Oscar Trint wrote:

On Sun, 26 Apr 2009 02:00:58 +1000, "YMC"
wrote in aus.gardens:

I borrowed my friend's cat for the weekend.

And I set up a trap using the "humane mouse trap"

http://www.humanemousetrap.com.au/

I bought it at Bunnings for about $2.60.

Still think these are better and you can use the mouse in your compost


http://www.flickr.com/photos/psycho12/3517640973/

And you get two in a packet for about the same cost.

We've got them. Have caught two mice in them. On both occasions the mouse
was caught by one front foot only and struggled to escape with a severly
broken leg. I'm no animal rights activist but felt sorry for the mice.

Had to dispatch the mouse which some people would not like to do. Would be
better if the trap killed the mouse outright.

On the other hand, the bugger of a rat (or rats?) that we have in the
garden that eats our fruit and avoids all the baits, poisons and traps, I
would happily sentence to that fate.