Urgent help needed in catching a mouse

[Eve]

I've just had a gift from one of the catfinks of a mouse.

She brought it in live but seems to have issues with live things, it seems to freak her out. She took it up to the spare room and sat it on the pillow on the bed and they just looked at each other for a while before little mouse made a bid for freedom bless it.

Managed to get the cats out and shut the door but the mouse is hiding behind the bed.

Any tips for getting mousey safely out of the house without any risk of me getting bitten or scratched very very gratefully received!

[LoftyLottie]

Boxtops, we had a cat who regularly brought in the frogs from next doors pond and they always ended up in the water bowl! He brought a budgie in once though! :o(

[wolf63]

My cats are indoor felines - I am so envious of all the 'gifts' that all of you are receiving from your furr-balls.... not!

[B00]

Jenna, any updates?

[Eve]

Figured I'd give the little fella time to get hungry so went out and got a humane trap today and have set it up in the spare room with a bit of chocolate coated malted milk inside...and now we wait lol :)

[rowanwitch]

The joys of cat ownership, madame tinkerbell brought me a baby rat this afternoon, stone dead not a mark on it and still warm.... She was well pee'd off with me when I picked it up and put it in the dustbin.... I suppose it was a bit bad mannered seeing it was a gift,,,,,

Good luck with mousy.... I'm a bit worried what mine will bring in next as she is currently stalking a woodpigeon

[askyourgran]

Pmsl at this thread. BOO love your dog.

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[Eve]

Just checked and the poor little thing was sitting on the floor and let me pop him in a box. Think his feet have been damaged and he doesn't seem like a very well little chappy at all so put him some biscuit and water in the box and left him in the shade to see if he recovers enough to be released. Doesn't look good :(

[boxtops]

Aaah - at least you have him Jenna (make sure there's a lid on the box!). He's probably dehydrated and very scared, to say the least. He may have been injured in the chase or in trying to escape, but at least you have done your best by him.
If I rescue any mammals whilst still alive, I try to put them in a quiet part of the garden while the furry ones are dozing indoors - at least then the mice etc have a chance either to make an escape, or if they are too far gone, at least to pass away outdoors in their own enviroment.

[wolf63]

.... tomorrow morning they will bring the corpse back in to you as a small gift.

[stonekicker]

rowan - i've had mice, frogs, rats, a gerbil (that was weird...), a huge dragonfly, pigeons, a rook (which she kindly let go in my bedroom!), slow worms, biiiiig spiders and half-eaten centipedes. my puss will have a go at anything and loves nothing more than bringing them (still alive) to show mummy. the last one was a mouse with her back legs chewed and she was just sat there looking at it struggle. i didn't quite know what to do with that one and felt so cruel putting it outside, but i just couldn't bring myself to put it out of its misery. cats are such complex creatures and create absolute chaos in my house when she brings in her pressies - and its always me that has to clean up! x

[samuelcat]

cant you just put the cat back in the room and shut the door. It is in thier job description.

[stonekicker]

no! it makes you feel reaaly mean. especially when it's a sweet little mousie x

[samuelcat]

a sweet little mouse that will make a nest,chew up your fabric,crap all over , nibble wiring and probably set fire to the house. Put the cat in.

[Eve]

No, it's not like cats will just kill outright, they would try and play with it and that is just way too cruel and I couldn't see the little fella suffer anymore that it has.

If he's doing better later I might wait until I've got the cats shut in when it's dark and take him up the road a bit and let him go in a big open grassy bit somewhere he can hide himself away.

[askyourgran]

I have to agree with samuelcat they wee all the time get into everything, eat everything and poo all over too, I wouldn't hurt one but I'd hate one in the house. Let it out now.

[Eve]

Sad news, went up to see how it was doing as was going to pop him outside and he has curled up and not made it :(

Probably for the best as looked like his legs had been damaged from where the cat got him so he wouldn't have survived long outside.

You can but try and better than him getting mauled by the cats.