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De Leonist

(225 posts)
Thu Nov 20, 2014, 04:44 AM Nov 2014

Wild Mouse caught in glue trap ? [View all]

Use baby oil to dissolve the glue. It seems to work pretty well. I just tried tonight for the first time. I currently have him in an old cage I used for pet rats. Will be relocating him/her some time soon when the weather here is not so bad.

I am not planning nor will I ever plan to keep a wild animal as a pet.

But I felt like taking about what for me is a rather unique occasion. While I am not afraid of wild rodents nor do I hate them usually I don't go out of my way like this either. Most of the time I am perfectly fine with killing it or just letting it die. But tonight the little guy just got me with those big eyes of his and I decided to try rescue him from a trap I had set out to catch him.

I wish I had something to take pictures of him with. Sadly though even basic photography seems to be something I just suck at so it's probably just as well that I don't.

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Wild Mouse caught in glue trap ? [View all] De Leonist Nov 2014 OP
Awww shenmue Nov 2014 #1
Glue Traps suck mockmonkey Nov 2014 #2
Please don't use glue traps. Curmudgeoness Nov 2014 #3
I tried a glue trap back in 1987. The poor animal pulled his skin off sinkingfeeling Nov 2014 #4
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