[Shasown]

Pick up the trap and take it to your bin, take a flat bladed screwdriver as well if you are a bit squeamish. Hold the trap at the back and use the screwdriver to lift the bar allow body to fall in the bin, rebait, rest and reposition trap then wash your hands.

Bacon is quite a good bait to use.

[Tom]

Originally Posted by Shasown

Pick up the trap and take it to your bin, take a flat bladed screwdriver as well if you are a bit squeamish. Hold the trap at the back and use the screwdriver to lift the bar allow body to fall in the bin, rebait, rest and reposition trap then wash your hands.

Bacon is quite a good bait to use.

Nah the trap can go in the bin as well, they're only £1 a time. Its the bloody cat stealing mice from the field and dropping them in the cat flap then leaving them

[Claymores]

Originally Posted by Tom

Nah the trap can go in the bin as well, they're only £1 a time. Its the bloody cat stealing mice from the field and dropping them in the cat flap then leaving them

Then the benfit of a humane one (in addition to the absence of gore) is that you could re-use it over and over.

[Shasown]

Originally Posted by Tom

Nah the trap can go in the bin as well, they're only £1 a time. Its the bloody cat stealing mice from the field and dropping them in the cat flap then leaving them

Not a very environmentally friendly approach is it? It may only be small but still adds to the landfill total. Re use till its knackered. Besides the smell of the mouse that died will mask other smells and reduce any suspicions other mice have.

As for the cat stick a bell on its collar, will give warnings to animals it hunts. Something like a church bell will mean you never lose sight of it.