Living in a rural area, as I do, field mice and on occasion rats, can be a problem. I had always used a combination of poison and snap traps, baited with chocolate or peanut butter, successfully. However, My Lady, being a sensitive thing, did not like the thought of using lethal type traps and suggested I used more humane ones. To satisfy her concerns I made three small box traps. These work fine and I was able to show her that the captives had not suffered at all. That was before I dropped the traps into a tub of water. Pete.