It’s a cute - really is - field mouse that came in this past summer (I think as that is the only time I keep windows open) and it’s been roaming around the apartment.
It disappears for a few days at a time - perhaps visiting other units? Not sure. When I see it and it sees me seeing it, it zooms back under the cabinets. Am keeping my food well out of reach and the kitchen spotless so it’s got no reason to stick around.
What’s the comms ideas for the best, safest trap to catch and release - preferable something I can make with household items.
Much thanks to anyone with ideas!
Edited to add: Addndum, Jan 10th, 2026… I set out a bucket trap and the tan egg never re-apeared.
So either it got back out, died or on one of its other visits to a different part of the building, it fell into a trap.
Dunno. Haven’t seen it in weeks.
When we had mice in my parents house back when I was a kid, they bought a cheap (but big) hamster cage and kept them for a while until they died of whatever happens to a stressed out mouse that suddenly lives in a plastic see through cage.
I like to think it was better than straight up killing it, and definitely better than releasing it in someone else’s yard.
I would have tried that, but even during the brief time they were in the enclosure, it was a pain in the ass to clean it without them trying to escape. Over a year or two of life, I can’t imagine the hassles of that