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Isn't the only difference that you see what happens to the mouse? Spring traps are less effective, but that's only because we don't know how many of them die of infection after running around with half a leg missing for a few weeks.

I lived in a very old house growing up and we always had lots of mice. I found the spring traps were either all or nothing. You either had a whole mouse or they somehow set it off without leaving behind a trace (except they often return to get the peanut butter off the unset trap).

I prefer my cats, which are more cruel than any of the mouse trap styles sold here.

Don't mice just avoid houses with cat smell? I used to have cats and I don't remember them catching any mice, we just didn't have them anymore.

Yes, which makes them very effective! Squirrels on the other hand...

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