mice out of your house, you should read this article and make the trap!

This is how you make a great little trap that is cheap and humane: First, find: a small cardboard box, a short stick, some string, some food like raisins or apple (for bait), and scissors, second, stab a hole into the on in the middle, on the top of the cardboard box, next, tie the piece of food rather tightly and hang it inside the cardboard box, at a height that the mouse could easily see it, then, thread the string through the hole at the top of the box (this is a little hard to do and you might have to trim it to be the right length) and tie it to the stick and set the stick up so that it holds up the box, last, put some sort of weight on top of the box such as a remote or a medium sized stick. How this is supposed to work is: the mouse sees the food inside the box, goes inside it and tries to pull it free of the string, and pulls out the stick from the outside of the box which, makes the box fall, trapping the mouse. After you catch the mouse, you should let it go outside so it can continue to live it's life.

Once we had a mouse loose in our grandparent's house and it ran all over the place before we finally caught it and let it loose outside, it was quite the commotion and it was pretty hard to get it out from under all the things that it ran under. Now next time we go there we are going to make one of these traps and see if there are any there.

This mousetrap is a great thing to know how to make because, it can catch lots and lots of mice and you barely have to do anything because, it is cheap and easy and most importantly, you do not have to have the guilt of killing a mouse! Another great thing about this mousetrap is that you can make it from house-hold materials that you, most likely have sitting at your house, not being used for anything else that is important, so if all these things sound good to you, and you want to get rid of all the mice in your house, your solution is right in front of you!

Hope you get all the mice out of your house, and this article was helpful to you!

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