Play It Safe and Use a Humane Mouse Trap
US $16.00
If you read that title and giggled a little bit, you are probably not alone. Using a “humane mouse trap” is something that not many people even consider. They break out the old snap trap, load it with a piece of cheese and let it rip. The problem is that most people don’t consider how unsafe snap traps and glue traps are to both the people and pets that are also living in the house.
People will readily dismiss humane mouse traps as just another vehicle for the “tree huggers” to preach their case. While this may be true to an extent, it is hardly the main reason that you should consider using a humane trap. While you may not initially think it so, the forms of traps that are commonly used are hardly safe in the average home. Maybe a humane trap is not about protecting the animal, but the homeowner and its residents instead.
The main concern is the sanitary reasons that you should use a humane mouse trap. Whether you use a glue trap or a snap trap, you run the risk of having a dead rodent in the open in your home. Now if you are mobster trying to send a message, this is a great tactic, but having a dead rodent sends a message to nobody. In fact, the only thing that it will do is put you and your family in danger of becoming susceptible to the bacteria that it may produce as it rots there until you get around to getting rid of it.
Think about that. Do you really want one of the kids walking around something like that? Worse yet, what if the baby picks it up and touches it and then puts their hands in their mouth? Pretty graphic example, but it is nothing that you want to see happen in your home.
The same thing could happen if you have a family pet. Dogs and cats would love to get their teeth around a trapped mouse. Now you run the risk of the same animal running up and giving you or someone else in the family a welcome home kiss after munching on a mouse that has been sitting there for 3 days. Again, maybe a little graphic, but it brings the point home of how unsanitary these traps actually are.
In addition to the sanitary reasons, there are also safety concerns that should be taken into consideration. A humane trap is easy to set and you risk no danger to your person. A snap trap can easily go off and hurt your fingers or that of someone else in the house. A glue trap can easily get stuck on your foot or on Rover’s paw. You can imagine the nightmare that is to get off once it gets stuck to something.
As you can see, using humane mouse traps is about more than just saving a rodent. It is about protecting you and your family and making sure that you rid your home of the rodent in a sanitary way. The fact that you can avoid getting blood on your hands at the same time makes it all the better.
