For Your Consideration

Okay, so its getting cold out again and that means that mice are starting to make their way off the streets and into the walls of our apartment buildings and ultimately (gasp) into our homes!

Now before you run out and buy the traps at your local hardware store, consider this:
While no one wants mice running around in their personal space, they are living creatures and the average traps kill by either painful asphyxiation or by breaking their little bodies.

I myself prefer to release them outside and at least give them a shot at surviving the winter. So here is what I do:

1)Get a toilet paper tube and crease two lines to form a flat sided tunnel.

2)Put a treat on one end of the tube: A cracker and dab of peanut butter works great.

3)Get a tall (at least 20 inches) bucket. A trash can works well.

4)Balance the tube precariously on the edge of a table or counter with the treat hanging directly over the tall sided receptacle.

5)The mouse will scurry to the treat and fall into the trap.

Then you can take the bucket outside and toss the little critter by some garbage or set it up outside somewhere with some food. Too much work? Maybe, but I just wanted to throw it out there.

This mouse trap was created by Adam Pash and was found off Lifehacker.com