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Aaron and the Glue-Trapped Mouse
The other morning (17 Oct 2007), I found a small mouse stuck to a glue trap next to the dumpster in my apartment complex! There was absolutely no reason for it to be there, who cares if the mouse is outside, when I walked over to get a better look I saw it was breathing, and the terror you mentioned in the article, GLUE TRAPS, I saw it in his eyes, and he began to squeal and kick and just totally freak out, I almost cried.
I started talking to him like he was a person and told him I would do whatever I could to get him free. (I KNOW IM A NUT, BUT IT BROKE MY HEART) So anyway, I went to my car to find something to put him in, I found a binder to hide him in so the neighbors wouldn't see, I brought him upstairs put him and the trap in a Nordstrom bag, and started researching glue traps and how to get animals off. (I'm already late to work now)
I found out that you can pour vegetable oil on them to break the glues bond. So I did that, then I had him free, but his little foot looked swollen and I knew he was in shock and terrified, so then I drove to Petco and bought a cage, and a bag of mouse food, and a bag of litter and a water bottle, and named him Lucky, and I think he's a young house mouse, I'm just going to keep him for a while and see how he does.
But thank you for the article and please, please add the tip of using oil to remove them, its almost instant, they squeal and squeal its horrible, but once you get them free you feel so good.
I hate those traps and they should be banned. Horrible horrible horrible.
Anyway. Thanks again!
On 21 Oct 2007, Lucky seemed to be back to normal. I released Lucky in a field under a big horse apple tree, near a creek, dumped the whole bag of food I had out all over under the tree so he would be able to stock pile food for winter... If he so chooses. Anyway! I feel good about myself, and thanks for listening, keep up the good work!
Regards,
Aaron Burrow
I started talking to him like he was a person and told him I would do whatever I could to get him free. (I KNOW IM A NUT, BUT IT BROKE MY HEART) So anyway, I went to my car to find something to put him in, I found a binder to hide him in so the neighbors wouldn't see, I brought him upstairs put him and the trap in a Nordstrom bag, and started researching glue traps and how to get animals off. (I'm already late to work now)
I found out that you can pour vegetable oil on them to break the glues bond. So I did that, then I had him free, but his little foot looked swollen and I knew he was in shock and terrified, so then I drove to Petco and bought a cage, and a bag of mouse food, and a bag of litter and a water bottle, and named him Lucky, and I think he's a young house mouse, I'm just going to keep him for a while and see how he does.
But thank you for the article and please, please add the tip of using oil to remove them, its almost instant, they squeal and squeal its horrible, but once you get them free you feel so good.
I hate those traps and they should be banned. Horrible horrible horrible.
Anyway. Thanks again!
On 21 Oct 2007, Lucky seemed to be back to normal. I released Lucky in a field under a big horse apple tree, near a creek, dumped the whole bag of food I had out all over under the tree so he would be able to stock pile food for winter... If he so chooses. Anyway! I feel good about myself, and thanks for listening, keep up the good work!
Regards,
Aaron Burrow
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Wonderful story! Its so great to hear about people doing so much and taking so much time out of thier lives to help animals (I dont think I could ever do someting like that if i knew I'd be late for work).
I agree that glue traps are horrible. When I was younger I helped our convinience store owner count his stock once, when i got to the glue traps (he had about 3, dont think they were selling very well) i was so appalled by them that i just crumpled them all up without even thinking about it. not sure if he ever figured out it was me but the next day they were gone and he never got more in stock.
When I had a mouse problem (it seems a family of mice lived in the walls of my old apartment) - they would sometimes come into my house and make noise which would wake me up, I just borrowed my grandmothers rabbit for a few day (big bunny, atleast 3 times the mices size), i think she scared them away cause i never heard from them again (-: