Non-toxic way to catch pests - Tomcat
By uaezarb on
I had trouble with mice getting in my greenhouse and eating some of my seeds.I needed to find a way to stop them, but I hate traps, and mouse poison can sometimes take days to work.I settled on buying the Tomcat glue board mousetrap. The Tomcat Glue boards come with 4 in the pack.The package says they are treated with a natural anesthetic, Eugenol.The glue board can be used flat or can be folded and held together with tabs to make a covered trap.The glue on the trap is non-toxic, so if a pet or child would get into it, they would be safe, unlike mouse poison.These not only catch mice, but other household pests.Any pest that walks across the board will be stuck instantly.The best place to put the trap is up against the edge of a wall where you think the pest may be traveling.
I put the four traps in various places around my planting flats.I didn't catch anything the first day, even though I saw signs that they had been there, searching for seeds.The second day I finally caught one.It was alive when I found it and being the animal lover that I am, it really made me feel bad that I had caught it.I guess I wasn't really thinking when I bought it, that I would have to see the mouse struggling to get loose. Apparently the natural anesthetic they treated the board with did not work, or I found the mouse right after it was captured.I decided this was not the trap for me.I decided to use screening to protect the seeds and leave the mice alone.
I would say that these are good traps, that will stop mice in their tracks, but if you're an animal lover, you might want to find another alternative.
I can't bear this kind of trap for mammals. (Flypaper is another story). I'd rather use regular mouse traps that usually kill quickly.
These are excellent. We had some one time and actually caught a snake on it coming out of the chimney. I am so thankful we had set it out or we would have had a snake in the house and wouldnt have known about it.
I like the fact that this is safe if children get to it. I wonder if it would work for centipedes. We don't have mice, but I am scared to death of those multi legged creatures and want a stick trap that is safe to use around kids.
I am an animal lover(not rats) and a realist. These traps have been greatly lauded since their market debut. Try to get one off a child's hand, or their face. As for the critters, I am the top of the food chain and as long as that is the case and I have apposable thumbs "other" things are going to die for my enviromental satisfaction. I am not however, a cruel person, I do not seek another's pain. I have seen MANY of these traps with "remains~pieces", and if an entire animal, well, obviously it starved. I'll stick with "not this one" 's. till an actual better mouse trap occurs. Good write uaezarb!