I was feeling insanely proud of how humanely I handled a mouse invasion of my kitchen counter, and yes, patting myself on the back for my mousey humanity.
I hate to be another party pooper, but I used to just take my little mice outside to the backyard, but they seemed to find their way back in. Kids at Carolina Friends School did an experiment many years ago, painting the mice they found in their middle school with a little bit of nail polish on their tops and tried releasing them at various distances from the school. Until they got them, I think at least a mile away they came back. So I have found a nice cool cemetery several miles away, actually at my voting site, and use that. I wonder about generations of mice from my house around that area.? your experience may belie, this wisdom, I hope so anyway!
Sadly, I know that. I was just downright lazy and living in a possible fantasy world, when I released them outside! Caught another mouse, or maybe one from yesterday, this morning and drove it about 7/10 of a mile away, to a rural road. Will once again, waste some luscious chocolate, and bait two more humane traps tonight. Those little mousey’s are just gonna have to wait until morning, in their traps , until I’m ready to drive them somewhere!
I hate to be another party pooper, but I used to just take my little mice outside to the backyard, but they seemed to find their way back in. Kids at Carolina Friends School did an experiment many years ago, painting the mice they found in their middle school with a little bit of nail polish on their tops and tried releasing them at various distances from the school. Until they got them, I think at least a mile away they came back. So I have found a nice cool cemetery several miles away, actually at my voting site, and use that. I wonder about generations of mice from my house around that area.? your experience may belie, this wisdom, I hope so anyway!
Sadly, I know that. I was just downright lazy and living in a possible fantasy world, when I released them outside! Caught another mouse, or maybe one from yesterday, this morning and drove it about 7/10 of a mile away, to a rural road. Will once again, waste some luscious chocolate, and bait two more humane traps tonight. Those little mousey’s are just gonna have to wait until morning, in their traps , until I’m ready to drive them somewhere!