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DIY Humane Mouse Trap: Catch Mice Alive with Peanut Butter and Spoons

DIY Humane Mouse Trap: Catch Mice Alive with Peanut Butter and Spoons

Dealing with mice in your home can be frustrating and unpleasant. Professional pest control services are expensive and often fail to treat the full environment.

Fortunately, you don't have to resort to killing them. This simple DIY humane mouse trap uses everyday items like peanut butter to catch mice alive and unharmed.

As home pest management enthusiasts with years of testing practical solutions, we've found this method reliable and effective.

Here's how to build it:

DIY Humane Mouse Trap: Catch Mice Alive with Peanut Butter and Spoons

Contents
  • How to
  • Result

How to

1. Take two spoons.

2. Put a dab of peanut butter on the end of one spoon.

3. Balance the spoons on the edge of a piece of furniture.

4. Place a plastic bin underneath.

Result

And there you have it! The mouse is safely trapped.

Simple, practical, and effective!

The mouse, drawn to the peanut butter, climbs onto the spoon. It tips over, dropping the mouse into the bin below. Easy as that!

In the morning, simply carry the bin outside and release the mouse far from your home.