Non-lethal Mousetraps To Catch An Adorable Little Mouse
Posted: October 23, 2007

Yesterday on Dezeen, there was a great post about Roger Arquer, and his non-lethal mousetraps. Basically what he did was use everyday, household objects like a drinking glass, a light bulb, a glass flower pot and a bottle, and turn them into ingenious ways of catching little mice.

I have to say, the ideas are quite clever, and pretty easy to do on your own. The pictures are freaking adorable. If I could catch that tiny, cute-as-a-button mouse, I would totally keep him and give him a ridiculous name like Harold. But my guess is, you’re never going to catch a mouse that cute, and in fact, if you do have a rodent problem, it’s going to be some giant, scary ass rat that probably has rabies.

I think my favorite solution is the light bulb and the nut, it seems like the sneakiest trap to me. Very cute idea, with a very cute little mouse!

Bobby

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1. i love the mice also! and i’m also a last.fm whore. just blogged about in fact. though today i broke my own rule by listening to sir mix a lot. :)

   Comment by djp — October 23, 2007 #

2. my parents actually have mice that cute running around their kitchen, its wonderful. i don’t quite understand the bottle trap though. how does the mouse get in and out of there? hmmm they can fit through really tiny spaces though…

   Comment by Liam — October 23, 2007 #

3. Liam: They expand the large open end of the spring, squeezing their way through. But when they get to the other side, the can’t expand the smaller, more narrow end.

   I don’t know if that would really work, but if he says so… haha.
   I would just be afraid I couldn’t get the mouse out afterward!

   Comment by Bobby S. — October 23, 2007 #

4. Those are brilliant, and as someone who actually has cute little mice like that, a couple of them would be worth trying.

   Two of them wouldn’t work though, since mice can jump up about 12″—they could get out of them easily.

   Comment by Guav — April 1, 2008 #

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