This thread was very educational. I love the 5 gal. pail with seeds in it idea for catching mice, but I also believe that once released near the property they will be back, so I would have to be inhumane and go with the snap traps if I every saw any mice in my house. I have two cats, but they have never seen a mouse, so I don't think they would even know that they are supposed to hunt it down for me.