to get rid of about 6 mice from my house. Took them about 5 miles away to where I work and released them in the park (Think it needs to be a fair distance for them not to come back). Most of them seemed to be wood mice that had come into our house for warmth and an abundance of crumbs, but one was a house mouse and that bastard was tough to catch. Made light of the trap a few times, gnawed its way out of a recycling box that I'd put it in. So when I caught it the final time I stuck it in an old saucepan and gaffer taped the lid on.
Basically the trap worked fine for most of the mice but one of them was able to get out once it'd got stuck.
If you're going down the humane route, I used this: http://www.toolstation.com/shop/p60863?utm_source=googleshopping&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=googleshoppingfeed&mkwid=sDVGkgMv7_dc&pcrid=46335775343&pkw=&pmt=&gclid=CjwKEAiA2ve0BRDCgqDtmYXlyjkSJACE
to get rid of about 6 mice from my house. Took them about 5 miles away to where I work and released them in the park (Think it needs to be a fair distance for them not to come back). Most of them seemed to be wood mice that had come into our house for warmth and an abundance of crumbs, but one was a house mouse and that bastard was tough to catch. Made light of the trap a few times, gnawed its way out of a recycling box that I'd put it in. So when I caught it the final time I stuck it in an old saucepan and gaffer taped the lid on.
Basically the trap worked fine for most of the mice but one of them was able to get out once it'd got stuck.