Gluetraps Best and Worst When Used for Rat Pest Control

Aug 11
12:15

2013

Ma. Theresa Galan

Ma. Theresa Galan

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Mouse glue traps are often also referred to as sticky mouse traps, sticky boards, mouse glue boards and mouse glue pads. They do provide a highly effective method of rodent control but should only be used as a last resort. Many people are unaware of the cruelty involved in using glue traps. In fact, glue traps are one of the cruelest methods of killing animals used today.

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Mouse glue traps or mouse sticky traps are ideal for use in food premises,Gluetraps Best and Worst When Used for Rat Pest Control Articles such as processing factories, bakeries, restaurants, takeaways, and even difficult residential situations where either mouse poison may be impractical, or where an alternative food source is hampering control.There are many types of glue traps for mice available on the market - they vary slightly in price, but massively in terms of quality and effectiveness.

Mice and rats who are the main targets of these traps, are clever and social and are every bit as capable of experiencing pain as the dogs and cats many people share their homes with. 

Take a look at the following list to learn more:

1. Glue traps cause slow, agonizing deaths.Glue-trap manufacturers generally direct consumers to throw away animals along with the trap, leaving the animals to suffer for days until they finally die of stress, exposure, or dehydration—all cruel deaths. Some animals get their noses and mouths or beaks stuck in the glue and suffocate, which can take hours.2. Many animals free themselves but lose, skin, fur, and even limbs in the process.Glue traps rip patches of skin, fur, and feathers off the animals' bodies as they struggle desperately to escape, and many animals even chew off their own legs trying to free themselves. 3. Glue traps are indiscriminate.They're not harmful just to mice—they also capture birds, squirrels, chipmunks, snakes, gerbils, kittens, and other small animals. PETA fields calls on a regular basis from distraught individuals who have discovered small "nontarget" animals hopelessly trapped on these sticky boards.4. Glue traps are dangerous to human health.Glue traps are filthy—in fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Health Canada caution against their use! Animals who are trapped on these devices void their bowels, potentially exposing anyone who handles the traps to hantavirus. In one case, a hospital that used glue traps did not check them, and the dead mice who were stuck on the traps became hosts for a fly population that caused illness among the hospital's patients.

5. Traps are not a long-term solution to rodent population control.When animals are removed from their habitat, others will move in to occupy the newly vacant niche. The temporary spike in the food supply will cause remaining animals to breed at an accelerated rate. The only long-term way to pest control of rodent populations is to modify the habitat so that the area becomes unattractive or inaccessible to the animals. 

Glue traps work by capturing a mouse after it steps onto a sticky board or tray.

Pros and Cons of Using This Trap

Pros. Glue traps are inexpensive, as are snap traps and live traps, and usually don't require you to add bait. Children and pets can't get injured by accidentally coming in contact with glue traps, as they can with snap traps. Also, children can't get sick because these traps don't contain any pesticides or other dangerous chemicals.

Cons. Glue traps are widely criticized as inhumane because they cause a slow death to a captured mouse. Also, as mice try to become unstuck, they'll likely hurt themselves. They can also lose their potency if they get dusty.

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