The Big Cheese - Mouse Glue Trap x 2

I have tried to be good and gentle.
1. I bought an kind of humane sonic electric plug-in mouse repeller. However, a month later the mouse were totally ignoring it, running around it, like it did not exist at all.
2. I bought a set of old fashioned traps. However, mice would eat the bait and leave the traps standing.
3. I bought the tunnel trap. However - nothing.
4. I bought the glue trap. It caught two mice on the first night. It caught another one a week later and one more recently (we have mice coming from neighbours).

The only problem with this fantastic mouse trap, is that killing mice can be awkward.

I have read most of the negative reviews of this product stating that its inhumane, well yes I do agree with this point, however, it is a very affective Product. After a two week holiday, my wife and I arrived home and found that we had a mouse problem in our kitchen which stretched for over 4 weeks. Below, is a short synopsis of my experiences with mice and various products that I used to cath them (including the glue traps).

Thankfully our problem was isolated in the kitchen. I would recommend however to cover any gaps such as under doors with towels to restric their movement. This was an affective way of keeping them in the same location. I have seen first hand at how mice can squeeze through the tiniest of gaps so this is an important point to remember.

My wife wanted to catch the mice humanely, so I agreed and bought 3 humane traps from B&Q. These were the type of small tunnels which tip over when the mouse goes in to search out the food that you place at the back. They were pretty effective where by I caught 4 mice with them which I released in a nearby wood. I thought after the 4th that I had caught them all, but unfortunately, that was not true.

I also bought one of those plug in sonic anti mouse devices, although I am dubious as to whether they actually make any difference as it certainly didn't in my case. I am of the opinion that if mice have already set up shop in your house then they are not going to leave your warm home if you use one of these sonic devices. It may be case of prevention in the future but not as a means of getting rid of an already infested room.

After another week of using the humane traps I did not catch any more even though there was evidence that they were still present. I ended up buying 3 more traditional snap traps as I was getting more and more aggrevated with the little blighters as they were making a mess with all their droppings in our cuboards, contaminating our food stuffs, nawing on wooden utensils and not to mention where ever they may had been urinating in the kitchen. I began to detest the thought of going in to our kitchen and cooking food. I did manage to catch another 4 with the traditional traps.

At this point I thought I had gotten rid of them all. A few days passed and no more of the traps had caught any more mice, however one night I saw another one, the mouse never went near the baited traps. Another week went by and still nothing.

By now I was getting extremely annoyed and I just wanted to get rid of the last one by any means, humanely or otherwise. As a last resort I bought 2 packs of the glue traps. I laid them down by the the kickboards in the kitchen, putting bait in the middle of the sheets (I used peanuts as they were effective. Please note that these sheets are extremely sticky and if any of the glue gets on your shoes or floor you will have a hard time removing it. I ended up having to use some bleach and a scowering pad to lift if off the kitchen floor. My own fault for accidentally walking on them as they do warn you on the packet). Not even an hour had passed and I had caught the last one. I disposed of the last mouse (9 in total) humanely and that was the end of our mouse troubles.

I found the hole in which they were entering from the outside, plugged that up with wire wool and pollyfilla and then two days were spent cleaning the kitchen.

If you want to get rid of your problem humanely then by all means do so but I would not hesitate purchasing this product again in combination with the other methods I have mentioned above, if ever I see another mouse in my kitchen.

This product is an extremely affective way of catching them if you do not mind disposing or releasing (through the use of vegetable oil to allow the mouse to break free from the glue sheets) live vermin.

I've used 3 different traps for mice before and nothing had worked, but the glue trap worked on "my" mice immediately! So far, after a week I've caught 5 mice, which were penetrating my kitchen and I'm relieved after so many weeks of freight and their faeces. If you have a problem with these little creatures I recommend it for you.