2011-04-11, 06:30 PM
I wouldn't necessarily recommend using any kind of poison ... on the off chance they don't get trapped, you end up with a super smelly issue around the house, dead rodents rotting in the walls and all...
I'd go with a rat trap actually, you can hear the darn thing snap shut and you can ensure it broke the mouse's neck in one go. The sticky ones are cruel (unless you check it constantly, the mouse will probably just starve to death) and the mouse traps don't hold enough force to actually deliver a clean blow (just leaves the thing in misery for a few hours)....
I'd go with a rat trap actually, you can hear the darn thing snap shut and you can ensure it broke the mouse's neck in one go. The sticky ones are cruel (unless you check it constantly, the mouse will probably just starve to death) and the mouse traps don't hold enough force to actually deliver a clean blow (just leaves the thing in misery for a few hours)....