The Vegan Thread

whats the vegan rule on finding a mouse in your flat? the smallest cutest mouse i ever saw, but a mouse nonetheless. humane traps? but where do you deposit the mouse with a clear conscience? let them be? im doing building works and at some point when i put the skirting boards back on all their ways will be blocked. one cute mouse is fine i suppose but if i see one how many are there likely to be (yes yes utfs)?? quandry. suggestions?

As far as I know, there is no humane way of getting mice out of an old house--unless you want to do a huge amount of work. The only way would be to seal all the ways into the house, which in many old houses is likely to be impossible. If you seal the visible holes in the flat, they'll find another way eventually. You may only have seen one mouse at a time, but I guarantee you that there are many more around. Even if you caught them all in humane traps, another crew of mice would be in the vacant space pretty soon. Some people try using mouse deterrents--I forget which substances people say work, but I think there are certain herbs that mice don't like. Or try to understand the mice--they basically come for food and warmth. If you don't leave any food lying about, their summer visits will be considerably reduced. And if you have mice, I think that means that you don't have rats--which is a good thing.