A Mother and Animal Lover's Review of the Mice Cube Humane Mouse Trap by Pied Piper International
Is This Really "The Only Mousetrap You'll Ever Use" as the Product Packaging States?
I am not afraid of mice but they are dirty and I really do not like sharing my hot chocolate with them. I wanted to take care of the problem but that left me with another issue. The issue was two fold. First off I do not like harming or killing cute furry animals even if they are eating my warehouse club box of cocoa mix. The second part of this issue was that we had recently lost one of our five hamsters due to a careless child, I did not want to risk injuring or killing our family pet if it happened to be the culprit. But what should I do? Most traps would either injure or kill the animal and poison was out of the question. Of course safety was another issue to consider. I have four children, one of which is a curious three year old. I would not risk my children's health or safety to keep our supply of hot drink mix safe! So what is an animal lover and mother to do?
The answer to my question came to me yesterday while browsing the cleaning and household products at Wal-Mart. There sitting on the shelf with the other rodent traps, poisons, and pesticides was a product called Mice Cube by Pied Piper International. The box of Mice Cube promises that the trap is safe, clean, silent, re-usable, humane, and easy to use. The box also states the product will not harm children or pets. These things alone would have sold me but the next bit of good news sealed the deal, the price tag was under two dollars.
When I got home I removed the trap from it's packaging. The trap is a translucent gray rectangle with a trap door that works by gravity. The door has small holes to allow the animal to receive air when it is in the trap. The instructions tell you to place a cracker with a thin layer of peanut butter inside the trap. It also suggests rubbing a bit of peanut butter on the trap door and wiping it off so that the scent would remain on the trap. I used some cereal and peanut butter in the trap. I then placed the trap inside the cupboard where our little visitor had been coming to eat. I had previously removed all other food sources from the cupboard so if the little creature wanted to eat it was going to need to visit the Mice Cube. The Mice Cube instructions recommend that you check the trap at least twice a day so that the animal will not expire in the Mice Cube. I placed my trap in the cupboard at around three o'clock in the afternoon. On a whim before bed at eleven o'clock at night I peeked in the cupboard not expecting to see anything. Low and Behold there was movement inside the Mice Cube. We had caught a mouse in record time. Amazed we left the Mice Cube and it's adorable occupant in the cupboard for the night.
In the morning I released the mouse according to the easy instructions on the box. All you do is turn the mice Cube over and the door will open again using only gravity and the animal can freely exit the trap safe and unharmed. My children were a little bummed that we could not keep the mouse as a pet but I was just happy that we were able to catch it and release it back into the wild. For now Our hot chocolate is safe and I will set up the reusable Mice Cube trap just in case our mouse has friends or decides to return to our home.
I highly recommend this product to anyone who needs a safe and humane way to rid his or her home of rodent activity. To find your own Mice Cube try visiting your local Wal-Mart or you can visit http://bargainbarn.ecrater.com/product.php?pid=358750, they sell the Mice Cube at a slightly higher price than Wal-Mart but it is worthwhile.
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21 Comments
Post a CommentThis trap is a silly toy. Mice walk right back out of it after eating whatever is inside.
For those who say this doesn't work, it works. I have caught 9 mice since last weekend. It's simple. You have to place the cubes in locations where they will not be turned over. DO NOT place them on ledges. Place them on solid surfaces with plenty of space, and place heavy bottles next to them to keep the mice from turning them over if necessary. Also, if you get peanut butter on the top of the cube or near the door, it will stick open and the mice will escape. The product is only as smart as the user. IT WORKS!
I love the mice cube! I always have trouble setting traps. the mice cube is so easy to use and you don't have to pu;; a dead mouse out of a trap, or end up with a smelly dead mouse somewhere from poisoning. great product!!!!
I tried a live catch trap by Tomcat. It didn't work. I found it chewed up and knocked on its side. Then, my girlfriend found some Mice Cubes in a draw, she thinks her mom gave them to us (we forgot about them I guess). I put a half of cracker with peanut butter on it insides and placed it inside our cabinet beneath our kitchen sink. I went out for lunch, and when I came back, I had a mouse. I let him go in the park my the river. These things work great. So simple, no fuss, doesn't harm the mouse.
I wonder if Pied Piper International makes any larger sized traps like this for larger animals. Maybe a person could catch all sorts of critters. Such a trap could even be made large enough to catch neighborhood brats, just put some video games inside.
I discovered rodent droppings on our second floor guest wing as well as our basement. With the holidays approaching, I was concerned with the disease mice carry. I couldn't bear the thought of putting out sticky traps or conventional mouse traps then I found Mice Cubes. Within 2 days of putting them around the house, we trapped a mouse on the second floor, took it about a mile away. It scampered off - it can live nicely in the woods not in my second floor guest closet!! Thank you Pied Piper International for your humane invention.
When keeping mice for a pet, I clean them first. I give them a bath in container of warm dishsoap water. Next I rinse them with warm clean water at body temperature in a container deep enough for them to swim (6 inches or so). The mice seem to learn to swim right away and tread water. I watch to make sure they don't struggle too hard or drown. I don't let them swim around too long, maybe a minute or two. They sure are glad when I pick them up now. I use rubber gloves. I wrap the wet mouse in a towelette / strong napkin to dry them and keep them warm. They don't seem to want to run while they are drying off and staying warm. Now they're as clean as your cats and dogs after they've had their bath or shower. They are also very interested at all times to see themselves in a mirror, wet or dry. Hold them up to a mirror so they can see themselves along with you holding them. A little mirror in their mouse-proof cage will amuse them too.
When picking up a mouse that you corner, wear gloves incase they bite when you pick them up. I might even try putting a mouse on a homemade leash to see how it works. They're more fun than most toys ... perhaps as much fun as a barrel of monkeys. Less poop too.
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I find that the mice I caught can make great pets as long as they can be kept from reproducing out of control and making more mice. I get the mice for free but the mouse cages cost a little bit. The food and water is free. I don't have to purchase anything else. In a cage they make a great conversation piece too. Set them up in the living room. Show them around. They're educational. Let kids and cats see them. When the cat is away, play hide and seek with the mice in a small room like a bathroom. Bathrooms and any rooms with few places for mice to hide or climb up into other spots off the floor will work great. Make sure to plug up the bottom of the door so they can't sneak out. You'll catch the mice everytime. Everytime they get another chance to run they seem to think that they are finally going to get away ... but they never have with me. When you make eye contact with them by looking down into their momentary hiding place, they run for another spot to hide.
I just found these traps at Walmart last week after catching a mouse w/ a homemade humane trap (I couldn't use the homemade trap for long periods of time b/c it involved my only garbage can). I was concerned by the fact that the door on the mouse cube didn't seem to close all the way and that the mice would escape seconds after being caught. I set up the 2 Mouse Cubes I purchased and caught another mouse tonight. I examined the cube with the mouse in there and realized he really couldn't get out until I let him out. Mr. Mouse is now sitting in an aquarium for the night until I can release him tomorrow far, far away from here. For $1.50 a trap, who could go wrong. I will be buying more so I can have one in every room.