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What mouse traps are safe to use with a kitten around?

I've spotted a couple of mice in my apartment over the past few weeks, and I'd like to set up traps for them. The problem is, I've got a 6 month old kitten who sticks her furry little nose into every crook, cranny and cabinet she can fit into. (Irritatingly enough, she isn't the least bit intrested in killing the mice for me). Anyway, does anyone know of any sort of mouse trap that is safe to use with her around? I don't want her to get caught in a standard snap trap, and I know she'd manage to get stuck in a sticky trap. Any ideas?

I've had great success with this humane trap in my house:

http://veganstore.com/index.html?stocknumber=266

I've caught over ten mice with it so far and it can be used over and over indefinitely. My dog investigates the trap but has never "sprung it" (and even if he did, it wouldn't really hurt him). Or, you can try making the free homemade humane trap described here:

http://www.helpinganimals.com/wildlife_livingWithMice.asp

If you do live trap mice, please be sure to check the traps several times a day and release the mice promptly, approximately a mile away from your home. It is much more cruel to allow a mouse in a live trap to slowly starve to death than to kill it quickly with a snap trap. When you release the mice, do it in an area with some sheltering bushes or plants. If you are a kind person, you might also leave a little bird seed or oatmeal for them.

The absolute cruelest traps are glue traps. Mice have been known to gnaw off their own limbs and tear off their skin in an effort to escape, as they starve or dehydrate to death or suffocate in the glue. It can take three to five days for them to die. Poison isn't any better, as the mice die slowly and painfully from internal bleeding. It can take up to a week for them to die, and then they smell as they rot behind your walls.

It doesn't take much extra effort to be kind. You will feel better and so will the mice! Good luck!