We had field mice in our walls a couple years ago. There were little mouse house doors chewed in the dry wall. My dad cornered the first mousie near the bathroom door and tried to throw the bathmat over it… but instead, he kinda shoved the mousie into the door with the mat. The little bugger was DOA. Ewww. The second mouse wedged himself in a corner underneath our TV stand. We flushed him out with a yardstick, and then ushered him towards the open patio door.
Killed one, spared one. It would have been bad juju to kill them both. 
Wally could have helped.
I agree with Initial Entry. I oppose the death penalty and prefer life in a glass cage without parole.
I wouldn’t be able to kill it either.
Yep , but you’d have to clean the ceiling 
I’d go with the putting far from your house option . Go to your door and throw the little bastard as far as you can .
P.S. The head on the stake is one of the funniest things I read in a long time .
Send the mouse into space.
Find a milk bottle.put the mouse into a capsule the with of the neck of the bottle. Fill the bottle with hairspray, and plug it with the mouse filled capsule. light a fire. place the bottle into the fire with the neck pointing skyward at an angle. run away.
(this is a joke. do not try this. It probably wouldnt even work. just kill the mouse humanely.)
I saw this program on TV last night about some weird English aristocratic guy. He had a castle full of medieval armory and weapons. His passion were Huge Medieval Catapults.
And he built one himself, in his 25 square km. yard. Twenty meters high! You know what they tossed with it? An Austin Metro!! Damn thing flew over 70 meters
Call PETA. Tell them you are going to do the pencil-in-the-neck thing if they don’t come pick it up.
Coldfire your talking about a Trebuchet . The Virtual Trebuchet .
I have to HIGHLY encourage the release (at a distance) plan myself. You might also contact some local animal shelters or pet stores. You might also want to contact the Rat & Mouse Club of America or American Fancy Rat & Mouse Association for help and suggestions; they have information about rescues/adoptions.
If you do think that killing him/her is necessary, then for goodness sake take him/her to an expert for the dismall deed (the humane society, animal control or a vet)–cruelty need not be a part of his/her death as well.
General Note: Glue and snap traps are exceedingly cruel (and result in slow, lingering deaths), I would encourage everyone to use humane traps and if death is the only option, please opt for painless euthanasia.
Also, once you’re sure there are no others lurking, you should consider steps to preventing re-entry to spare yourself making this grisly decision again. Look for their way in and repair/close it off. Look for food boxes or bags that may be tempting them into the property and double-bag them, etc. to eliminate the food temptation.
PETA does, as a matter of fact, have a factsheet on dealing with or preventing unwelcome wildlife in the home. Visit Living in Harmony With Nature.
aww, Peta Tzu, that’s no fun.
I say it boils down to a simple choice.
microwave or garbage disposal?
Flip a coin.
*please apply Tymp’s disclaimer to my post if you feel yourself getting huffy.
If you decide to keep it I suggest the names
Squeeks
Mr. Jingles
Ratface
King Mouse
Mickey
Bubba (personal favorite)
We’ve been doing the catch-and-release program.
Our first mouse appeared several months ago, after our landlord had new windows put in and the workers (by some unfathomable means) managed to dislodge the steel wool the former tenants had put around a hole near the radiator. Our younger cat couldn’t figure out what the hell we meant by, “There’s a mouse, Jack, get it!” Eventually he got it and I found it in the bathtub dead. Mice 2-5 were caught by our now up-to-speed cat, but he just played with them and my husband caught them in humane traps and took them to a park and let them go. I felt kind of bad because they were small and cute and the rats that live in the park are huge and ugly, but hey–we gave them a chance. Our last mouse was found several weeks ago, apparently killed while we were away for the weekend. Jack’s very efficient, but he won’t eat them; he just plays with them until they’re either taken away or stop moving.
I vote for taking it for a walk and letting it go.
You gotta kill it. No other choice.
NEXT time get one of those humane live traps so you can catch it wihout hurting it. Then just drop the whole trap into a bucket of water. Later you can just flush the mouse (keep the trap).
I hear that “pulling an Ozzy” and biting its head off would not only end its life, but entertain young and old alike in your neighborhood.
Burial at sea; give the little beggar a terminal swirlie.