Hell I was squeemish about eating my chicken eggs at first too. When we first started getting eggs I told my fiance to eat the eggs. I wanted to see if he would get sick. Nothing happened. Then we started making scrambled eggs with half fresh half store eggs. FINALLY I got to the point where I wolf them down. LOL oldpea I was being facetious but really I think that if I saw my chicken eating a mouse it might gross me out too although come to think of it that was on my list of "pros" to raising chickens. Catching and eating chickens and snakes.

We've at times left the back door ajar with the same results. Once my grey tabby brought his live mouse (his prey is almost always very much alive) upstairs and to my bed. If we had a cat flap, I'd probably have a house full of mice and the occasional baby rabbit. Probably cicadas too.

Is it a laptop or a desktop computer? If it is a laptop and you have not disabled the touchpad, it can cause the cursor to move around if one of your hands brushes the pad.

I should clarify, no I don't dump them in there to drown them, I use the bucket to keep them contained and accessible, take a 2x2 or something and one quick WHACK does them in. If I just put them in the pail, they could climb up and out before killed. And sometimes if I'm not checking it for a while I put poison in there so they'll die quickly. Why not use snap traps? Simple, this will take care of 10-15 and a snap trap only one. Easily reset and reused and no bait required. Frankly though, snap traps don't require bait either. But no, I refuse to spread out 15-30 snap traps. Also I have used this ouside against the foundation of the house. Sadly, people still let their dogs and cats run free. I don't think it's humane to let a dog or cat get caught in a snap trap, do you? Plus the possibility of a kid, or for that matter a door-to-door seller stepping on it, I don't think they're that practical. I also feel this is far more humane than putting out glue boards to let them die of dehydration. Plus, I don't think I'd want to be cleaning out snap traps and reusing so I'd have to be buying a gross of them. No, I don't think so. I'll use the wind up. As far as the MIL's friend who used to shoot them, I take it you prefer leghold tooth traps so they break their legs and try to chew off their leg to get out of it? Do you really think THAT is better than a shot? It sounds mean, but shooting it is far superior the the alternative IMHO. Also, in the country, rodents are part of a food chain. Eagles, hawks, owls, fox, etc, that "country folk" taut, use them as a food source. Keeping them in town, or for that matter moving them to town (I just pictured the "Beverly Mousebillys packed up and moving) won't bring the country owls into town. Never seen it happen anyway. I will say this however. I do like mice much better, and think they need far more humane treatment (and a quick kill) than do spammers and telemarketers!! Now THERE'S a good use for the glue boards!