Is there any chemical I can use to knock out a mouse?

[Canai]

Originally posted by: mwmorph

Originally posted by: Jeff7
I'd really advise against spending time near it. Those critters can carry some fun pathogens and parasites.

Visit a pet store if you really want to see a mouse. They're at least captive-bred, and won't have nearly as many fun diseases.



And sure, if I could diplomatically encourage rodents to live somewhere other than inside my apartment, I would. Alas, that method is not possible, thus they get to enjoy one last meal before a brisk SNAP takes care of them. There will be thousands more in short order.

Curious, do you use antibiotics? Kill fruit flies or horse flies? Cook food to kill parasites? I do wonder where the line is drawn for kill/no-kill in that kind of situation.

I'm a fairly laid back Theravada Buddhist so I try not to kill things or cause undue harm if I don't have a reason to to. I can justify killing it for food and I can justify killing it for defense or some other reason, but I won't kill something just for the sake of killing it (unless it's a millipede/centipede/slug/caterpillar/worm/grub, I have a phobia of those things). Antibiotics/flies/parasites? Sure. Fish? Why the hell not? Veal? Absolutely delicious. Venison? Makes great jerky.

As for this mouse thing, I'm just more curious than anything else. I've really never seen a wild mouse before, I'd just like to study it and see how feral mice behave different differently from domesticated rodents. I've had a hamster before when I was young and I'd like to see how a wild mouse would act differently.

You eat veal but you won't kill a fucking mouse? :roll: wtf is wrong with you?

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: mwmorph

Originally posted by: Ryan711
I might know something, but the mouse might not wake up and it may knock you out in the process.




Oh, and you might not wake up either.

Bleach + acid?

Bleach + ammonia. That's the ticket.


BTW, is your will up to date?

 

[RadiclDreamer]

Ether

 

[BarbeQueGuy]

Get a Havahart trap.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Originally posted by: mwmorph

Originally posted by: Jeff7
I'd really advise against spending time near it. Those critters can carry some fun pathogens and parasites.

Visit a pet store if you really want to see a mouse. They're at least captive-bred, and won't have nearly as many fun diseases.



And sure, if I could diplomatically encourage rodents to live somewhere other than inside my apartment, I would. Alas, that method is not possible, thus they get to enjoy one last meal before a brisk SNAP takes care of them. There will be thousands more in short order.

Curious, do you use antibiotics? Kill fruit flies or horse flies? Cook food to kill parasites? I do wonder where the line is drawn for kill/no-kill in that kind of situation.

I'm a fairly laid back Theravada Buddhist so I try not to kill things or cause undue harm if I don't have a reason to to. I can justify killing it for food and I can justify killing it for defense or some other reason, but I won't kill something just for the sake of killing it (unless it's a millipede/centipede/slug/caterpillar/worm/grub, I have a phobia of those things). Antibiotics/flies/parasites? Sure. Fish? Why the hell not? Veal? Absolutely delicious. Venison? Makes great jerky.

As for this mouse thing, I'm just more curious than anything else. I've really never seen a wild mouse before, I'd just like to study it and see how feral mice behave different differently from domesticated rodents. I've had a hamster before when I was young and I'd like to see how a wild mouse would act differently.

OP - you can find these types of Live Traps at your local hardware store or online.

 

[shiner]

Louisville Slugger

 

[SAWYER]

Ugh

 

[RiverDog]

Originally posted by: JasonSix78

Originally posted by: Baked
I think I'm gonna shoot some ravens tomorrow to offset the further pussification of American caused by the likes of you. You don't kill rodents due to religious reasons... WTF...

I'll bring the ammo.

I'll bring the beer.

 

[Kirby]

Double X Magnum

 

[waggy]

you want to study a mouse? go to the petshop and get one. i wouldnt bother witha wild mouse.

 

[hanoverphist]

Originally posted by: mwmorph

Originally posted by: Baked
I think I'm gonna shoot some ravens tomorrow to offset the further pussification of American caused by the likes of you. You don't kill rodents due to religious reasons... WTF...

I don't want to catch and release it, I just want to study it. I don't care if you kill a million animals tomorrow, that's fine by me, natural selection et al, but I've never seen a mouse in real life.

As for my views on killing, no I won't kill something unless I have a good reason. Food is fine. Hunting for food is fine. Randomly killing things, not my thing. I've gone hunting before. I've killed my share of animals for food and I love guns, but I'm not going to shoot a mouse with a 9mm.

Originally posted by: Semidevil
just make a trap box. box that is half open balanced with a stick, next to a piece of cheese. mouse touches cheese, tips stick over = box closes.

I might try that, I do have some high sugar hersheys kisses and fruit available. Mice actually don't like cheese, they prefer foods high in sugar and starches.

you could release it into the aquarium...

a good reason to kill rodents in your house is that they are filthy, disease-ridden creatures from crawling in every dark, dank corner of your home. this isnt randomly killing them, its clearing vermin from your home. go to a pet store and get one of the mice there, they are raised to be pets and clean.

mice love peanut butter. seriously. my house got infested when my neighbors moved. they were SLOBS. the mice chewed a corner off a back door we never used to get in and set up 6 different camps in back room and a utility closet. pine sol kills them quicker than anything ive seen. the night i discovered the first nest, i was up until 130am killing mice. the last one i got with my blowgun. pinned him to the wall. all in all, i killed over 100 mice with either my boot, a hammer or pine sol. the blowgun shot was the one big one that kept evading me. took me a week to get him.

 

[pontifex]

MOUSE = GIRL?

 

[hanoverphist]

Originally posted by: Jeff7
Alright, works for me.

Just do try not to spend too much time close to it. I don't know how much risk there really is of it carrying anything, but they can supposedly harbor some pretty unpleasant things.

It'll probably just be a lot more skittish, and may panic if it finds itself in a place it can't escape from. Captive-bred mice have never known predators, and probably have had a lot of it bred out of them. Put one in a cage with a snake, and it seems to have an inkling that something is amiss, but it doesn't quite seem to know what.

we had a burmese python, among other reptiles, and bred mice to feed them. one time we spun a mouse (thats how you stun them) and put it in the cage. the snake struck, bit it once and left it alone. for 2 weeks. that mouse cowered in that cage of impending doom the whole time. we ended up taking it out and giving her a separate cage to live out her life. she was totally psycho after it tho, we put a few others in the cage to keep her company but she killed everything that came near her. at night the only thing she would do was run circles in the cage, for like 6 hours straight. never tried to bite us tho, just other aminals. all i have now is a 4ft iguana that gets no insects at all, a blue rat and a bird. and a dog. and a few fish.