Mice Cube Reusable Humane Mouse Trap 4 Pack

I've spent a lot on mouse traps: at least a dozen models--some humane, others instantly fatal, others torturous and injurious but not lethal, others primitive (the slow five-day death of rat poison), and others occasionally effective or little more than "mouse feeding stations." The Mice Cube is the simplest and possibly the best.It's a lightweight plastic rectangular container with an end that opens like a door (except the hinge is at the top). But that end is slightly longer than the other end, preventing it from opening in the other direction. It's an entrance only, not an exit. Simply place a small cracker with a dab of peanut butter at the other end of the "hallway" and then sweeten the invitation by smearing a bit of peanut butter (for scent) on the door. In the morning you should see Mickey, looking pensive and somewhat regretful after enjoying his little meal (hopefully Mickey won't be sharing it with a relative--set out more than one of these inexpensive traps if you're overrun with the critters). At that point resist the temptation to keep him as a pet (mice perspire and expire quickly in such tight, poorly ventilated quarters). Simply walk him away from your house, flip his house over so that the door opens up, and set the container on the ground. (Some mice leap instantly for freedom; others require a bit of patience and even some nudging.)I've ordered a couple of the humane plastic greenhouses (Smart Trap), but the mice had no trouble gnawing through the latch and escaping. A solution might be the metal "Hav-a-heart" trap, but it's a considerable nuisance to set it up each time. The same was true even of kill traps like the Victor Electronic trap (effective for the first week, before the mice started shredding it and jumping out) and the Victor "Kill and Seal," which is effective 40% of the time (it either failed to attract the varmints or the lever refused to be set or, once set, the kill bar was never released). If you don't mind the thought of the animals suffering for a while (I doubt such a thought even occurred to my father, who grew up on a farm), there are the glue traps, the water traps, and the poisonous pellets (you'll suffer too when the smell comes through the kitchen walls about a week later).As for all of the snap traps or the rubber girdles that literally squeeze the life out of the creature, they're undeniably effective but also "medieval" when compared to the Mice Cube, which gives you the opportunity to meet Mickey "in person." (Now my only problem is determining what to do with about twenty bucks worth of unused kill traps.)

So, at work, we had this real bad mouse problem. Well, bad is relative. They weren't sneaking into the kitchen and eating our lunches, but they might as well have been. So my boss wanted me to order some mouse traps. You know, to get rid of the problem.Well, I can't bare the thought of killing one of God's creatures, especially when it thinks it just scored a pay day and got some free cheese and/or peanut butter. How would you like that to be your last moments? It doesn't sit well with you know, right?So I decided to buy some humane mouse traps instead. I felt at least I could save a life and let this mouse go back the great mouse in the sky on his own terms. So I Googled it up and looked for some humane traps. These popped up. I'm not sure whether or not because they're a great product or Mice Cube just has a REALLY good SEO manager. Either way, it lead me to here on Amazon. So I ordered a pack hoping to see how the magic all worked. Heck, I just wanted it to work. Because if it didn't I would have had to resort to the death traps and/or call in a professional like Little Bunny Foo Foo (luckily, he was still running in the forest bopping field mice on the head and not reachable by cellphone).Once my package of Mice Cubes arrived I eagerly opened them up and bought some cookies as bait. Why cookies you might ask? Well, I feel like cheese and peanut butter is cliche. You can't tell me that mice haven't associated cheese and peanut butter with death yet? So I went with the cookie. For a couple reasons ... 1) If this is a humane trap, I might as well treat them humanely and 2) Haven't you ever read, "If you give a mouse a cookie"? ... mice love cookies! Sound reasoning enough, right?Once I baited the traps it took us no longer than a day to trap the first mouse. I'm not sure how long he was in there, but once I got the trap he was soaked (probably in his own urine) and the cookie was nowhere to be found. He was a nervous wreck so I rushed him outside and away from our building where I held a little ceremony for him and practically told him to join his brothers and sisters in the wilderness and to enjoy freedom. I might have cried. Not so much from the ceremony, but that I got mouse urine on me as I tried to open the trap to set him free.I ended up freaking out and ran back inside where I proceeded to scrub my hands with scalding hot water and soap. I then spent about a half hour on Google trying to see if I could get a disease from exposure to mouse urine. Luckily, I am fine and since this incident nearly two months ago I can say that I am of good health.So do I recommend getting this product? Well, sure. Especially if you are a lover of animals and hate to see them die. I do recommend that you don't get mouse urine on you. That could ruin your whole experience and just put a damper in the feeling that you just saved one of God's small creatures.