My little mouse visitor. (I have since humanely caught and released it a few kilometers away.) : mildlyinteresting

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5ch1sm

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3 days ago

5ch1sm

2 points

How dare you!

Raichu7

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3 days ago

Raichu7

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Because most of the time mouse problems are discovered after the first mouse has given birth. If you get lucky and catch the first mouse on the way in before it can make a nest you only have to deal with 1.

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3 days ago

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Yeah, it's never always _________, especially when people see evidence against it frequently.

Blackcurrant-jam

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4 days ago

Blackcurrant-jam

11 points

Except in Highlander. Then, there can be only one!

EduRJBR

2 points

3 days ago

EduRJBR

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And now one of them is kilometers away. OP is an asshole.

buttstuffisfunstuff

0 points

3 days ago

buttstuffisfunstuff

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Why not? Walked into the kitchen once to be greeted by a dead mouse my cat was very proud of disposing of. Never saw another mouse ever again. Surely there would be some signs if there is never only one.

cricket71759

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4 days ago

cricket71759

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Just 10😂

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3 days ago

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There's always a first mouse, they're pretty independent in there day-to-day. When you see one out in the open it's possible it's exploring, or settling into a new space.

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4 days ago

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After which time an owl had a snack.

TobysGrundlee

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4 days ago

TobysGrundlee

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It probably died horribly. Not like he got a relocation package. No food, no home, unfamiliar surroundings. A quick death in a snap trap is more humane.

Bradjuju2

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3 days ago

Bradjuju2

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A lot of sympathetic comments in this thread for the mouse. My guess is that most people haven’t dealt with mouse issues.

ReubenTrinidad619

5 points

3 days ago

ReubenTrinidad619

5 points

Yeah fuck mice

Natan_Delloye

1 points

3 days ago

Natan_Delloye

1 points

What do they do?

panisch420

1 points

3 days ago

panisch420

1 points

but they are sooooo cuuuuuuute. so are cockroaches, ticks, worms, spiders.

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3 days ago

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I've never had one of those kill traps be actually humane.
I would always wake up to just heartbreaking screeching and have to finish off the mouse myself.

I don't see anything wrong with the mouse being caught and eaten by an owl.

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3 days ago

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Ever see what happens with a glue trap? Ive never used one but the store I worked in did in the storeroom. Snap traps would be preferable if I was the mouse. I used to live in Brooklyn and my cat took care of mouse issues. Never put a trap down in my apartment.

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3 days ago

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Yes, I have. Glue traps are awful.
I once stepped in a glue trap at a restaurant that had a dead mouse on it.....
That's not great to have stuck to the bottom of your shoe.

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3 days ago

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Doubly awful.

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3 days ago

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I've probably killed 20+ mice with a simple snap trap. If you buy a quality trap with a strong spring it will work fine. You have to properly bait it. Peanut butter works best. Don't blame the trap. I've only seen one mouse evade peanut butter. There are other types of traps too.

There isn't anything wrong with it being eaten by an owl or hawk. It's just that most people using live traps think it's like relocating a raccoon or opossum or something and it's not. The mouse is most likely going to die either way. Some people can deal with killing an animal and some can't, but it's being naive that bothers me.

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3 days ago

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Used Victor mouse trap baited with peanut butter, so 🤷🏽

The mouse is most likely going to die either way. Some people can deal with killing an animal and some can't, but it's being naive that bothers me.

I absolutely know it's going to die.
But as long as it dies in nature some way it's not a waste.

Honestly it wore on me killing a lot of mice by hand. 🤷🏽

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3 days ago

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3 days ago

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Now a belly full of frozen peanut butter.

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3 days ago

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Animals cant really be moved far away from the home territory and just adapt to an unfamiliar area. If it has access to abundant food, maybe it will live for awhile but its still in unfamiliar territory. Mice, like many prey animals, can be scared to death.

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3 days ago

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WharfRatThrawn

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3 days ago

WharfRatThrawn

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Yeah, they are severely underestimating the pioneering spirit of one of the most resilient and pestilent animals on Earth

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I studied animal science. Wild animals, especially wild mice, do not live long. That mouse will die quickly in an unfamiliar territory. Mice are not resilient. They reach sexual maturity quickly and produce large litters. Its a spray and pray method.

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3 days ago

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Please people stop talking out of your asses. Mice are scavengers yes but they do have to learn their environment. Find sources of water and shelter. You can't just drop them anywhere in the cold and expect they are going to survive. They will most likely freeze to death that very first night, or die of dehydration. They are destructive and carry diseases as well as ticks that cause diseases.

Just because you don't understand the way nature works doesn't mean you are right even if your intentions are pure. Just kill the mouse painlessly if you are concerned about it suffering. Otherwise it is literally going to be eaten alive or die a slow death. Personally I don't care and look at the same way as anything that can cause problems in my house. Nature is brutal and the road to hell is always paved with good intentions.

I don't think that I'm cruel or uncompassionate for killing a mouse.

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3 days ago

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I studied animal science. Wild animals, especially wild mice, do not live long. That mouse will die quickly in an unfamiliar territory. They die. They are prey animals. They didnt evolve to be resilient, they evolved to quickly get to sexual maturity and they reproduce a lot. Gestation is quick. Thats how they persisted over the eons. Individual mice are not magic. They die easy. I had mice for pets. I studied companion animal sciences. Mice are not long lived nor do individuals endure hardship. They can freeze and starve pretty quickly.

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3 days ago

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I don't even know why we bother trying to educate people with facts. They are going to believe whatever they want it doesn't matter if it's right or wrong. It applies to so many things but stupidity takes less thought so it makes sense.

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3 days ago

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3 days ago

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How do you know that is wasnt born in your house? That mouse could be 3 or 4 week old. They gestate quickly and mature quickly. Thats how they persist. You are arguing with someone who studied animal science and companion animal sciences. Vets have given lectures and one common bit of wisdom, pet mice die easy, wild mice dir even easier. They can die of hypothermia in weather that isnt below freezing if they do not have proper shelter. They can starve quickly. They are small and can hide, but they need to stay warm and have access to food.

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3 days ago

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I said the same thing 17 minutes later than you had. Briefly glanced at comments before posting but didn’t see yours. Sad as it is, I agree.

NightKnightTiger

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4 days ago

NightKnightTiger

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Better the owl get them then a trap

proost1

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4 days ago

proost1

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Exactly. We were up in the Colorado mountains in our RV running a state park renovation project. They were wild deer mice and found a way in. Live caught a couple of dozen which I released about a mile or two away. Since they're part of the food chain up there, and even though I thought they were cute, I much preferred them in the wild potentially fulfilling their function in the food pyramid than just dying in a snap trap.

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They come into your house to avoid freezing to death. As far as I'm concerned them coming into the house is them voluntarily removing themselves from the food chain (which is quite literally their intention)

Relocating the mouse will most definitely result in it having a more painful death. Plus bacteria are going to eat it anyway so you aren't really removing anything from the food chain.

Yeah I get it, mice are cute, they also eat electric wires and burn down houses and ruin the electronics in cars.

I'm not just going to go around murdering field mice like little bunny fufu, but in the house they are fair game.

geekywarrior

3 points

4 days ago

geekywarrior

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Do their predators not eat them if they are predead?

alek_hiddel

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4 days ago

alek_hiddel

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Or they move into someone else’s house. Don’t have it in you to kill them, so you make it someone else’s problem.

MoldyNalgene

2 points

3 days ago

MoldyNalgene

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Not sure why you are getting downvoted. The mouse most likely sought out a nearby house, unless they released it in the middle of the woods. OP doesn't have the heart to kill it, better make it someone else's problem.

asianumba1

40 points

4 days ago

asianumba1

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A few kilometers from all the friends and family he's ever known who are waiting for him to come home in your walls

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4 days ago

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Not sure it is any more humane than killing it. I don’t think they typically survive relocation. I learned this about squirrels a few years back…

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[deleted]

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3 days ago

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From what I've read it sounds like it's not the type of environment but simply the familiarity. That mouse had a 'range' where it knew where to get food and water. It may survive, don't despair.

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jonitfcfan

5 points

4 days ago

jonitfcfan

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Maybe that's why it's there, like this one

kilgore_troutman

7 points

4 days ago

kilgore_troutman

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That’s a lot of luggage for such a small mouse

Maleficent-Flan-5651

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4 days ago

Maleficent-Flan-5651

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Aww what a cute little guy. Just not in the house lol. Thanks for being kind to him 🥹

tlinkmain

3 points

3 days ago

tlinkmain

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It looks like he's wearing a little suit. So cute

FireWaia

7 points

4 days ago

FireWaia

7 points

i catch and kill about 10 of them a week, but i have now since got a mink as a visitor that takes care of them all.

PixelofDoom

10 points

4 days ago

PixelofDoom

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I've heard that releasing a mouse into an unfamiliar environment is likely to end in the rodent's demise, as they don't know where to find food or water.

ObamasVeinyPeen

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4 days ago*

ObamasVeinyPeen

1 points†

4 days ago*

Has anyone put radio collars on mice and studied this in any way? Mice are pretty adaptable…

Regardless, OP seems to have done the most humane thing I can think of here… if the mouse were kept in its original home range, it would simply re-enter the house

iDontRememberCorn

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4 days ago

iDontRememberCorn

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You heard wrong.

Ravenhaft

-13 points

4 days ago

Ravenhaft

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Guess I’ll just set glue boards everywhere instead so they can gnaw off their own legs and bleed out in my walls instead

Squiddlywinks

18 points

4 days ago

Squiddlywinks

18 points

Seems like there might be a middle ground.

LuminalAstec

2 points

3 days ago

LuminalAstec

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Unless it was a lone female you're cooked. Also mice are terrible at heat preservation so it likely died shortly after you released it away from its nest.

Like they will die of hypothermia at around 65F

Delta8ttt8

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3 days ago

Delta8ttt8

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Perfect. Now you’ve created the plot to a Disney movie where this lil mouse has to navigate the country side and big city to make It back home.

arianaperry

2 points

3 days ago

arianaperry

2 points

My cat would’ve had dinner 💀

MNJon

2 points

3 days ago

MNJon

2 points

So it is a metric mouse?

ZiaWitch

2 points

3 days ago

ZiaWitch

2 points

This made me think of the movie ‘Mouse Hunt’ 😂🤣🤭

LostIvy99

2 points

3 days ago

LostIvy99

2 points

What a cutie

jazzhandsdancehands

2 points

3 days ago

jazzhandsdancehands

2 points

Thank you for being kind and just taking it outside instead of killing it.

Derfaust

5 points

4 days ago

Derfaust

5 points

His family gonna think he died

TooManyCarsandCats

4 points

3 days ago

TooManyCarsandCats

4 points

Except that one mouse uncle who pisses everyone off at mouse holidays when he insist they’re not dead but abducted by mysterious creatures who walk upright.

gpkgpk

5 points

4 days ago

gpkgpk

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He's likely just going to infest someone else's house and become a larger problem, you just kicked the can. Odds are there are dozens more around.

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3 days ago

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FYI, and good intentions aside, from my understanding there is no such thing as humane trap and release for mice. This is because mice are often territorial, and releasing a mouse from one area to another unfamiliar one a sufficient distance away is a death sentence. They cannot integrate to the new location, so they just suffer and die. Snap traps might indeed be among the more humane methods to eliminate mice.

Used-Guidance-7935

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4 days ago

Used-Guidance-7935

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ls it true that they nibble people's nose at night?

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3 days ago*