I Have Live Traps For Mice How Long Can They Stay In There Without Dying?
I have a mouse in my house and use the live traps where they crawl in and get shut in by a door, I wok for 5 hours during the day, will they survive in there for 5 hours? I really don’t want to kill them, i have a park near by i can release them at.
January 31st, 2010 at 2:44 pm
a pet mouse can dehydrate in 48 hours. 5 hours is fine tho. kudos to you for trapping live! make sure you take the mouse far away from your house or it will most likely find its way back in within a few hours.
January 31st, 2010 at 3:12 pm
Thanks for being humane. Yeah, it’ll be fine for 5 hours. I hope that you catch and free the little guy so that you both can be happy!
January 31st, 2010 at 3:25 pm
well i personally think that you should kill them because they are absolutely disgusting but if you want relaease them and they usually die within mins in those traps either by suffocation of by a poisonous gas.
January 31st, 2010 at 3:34 pm
Yes..they can. A few weeks ago I caught several in those traps and they were caught overnight and I didnt check them until late morning
I wanted to add that peanut butter is the best bait and never fails.
January 31st, 2010 at 4:07 pm
If you use food to bait the traps with then it should be fine, maybe add some bits of apple or grapes so it will have moisture if you will be gone longer then 5 hours.
And THANK YOU for being such a good person to use live traps!
January 31st, 2010 at 5:05 pm
They will be fine…I am glad you aren’t murdering them!! That guy above is rude…mice are cute!