I caught him!!!

[ShaunM]

We have had a mouse in our townhouse for the past week, well my daughter who is 4 has seen him and she made me promise not to kill it. Well I told her I wasn't going to kill it that I would try and catch it. Here is the funny part, I took an empty cracker box and the cardboard roll out of a paper towel roll and taped it together. I used tape and rigged it up so that he would go into the tube and into the box and eat the bait (Tostitos). I was sitting here watching TV and I heard my box moving I got up and to my surprise I had caught the little **** in my home made redneck trap. Well like the sucker I am I kept my promise took it to a field near my house and let it go. If the mouse decides to come back their will be no promises and it will have to die!!!!!!!!!!!.

[Guest hustle]

I love it! That's awesome. I'll suggest that to my mom next time she has a mouse problem. She hates pulling squished mice out of traps.

[ShaunM]

My wife said it would not work, I ran upstairs and woke her up. I just had to tell her. She laughed and was very surprised since I had the box in my hand .

[analog_kidd]

I had to improvise like this one time. We found a mouse in the house and we had no traps, and it was too late to go to the store. I couldn't stand the thought of going to sleep with him running around, so I found a large 5 gallon bucket, covered the top with a towel and put some cheese and peanut butter on top of the towel. The towel could hold the cheese, but the weight of the mouse was too much and he fell into the bucket.

Of course, I had made no such promises to my family, so I filled the bucket with about 6 inches of water. Woke up in the morning to find a dead, wet mouse.

[Guest 153blue]

that is hilarious

[Mike.357]

I say kill the thing. It will make its way into someones house.

Nothing wrong with a white lie to the daughter.

[Guest RISC777]

Tape up the tube end and it could be a rattle for a youngster.

[Daniel]

You should have taken a pic of the mouse.

[strickj]

Did you also build him a ladder to enter the tube being its in midair and all

[memphismason]

Did you also build him a ladder to enter the tube being its in midair and all

Oh My God...............You caught Mighty Mouse!!!!!!!

[BigPoppa]

Shaun, I have to say........that's pretty ingenious for a knuckle dragger like you.

Edited December 22, 2008 by BigPoppa

[Guest canynracer]

Oh My God...............You caught Mighty Mouse!!!!!!!

ROFLMFAO!!!!!!!!!!:bowrofl::bowrofl:

[Guest sling]

Your kitchen looks just like mine in my town house. I have a feeling we were built off the same template.

[ShaunM]

Well as far as killing it, I made a promise to my daughter and I don't like to go back on my word thats just the way I am. Next time he will have die. I tried to take a picture of him but he kept jumping around and I was not going to open the box in the house. Oh I had it behind my christmas tree ON THE FLOOR Strick (Mighty mouse that was funny)

[Guest looneeetunes]

got any drawings for a crackerbox ak47? might could make some money here

[Guest cjr]

Leave it in the cracker box and its an MRE. Mouse Ready to Eat.

[towerclimber37]

oof...Chris that was ugly...I have to say I had to laugh out loud on that one.. Nice trap! I'll have to remember that one

[Guest m&pc9]

Leave it in the cracker box and its an MRE. Mouse Ready to Eat.

[GTODALEP]

Peanut butter on a snap trap works for me. My wife hates anything with a tail. We had Guinea pigs for a few years, she loved them. No tails.

[ShaunM]

Peanut butter on a snap trap works for me. My wife hates anything with a tail. We had Guinea pigs for a few years, she loved them. No tails.

Well that will be it's fate if it ever returns or the next mouse.

[Mike.357]

Peanut butter on a snap trap works for me

I keep a four of them in the garage year round. The peanut butter dissapears

over time. I am guessing insects are eating it.

[frontier737]

So I assume the tube sits a few inches above the bottom of the box?

[ShaunM]

So I assume the tube sits a few inches above the bottom of the box?

Yeah I only put it out when I stay up, because he can get out if left alone. To be honest I never thought I would catch him. I put it where I always seen him running while watching TV. I heard the box moving and ran over there and pinched the top so he couldn't get out. I guess I was lucky.

[Guest nraforlife]

You must have gotten the design from a San Fran website, course there they use gerbils.