First of all, mice can spread disease. Think of what you're doing as a way to stop flea-borne illnesses from spreading throughout your house. (Bubonic plague was carried on the fleas on rats.)
Second of all, mice do not belong indoors. It's their fault for going where they do not belong.
Yes, I know mice are disease vectors; it's my biggest reason for wanting them out of my living space. Yes, I'm willing to kill them to get them out of here. I still don't enjoy taking their little lives.
Heh. Mus musculus has been living in human spaces for at least ten thousand years. If they could speak to us, they might argue that they belong in our homes at least as much as we do!
I did try a live trap (not Have a Heart's brand, but the same idea) first, which confirmed that (A) I wasn't imagining the mouse, and (B) the mouse didn't want to go in the trap. If the mice won't go quietly into the humane trap, I'll do what I have to in order to get rid of them, for the sake of my physical and mental health!
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Second of all, mice do not belong indoors. It's their fault for going where they do not belong.
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Heh. Mus musculus has been living in human spaces for at least ten thousand years. If they could speak to us, they might argue that they belong in our homes at least as much as we do!
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===That all said, this area does not have a confirmed resevoir for the disease. (There are a few on the west coast, though,....)
===Mice...the reason to have fine feline friends (and reptilian ones as well!) (grins)
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The landlord still will not let us have a cat! I haven't yet asked him about snakes, though.
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