Comments on: Non-lethal mousetraps by Roger Arquer

By: HO

HO — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 05:25:51 +0000

These are just excellent! I really like the light bulb one, fantastic!

By: fatteeth

fatteeth — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 11:20:55 +0000

I have seen the glass one being sold by Thorsten Van Elten ! Great! Well done.

By: Flubberboy

Flubberboy — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 06:59:10 +0000

None of those work.

Glass: is too small. The mouse is fast enough. When it falls down, the mouse still can get half way under the glass, and eventually will escape.

Light bulb: the edge can be reached by the mouse. She will grab it and the bulb will tilt down. Mouse gets away.

Bottle: the Mouse won’t go in.

Mouse in planting pot: She will be able the grab the spring and not fall. Even if she falls, she can jump out. Mice can jump very high.

By: shelliedrez

shelliedrez — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:04:09 +0000

I have 13 cats but for some reason i have a mouse problem now.never had problems til recently.strange.the more cats and more snacks i stock up on the more likely of having a mouse?i hate seeing any animal suffer but an insect,who cares if its ugly.ha ha.i like your ideas.i will try the one with a small jar first.i ave tacosauce jars.how do you get a lightbulb unscrewed witut using a glasscutter and cuting yourself?

By: Juaz

Juaz — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:26:20 +0000

Jaja, the best way is shotting in the head with a bb5 shootgun blowing the brain in the wall

By: w

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 12:18:10 +0000

These designs didnt work – Roger ended up calling exterminator instead.

So theoretically clever but completely useless design in reality.

By: Captain Obvious

Captain Obvious — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:22:56 +0000

I think we have efficiently made three points:
1) It is a girbil, not a mouse.
2) Mice can jump.
3) Point two causes a problem with “Planting Pot” and “Light Bulb”.
I do not feel it is neccessary to recall these points to the artist once every three comments. In addition to this, the description clearly labels these as conceptual mousetraps. I’m not sure if those who have commented in the past didn’t know how to read, were too lazy to read, or if the fact is simply that the only life they have is mocking others. (cough, cough anchorena cough)
Also, a note to Bernat Ferrer, the spring used in “Bottle” could easily be fitted with a blunt edge on the inside and still serve its purpose while still preserving the safety of the mouse. As to the mouse (girbil)’s face… I see no more rage here than in any of the other pictures…

All that aside, lovely work. I personally think “Bottle” is the best of them, it is so simple in design and the principle can be applied so many different ways.

By: gerbil

gerbil — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:35:42 +0000

This is gerbil, not mouse. http://gerbile.pl

By: NRN_R_Sumo1

NRN_R_Sumo1 — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:54:53 +0000

the lightbulb is quite clever, but the othertraps aside from the pint can all be easily avoided with a mouse cleverer than that gerbil. ;D

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:33:29 +0000

The following might work – a narrow tube with one end covered with transparent plastic sealed with tape, with weights on the outside of this end. The middle of this tube is placed on a hinge. The mouse runs into the end of the roll, looking for food – it’s weight tips the roll into a vertical position.

I just caught a mouse using the hollow tube part, so extending this might work.