Categories: Parenting

A Mother and Animal Lover’s Review of the Mice Cube Humane Mouse Trap by Pied Piper International

A few days ago I was going about my normal motherly duties; putting washed dishes and silverware away. As I was about to place some clean forks in the drawer I noticed something in the drawer. The something was rodent droppings. I further investigated and found half eaten food left behind by our furry friend. I then looked in the cupboard below and sure enough more evidence of the wee invader, chewed up packets of hot chocolate mix.

I am not afraid of mice but they are dirty and I really do not like sharing my hot chocolate with them. I wanted to take care of the problem but that left me with another issue. The issue was two fold. First off I do not like harming or killing cute furry animals even if they are eating my warehouse club box of cocoa mix. The second part of this issue was that we had recently lost one of our five hamsters due to a careless child, I did not want to risk injuring or killing our family pet if it happened to be the culprit. But what should I do? Most traps would either injure or kill the animal and poison was out of the question. Of course safety was another issue to consider. I have four children, one of which is a curious three year old. I would not risk my children’s health or safety to keep our supply of hot drink mix safe! So what is an animal lover and mother to do?

The answer to my question came to me yesterday while browsing the cleaning and household products at Wal-Mart. There sitting on the shelf with the other rodent traps, poisons, and pesticides was a product called Mice Cube by Pied Piper International. The box of Mice Cube promises that the trap is safe, clean, silent, re-usable, humane, and easy to use. The box also states the product will not harm children or pets. These things alone would have sold me but the next bit of good news sealed the deal, the price tag was under two dollars.

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When I got home I removed the trap from it’s packaging. The trap is a translucent gray rectangle with a trap door that works by gravity. The door has small holes to allow the animal to receive air when it is in the trap. The instructions tell you to place a cracker with a thin layer of peanut butter inside the trap. It also suggests rubbing a bit of peanut butter on the trap door and wiping it off so that the scent would remain on the trap. I used some cereal and peanut butter in the trap. I then placed the trap inside the cupboard where our little visitor had been coming to eat. I had previously removed all other food sources from the cupboard so if the little creature wanted to eat it was going to need to visit the Mice Cube. The Mice Cube instructions recommend that you check the trap at least twice a day so that the animal will not expire in the Mice Cube. I placed my trap in the cupboard at around three o’clock in the afternoon. On a whim before bed at eleven o’clock at night I peeked in the cupboard not expecting to see anything. Low and Behold there was movement inside the Mice Cube. We had caught a mouse in record time. Amazed we left the Mice Cube and it’s adorable occupant in the cupboard for the night.

In the morning I released the mouse according to the easy instructions on the box. All you do is turn the mice Cube over and the door will open again using only gravity and the animal can freely exit the trap safe and unharmed. My children were a little bummed that we could not keep the mouse as a pet but I was just happy that we were able to catch it and release it back into the wild. For now Our hot chocolate is safe and I will set up the reusable Mice Cube trap just in case our mouse has friends or decides to return to our home.