To ask what to do with the live mouse I caught?

[Shambu]

Caught him in a humane trap with food.

If I put him at the end of the garden he will just come straight back.

But if I release him on the local common, he will not likely survive.

WWYD?

We have mice in our house. I’m not sure what do do about them. Haven’t laid any traps or seen them but we’ve heard them and had work done in our kitchen recently, the workmen said they saw evidence of mice.

I think one lives in the piano, we hear it scratching away at night.

It’s pretty cute.

It's not a house mouse, it's a wood mouse. It's ended up in your house as a casual intruder, found a good source of food and stayed.
Chuck it in the garden, or on a common or something. It'll be fine and find somewhere else to nest and a new food source.
Or get eaten by a fox or feral cat. But that's nature for you.

Another vote for snap traps. An instant death (whilst eating chocolate) is far more 'humane' than trapping an animal in a box for hours without food or water and then moving them to an unfamiliar environment to die slowly and alone.

I tend to walk a mile or so away and release it into the woods. At least then it's got a chance of finding food and starting a new life, which it wouldn't have if I killed it. I have crap cats who occasionally catch a mouse and lose it in the house, so I've done this a few times, over a long enough period that I'm confident that it's a series of individuals rather than an infestation. They get really scared if I take them in the car, to the point that they won't come out of the trap, so it's gentler for them if I walk.

'Tis done.

We released him on a green with large gardens backing onto it. I hope he can build a new life in someone's garden shed.

My friend is a country boy and wanted to finish him off with a trowel.

Best of luck Chubby!

Oh just got flashbacks of visiting someone's house and a snap trap failed and caught a mouse by its tail and a leg. Tenants just left it to scream for hours (I told them to fling it out of the very high window, secondary humane killing option at the time) they eventually released it a day later or so they told me but either way it did and will have suffered.

Poor mousey! 🙈 That's a very sad story.

I considered last night buying a kill'em trap instead (in case there are more meeces) as posters are saying they're more humane in the long run. But I just can't kill a mouse. In the same way a vegan can't eat roast chicken. I just can't.

I do think Chubby has a chance. I released him by some garages with a pile of food. He should be able to make a new nest.

Bless you. My Mum caught an injured little vole in a humane trap. Lasted 18 months in a cage in the shed as the bugger came back twice when released.

He obviously liked his home!

My cat brings wood ice in regularly, I just open the back door and put them out or if i’m naked from bed open the cat flap, pop it through then lock it they only come back if they are rather stupid and let 5cat catch them again.

🐭 not ice.

Is it a field mouse? Doesn't look like a house mouse from the pic: far too cute. A house mouse I have no problem dispatching by drowning. My view is that if they don't come into my house I'll leave them alone, but once in my house .... it's their lookout.

That one, I'd take at least 3 miles away and set it free. Then forget about it.

Aww its so tooot!! I hope hes happy wherever he is.

Yes snap traps are the best i think.. we used glue traps a few months ago and it was awful - never again.. i did get oh to kill them quickly with a brick. Would never chuck them in bin to starve..and never use poison - they can poison other animals and ecosystem if eaten..its uncomfortable because i dont mind them, but not in my house pleasse

My cat brings in wood mice. The last one was as chubby as yours because it had been feasting on cat food.