Current Events > Glue traps are a cruel and inhumane method of dealing with rats

(+) Yeah! (+)

there are better alternatives
hell even a classic mouse trap is better than a glue trap cause at least the mouses suffering is over quickly that way

but there are plenty of humane catch and release style traps to use
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Here we go again.
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Yeah, but they work tho
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Release? So it can come back?

We put the garbage bag on the ground for an hour and when we looked, it had a big hole in it and pieces on the ground.

I want to get RID of the rat.
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I rarely see snapping traps work, left out for weeks without a single mouse. Glue traps are much more effective if you want to actually get rid of the problem.

I find them hilarious, not too long ago I had a real fighter caught in the glue. The rodent went above and beyond for its freedom by chewing off its own arm to escape. However, I was lucky enough to be there right in time before it got away and tossed it in the trash.
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Dude, rat trapping videos are fine. Even these vids of the mink man using his mink and dogs to hunt rats and muskrats are fine. When it comes to people using rats to feed their predatory animals locked in a cage with 0 chance for survival is the problem. It's a vore fetish and some creeps love that shit and want to see more animals killed and eaten.

There's some reptile channel out there that does that sick shit, like literally has a momma rabbit and her babies, the lizard or whatever eats the babies first and then the mom, all made for YouTube. If you so happen to have a mouse problem and want to document you getting rid of it for online, no problem. I saw the last topic before it was removed, not a bad video, just glue traps on like a dozen mice. If he would of set it on fire there'd be a problem.
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I agree.
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Thank you for remaking this topic so we can keep tagging the potential serial killers.
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Fuck catch and release. That bastard comes in my house he dead
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NOM posted...

Yeah, but they work tho

They don't work that well.
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Poison is the only thing that has worked for me. I've never had a single glue or snap trap catch anything in my life.
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yusiko posted...

suffering is over quickly

What kind of loser wants that?
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Snap the neck and watch the death twitch.
The classic trap.
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We had a brush fire near my apartment a few years back and it drove field mice into the walls of the apartment building. I had good success with these bad boys: https://tinyurl.com/y2y5a3jy

Within about 4 days the problem was gone. Kills instantly. Shit was snapping all day and night. I think I pulled out 6-8 mice.
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Rats are disgusting, vile creatures and I don't care how inhumane it is to use glue traps on them.
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I don't really care about the mice but they do seem shitty at what they do.
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Superlinkbro posted...

NOM posted...

Yeah, but they work tho

They don't work that well.

I got about 10 rats with glue traps at my old house in Thailand.
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Nintendo415 posted...

I find them hilarious, not too long ago I had a real fighter caught in the glue. The rodent went above and beyond for its freedom by chewing off its own arm to escape. However, I was lucky enough to be there right in time before it got away and tossed it in the trash.

You didn't kill it before throwing it away?

brestugo posted...

We had a brush fire near my apartment a few years back and it drove field mice into the walls of the apartment building. I had good success with these bad boys: https://tinyurl.com/y2y5a3jy

Within about 4 days the problem was gone. Kills instantly. Shit was snapping all day and night. I think I pulled out 6-8 mice.

The reviews don't paint a good picture of that, though.
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Well TC I'm glad Earth has made you the moral compass on what's acceptable for killing rats
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MuayThai85 posted...

Rats are disgusting, vile creatures and I don't care how inhumane it is to use glue traps on them.

Lmao this coming from you. Can you actually not shit post?
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NOM posted...

Yeah, but they work tho

Yep.

I just try to finish em off asap if it's one I chased into the trap. Otherwise, it sucks but it's the most reliable method and they can't stay here so...
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Solar_Crimson posted...

Nintendo415 posted...

I find them hilarious, not too long ago I had a real fighter caught in the glue. The rodent went above and beyond for its freedom by chewing off its own arm to escape. However, I was lucky enough to be there right in time before it got away and tossed it in the trash.

You didn't kill it before throwing it away?

brestugo posted...

We had a brush fire near my apartment a few years back and it drove field mice into the walls of the apartment building. I had good success with these bad boys: https://tinyurl.com/y2y5a3jy

Within about 4 days the problem was gone. Kills instantly. Shit was snapping all day and night. I think I pulled out 6-8 mice.

The reviews don't paint a good picture of that, though.

Well it worked for me. Just a little peanut butter did the trick.

EDIT: They sell bigger sizes than those pictured. I think I got the medium because I didn't know what I was dealing with.
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The glue trap only makes them suffer long enough for me to smash them with a brick
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I think I'll go for effectiveness over trying to treat a rodent like a human. When I was a kid we had some mice in the new house we built right after we moved in. We laid out the classic traps and the bait would always be gone but the mouse would never trigger the trap. Switched to glue traps and they got the job done. I don't have a mice/rat problem now but if I did, I'm getting the glue.
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Fuck the rats.
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REMercsChamp posted...

Well TC I'm glad Earth has made you the moral compass on what's acceptable for killing rats

common sense made me the moral compass
if you have a rat problem there are plenty of less torturous methods of getting rid of them even quicker methods of killing them are acceptable

glue traps just make the animal suffer and should not be used
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yusiko posted...

REMercsChamp posted...

Well TC I'm glad Earth has made you the moral compass on what's acceptable for killing rats

common sense made me the moral compass
if you have a rat problem there are plenty of less torturous methods of getting rid of them even quicker methods of killing them are acceptable

glue traps just make the animal suffer and should not be used

Show us the studies or statistics that back up your claims
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thanosibe posted...

MuayThai85 posted...

Rats are disgusting, vile creatures and I don't care how inhumane it is to use glue traps on them.

Lmao this coming from you. Can you actually not shit post?

Name one positive thing about rats. You can't. They are disease carrying vermin and should be wiped out.
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The sociopaths always come out in these topics.
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MuayThai85 posted...

thanosibe posted...

MuayThai85 posted...

Rats are disgusting, vile creatures and I don't care how inhumane it is to use glue traps on them.

Lmao this coming from you. Can you actually not shit post?

Name one positive thing about rats. You can't. They are disease carrying vermin and should be wiped out.

I could ask you the same about any of your posts but we all know youll feign ignorance.
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hockeybub89 posted...

The sociopaths always come out in these topics.

Says a literal anti vaxxer
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MuayThai85 posted...

thanosibe posted...

MuayThai85 posted...

Rats are disgusting, vile creatures and I don't care how inhumane it is to use glue traps on them.

Lmao this coming from you. Can you actually not shit post?

Name one positive thing about rats. You can't. They are disease carrying vermin and should be wiped out.

Rats are basically our oldest ancestor.
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The bubonic plague killed more people than Nazis.
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Irony posted...

The sociopaths always come out in these topics.

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Why glue em when you can fry em?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I6pEtodKeM" data-time="
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Professional pest control technician here.

There are other ways of dealing with rats besides glueboards, but there's no one "best way".

Rodenticides work fantastic, kill the animals without too much gruesome suffering (most modern rodenticides are bloodthinners which tends to result in fatal doses after about 4 days of eating it), however it also comes with the added risk of secondary poisoning to birds of prey if they eat multiple rodents with the active ingredient in their system.

Catch and re-release is incredibly pointless for the most part since rats and mice have large territories that can encompass miles, so you'd need to drive them somewhere like 20 minutes away to be effective, and at that point you're taking a communal animal that depends on nest mates/family to thrive and dropping it off in an unknown environment with no companions where it'll most likely be killed by competition, so is that really humane?

Snap/insta-kill traps are ineffective for large populations because the smartest/most cautious rodents will avoid them, however they are definitely the most humane.

So yeah, it's tricky. TBQH glueboards aren't even that effective for rodents because rats and mice are too wily for them to work all the time. We use glueboards for crickets most of the time. The few times we catch mice in glueboards, I do euthanize them since it is a pretty gruesome way to die. (One time I found a dead baby snake caught inside of a customer's house :( I felt really awful when I saw that.)
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LepartialJury posted...

I just think its hilarious these same people being so flippant are the same ones who go into conniptions and pulling out the same arguments theyre scoffing at when the subject is about eating dogs.

There is a very clear and obvious difference between dogs and rats. One is helpful to humans, one isn't. One has killed millions of people, the other hasn't.

Dogs weren't bread for food, they are companion/working animals. Rats are neither of those (except to the odd weirdo who keeps one as a pet).
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Bucket traps are a vastly more effective hands-off option.

LepartialJury posted...

I just think its hilarious these same people being so flippant are the same ones who go into conniptions and pulling out the same arguments theyre scoffing at when the subject is about eating dogs.

Yeah see that's not a great comparison because dogs have only ever been raised as a companion to mankind. They evolved alongside us as a member of the family, not a food source, so farming them for slaughter now is kind of going against nature.

Like, if we're being honest, using dogs for meat is like a step or two away from raising human babies to eat lol.
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jeffhardyb0yz posted...

Inhumane? Good thing I'm not killing humans

"Inhumane" isn't just in regards to humans.

From Merriam-Webster, inhumane is defined as "not humane."

Humane is defined as "marked by compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans or animals."

I mean... you have heard of The Humane Society, right? The well-known animal rescue and protection organization?

0AbsoluteZero0 posted...

Why glue em when you can fry em?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I6pEtodKeM" data-time="

Holy fucking shit
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_Rinku_ posted...

I mean... you have heard of The Humane Society, right? The well-known animal rescue and protection organization?

Off-topic but the Humane Society doesn't actually do much to protect/rescue animals, and is pretty damn shady. Most of its funding goes toward executive salaries and political propaganda. They actually lost their status as a charity organization a few years ago.

Some light reading if you're interesting: https://www.humanewatch.org/10-things-you-should-know-about-hsus/
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LostForest posted...

Most of its funding goes toward executive salaries and political propaganda.

That's pretty much everything ever, though.

LostForest posted...

_Rinku_ posted...

I mean... you have heard of The Humane Society, right? The well-known animal rescue and protection organization?

Off-topic but the Humane Society doesn't actually do much to protect/rescue animals, and is pretty damn shady. Most of its funding goes toward executive salaries and political propaganda. They actually lost their status as a charity organization a few years ago.

Some light reading if you're interesting: https://www.humanewatch.org/10-things-you-should-know-about-hsus/

I'll give it a read when I'm not half under the fog of my allergy meds kicking in. I can't imagine they're worse than PETA though.

when you live the life of a rat, you're bound to find yourself in sticky situations.

that's why we try to discourage tattletellers while they're young.
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Bullet to the head