Build A Better Mousetrap

I used a home-made mousetrap. All you need is a thick-edged bowl, a nut, a toothpick and a piece of ham. You stick the toothpick inside the nut (there are 2 tiny holes in the nut, stick the toothpick in one of those) firmly enough for the mouse not to pull it. In the other end of the toothpick you stick the little piece of ham (also stucked firmly). Now, you put the nut-toothpick-ham system on the floor in the room with the mouse, over a piece of carton or plywood and you place the bowl upside-down with an edge placed on the nut. The toothpick wold obviously face the inside of the bowl. When the mouse will try to take the piece of ham, he will move the nut and the bowl will fal over the mouse, trapping it. It's a certified method, my mother used it a lot. Good luck!

We're in the city, so we haven't had a mouse problem. I'm glad about that because I'd have a hard time killing them -- when I see a spider in the house, I get it to walk on a piece of paper and release it outside. My husband deals with spiders in an entirely different way...