How to Make a ● Simple Catch and Release Bottle Mousetrap ( that works ! )
This is one of my best and easiest homemade catch and let go or catch and release mouse traps. Easy to build, easy to bait, easy to release and best of all it's humane and there's no springs or levers to wind up or load. The mouse or vole cannot escape or chew his way out of this catch and release mouse trap. Mice are not harmed in any way during capture or release. As a matter of fact, the mouse or vole remains very calm since there is no slamming doors or snapping latches to scare them. Mice can be captured, released and let go calmly and easily without fear of getting bitten, even by the most fearful of mice person. Simple operation makes this diy homemade catch and let go vole mouse trap fun and easy to build and adjust for easy trapping and capture and best of all easy release. Just use a dab of peanut butter to bait the mouse trap. It's the best do it yourself homemade humane live release and let go vole mouse trap you'll find! A 2L bottle and a few other common items is all you'll need. I'll be building a humane squirrel trap next so you can capture and release squirrels easily too so subscribe and don't miss my upcoming diy humane squirrel trap. Thanks for watching. I also have a diy humane rat trap coming soon too!
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I made this with my kids and within a few hours we had caught the rodent. Our daughter really enjoyed releasing the mouse in to some fields away from houses. Thank you so much for your most excellent and practical video.
Thanks! They waste no time hesitating to go into this trap. They stay calm. I found it very interesting to watch when I was getting the footage. Great that you did this with your kids! Good parenting.
Sorry but i Will kill it because they Will be come Again back or they more mouses
@@voltronteamfromthe80s41 not if you take them away from your house ya dingus
@@voltronteamfromthe80s41 well, i usually release the mouses that i got into a forest area, a few miles away from my house. It works well, at least for me
mouse will come back, maybe a few 10 kilo meters away~
I love human beings like you, you don't kill little creatures or injure them. Some people splatter mice and rats and give them a painful death. They are still living creatures, we need more people like you!
Dior Williams True
Dior Williams preach and facts
Amen! Nice to see them outnumbering the other 'kill it' comments.
Would you kill a cat or dog because they kill other living beings? Nope… so mice ain’t that bad, still less anoying than insects so I might be a little less cruel to them
God bless you. Humane traps show a fine, developed human being.
Not to mention smart!!!!!
False don't speak ever
It's your choice. I can understand letting it live. But mice carry diseases. Seems more humane to just kill it rather let it spread disease to other animals.
Just kill it
I want mouse dead
I love how this trap is adjustable incase the bottle needs to be changed. Simple design and concept that works just right! Thanks :)
i got a mouse caught... but the damn thing wont leave the bottle... he loves it in the bottle.. lol
Yes, they do take a while to leave the bottle. I just put it outside and come back 15 minutes later and they are gone.
😂 lol
Ummm let him have a win and finish eating 😂
Also, that gives you time to run
@@yers9043 I absolutely love your comment!
I made this trap 2 weeks ago and haven't caught a thing........ until today. In 8 hours it has caught 6 . Clever, simple design that actually works, well done Chris.
Maybe they were out vacationing and just got back. ;-)
of course it could be that when I release them, they are beating me back to the house....maybe there is only one mouse after all !
Mice are very destructive pests. Why would you release them?
They're good for the ecosystem
This trap is an excellent design and works fantastically well. The farmer next to us ploughed his field last week and made good knows how many mice homeless, well not for long as loads have made their home in our house. With the help of one of these traps we've caught 8 of the little critters in the last 3 days. Thank you very much for posting this.
Well done Chris. Simple and very clearly explained. I'll be making one in the next day or so to trap an elusive antechinus, who appears to be too light for other catch and release traps. Thanks, Ron.
This is awesome! Thank you so much. We soooo need more people on this earth like you - smart, giving, and compassionate! Keep up the great work you do and thanks for sharing and adding goodness to our society :)
So simple it's a surprise no one has done it before. Two thumbs up, buddy.
Thanks!!
1:24 and... it goes back to the house. 😂 lol
I agree with you! All the rodent is going to do is go back to the house. Mice have many diseases. They need to be exterminated!
That's why their SUPPOSED to be released in the wild.
@@TheMario265 dude your a human, you've got no right talking about anything being exterminated. I'd take a million rats over a million humans anyday
@@archerlangfield8189 that is why you have a right to free speech. You have your say and I have mine. Even though we disagree I am ok with it.
@@DougieDoodle correct!
Thanks for such a simple, humane, and effective trap. I built this yesterday and caught my first mouse last night. He wasn't as quick leaving the bottle as I had expected but with a little coaxing, he made it out and scooted away. I'll probably build a couple more. Thanks again!
That's great. Yes, they do take their time coming out. I just lay it down and come back 20 minutes later.
I don't know about you but I find mice adorable.
even when they fuck up your entire house?
hell no, I'd kill them. But if it is like one or two, I would keep one... or two.
Dancestapper Mix then what happens?
im gonna answer that for you, you'll gonna get more then one....or two
Me too.
This is truly humane. I think because it is do quiet and subtle, they stay calm... unlike other 'humane' traps that create a clamor when they close. Awesome idea. Thanks for sharing.
Mine didn't turn out as good looking, but it worked the first evening we tried it. Thanks for the idea and detailed construction plans. Now resetting it to get the rest of Mouse's extended family!
Clever creation and very well detailed instructions. Thank you.
I like that you are that kind of person who releases the mouse... *RESPECT FOR ANIMALS*
Yay more disease.
Yea dropped it off at your house
@@johnwolf1475 Good one man!! I laughed HARD at that response 😛😛😛
So if we are killing things that have diseases seems to me like humans should be the first to go starting with you ignorant ass hats
What kill me is like, yall really think yall better. We lie, cheat, steal....kill just for fun lmao is this the fabled human ego??
Just had a mouse pop out from under my oven 30 minutes ago and scare the life out of me (just out of surprise) I love mice, growing up all of my favorite book characters were mice, but I don't need them getting into our food or bothering my old dog. I have a half drunk bottle of ginger ale and a lot of scrap wood to work with, thank you for this genius model!
it works! have had a mouse loose in the house for days, built this, caught it the first night - problem over thanks!!!!
thanks very much. I followed your directions and I had fun making the mouse trap. Now to catch and release some mice from my tool shed........
Works like a charm!Thanks for sharing My 11 yr old son followed your video and built the trap and caught the mouse! Thanks
I love hearing that! Thats great.
Thank you sooo much, I went away for a month and came home to a new house mate. Mouse droppings sprinkled everywhere, I had every intention of poisoning the little creep, but when I was trying to set the bait station I got an image of the little shit suffering. I started to cry, I couldn't do it. I thought maybe it is a little mommie. Life is cruel but you've helped to make it less cruel, thank you so much.❣💗🤸♀️
Took very little time for my husband to build. Within about 10 seconds of putting the trap on the floor in the room our friend had claimed for himself, the little guy was there sniffing around for some snacks. 30 seconds later and he was trapped. I noted like some others that he didn't seem to want to exit the bottle when allowed, so I just gave it a little shake and he popped out. Happy to be able to use a trap that is humane and reusable! Thank you for this great video!
Works a treat, caught 5 in the first week! We had one escape artist that managed to claw the bottle up far enough to get out, so we have taped a small magnet to the underside of the bottle which holds to a screw when the bottle first tips up.
if you catch and release them, it likely was the same mouse - maybe though ...
i made it while ago in only 30 minute and capture the rat right away i set it up!! :) :) thank you so much
You’ve done it! You’ve built the better mouse trap! Wonderful!
Made this on Saturday and caught the mouse Sunday night and released into woodland. Great video, Thankyou
Thank you for sharing this man. I had industrial mouse trap and it didnt work, so I saw your video and made something simular. Works 100 %
+Milos Marinkovic It is crazy how they go into my trap without hesitation. And then they're in there quite relaxed. Great to hear.
I love mice but don't want them in my home, and so many kill traps are unnecessary and brutal. Thanks for making this.
Hayyy l am not alone .
Me too love animals like yourself
They are a lot of traps that are just meant to catch them.
Some people can't kill animals. Everybody don't have your mindset.
Most traps when working properly kill instantly....the mouse never feels pain. I tried humane traps before but ne er seen one catch anything. This trap looks neat and I'd buy one if sold. But I'm not very crafty. But if I did release a live mouse I would take it several miles from my home in a wooded area. Letting it go outside your house, it's just going to turn around and go right back in your house.
I made this and it worked the first day!! Letting it go in the woods was the best feeling Ever!! I found the hole behind the water heater and patched it. Since then, whenever I hear chewing in the walls, I put 2-3 drops of peppermint essential oil on the top part of a cotten ball, and place it next to the baseboard, near the sound, with the essential oil part of cotten ball facing up, so it doesn't stain the floor. The peppermint needs to be refreshed periodically because the smell fades. Over the course of 2 years, all 3 times that I have done this, the chewing sounds stopped immediately. Another You Tuber demonstrated a real mouse entering a Store Bought plastic catch and release cage and when the mouse entered the cage trap, the cage door slammed behind him and slammed down on his tail. Even though it was a plastic door, it still hurt. The poor mouse quick grabbed his tail and started licking it because it hurt, so please make THIS humane trap here with the bottle and don't buy the one I mentioned from the store. As you can see from the beginning of the video, this one dosen't hurt their tail. Thank you ! Thank you so much for inventing this humane catch and release trap and for sharing it on You Tube!!
Genius. The bendy wire design that lets you tweak everything until it's just right is spot on. There a couple of extra things worth knowing. Firstly you need to release your mouse a long way from your house - 2 miles or 3 km. Secondly you need to be quite patient when you do so - your mouse may be in no hurry to leave its new home
I have been looking for this exact video for a while now. Thank you for making this
THANK YOU SIR *oml i hate mice wandering but i adore them when i know EXACTLY where they are.
built and deployed with great success! Thanks for posting this simple and effective design :-)
Thanks.
We tried this over the weekend and worked!! Simple to make and use. Thank you!!! I release them in a wooded area far from houses. I made sure it was NOT going to another house.
YOUR A REALLY BRIGHT ASS- O.... ya know you catch and release these mice near someone's house and make your problem your neighbors problem. DO YOU IDIOTS RELIZE THAT 60 MAYBE 70 YEAR AGO, RATS KILLED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN THE UK. THE ONLY GOOD MOUSE IS A DEAD SOB'IN MOUSE. THESE BASTARDS CARRY ALL KINDS OF SICKNESSES
Huh? How am I making this someone Else's problem if I put it in a wooded area far from houses?
Such a brilliant idea. I've just been and bought one. If this one doesn't work I'll try your idea thank you x
I add a like in addition, thank you
Thank you Chris for being kind
This is perfect! Very good instructions too! Thanks!
I love to see how humane you are, Big Respect 👍😊
bulit one today with in an hour cought a little fella let him go in the park.
Finally a trap that doesn't kill them
These mice are so cute! And that's genius idea!
That's a fantastic idea. Many thanks for the great idea. Absolutely brilliant !!!
now this is something worth trying to make it
You know something. You are a good human being
I am going to have my wildlife management class make these for a mark and recapture lab. Thanks for the idea and video!
Just to give you a few more ideas for your class, here's a compilation of 7 mousetraps I have made. They all work. kzhead.info/sun/gdyzo51vo4CHpq8/bejne.html
Thank you! Greetings from France! My childs enjoyed!
I'm going to try this, I do not like poison traps, this is more eco friendly and more humane. Thanks Chris!!!
Yes...it does work very Successfully...simple to do with great chances of mouse catching..
What a brilliant gadget, very easy to make as per your video Managed to catch 4 and release humanely within 2 days.
Good work ! Simple , effective and cheap.
You are so good that you have not kill the mouse.
This man is a genius.
Thanks for that!
Thank you for your humanness🤗👍🏻 God bless you! ❤️
This is fantastic!! Thank you Chris!!
Glad to see a humane trap, great video
I have caught 2 mice so far, thanks for this great easy idea. I made one in about 10 minutes. I used a Poweraid bottle, but it works the same.
Fantastic! Any bottle will work, just get the balance right and you're golden.
Absolutely brilliant!
Amazing alternative! Thank you so much!
After six successful captures (and one escape), I somehow decided to make a second trap. That night, both traps were cleaned of their peanut butter without any prisoners. It seemed to me that the most likely escape plan was the mouse using its paws and/or teeth to "scale" the blocking wall, pulling the bottle up until the mouth cleared. I modified the design slightly, taping a magnet to the neck and attaching a small metal sheet to the base; when the bottle was tipped, the magnet held it down firmly. We caught the energetic and tenacious "Miika," who will join our family as a pet.
The problem with that is that sometimes a mouse will tip the bottle just by standing on it. If you latch it down... that trap is now useless until you reset it.
@@rhymereason3449 Yes, although that has not happened to us yet.
@@halaji LOL... just wait until you get a smart one "deactivating" your traps like a guy clearing a mine field for his buddies 🙂 You do have to admire the ingenuity, persistence, and physical ability of these little creatures. Mattias Wendell (KZhead) showed that a full grown one can squeeze through a hole the size of a dime when determined!
Commenting for the algorithm, great work
Thanks Chris! It worked for me! Have trapped 3 Rhabdomys pumilio mice in the house over the past 3 days down here in Cape St. Francis South Africa, using peanuts as bait/reward. Took 20 mins to make the trap with basic tools. Rhabdomys is an important seed-disperser and pollinator of several Fynbos plants, especially in the Restio ad Protea plant families, so it was important for the trap to be ethically designed with catch-and-release in mind. Good on you, bru!
Interesting. Thanks.
I think you're a genius for having designed this!
Thanks man!!
I Love This Trap! The Mouse Sees Everything All Green! No More Animal Abusing!
If two mouses get in the trap, they will eat eachother slowly.....
Didn’t have a coat hanger, so I had to improvise with a wood dowel and some wood supports. Thanks for the inspiration, though. Worked a treat. Caught the mouse the first try and released it far away this morning.
This is great, can't wait to make some. Thanks for the Video.
Works very well and easy to make,thank you.
Didn't think there were so many others who wanted to get rid of mice without killing them! Brilliant invention! Will you be making and selling this?
I made another one you may like.........kzhead.info/sun/eM6scrpqbIxrpY0/bejne.html
Made one like this and caught 3 where a bucket & roller and snap traps had failed. Super simple and it works!!!
i have two of these i made and been using them the past few years very useful at catching and releasing
Made this yesterday, and caught a mouse at the house today. Thanks Chris!
I'm so happy I can make a trap without killing them!
Just made one out of some scrap wood and caught the mouse first night I put it out,simple but but very effective and easy to make,let the mouse out at the end of the field,don't want them in the house but don't want to hurt them,lol Thanks for the idea
Stephen Anderson that's cause this was one of the good ones check out my comment on the main screen if the opposite!!! interests you. I'm calling them Subhumans. Today. Now. Later. Cu there😉
This is such a great humane trap!
That is so ingenious! Thank you
This is so inexpensive and creative! I'm going to try this !
Give it a go. It does work. They go into it without much hesitation.
That mouse was so cute 😫❤️❤️❤️
Caught two at one time, great trap.
Ingenious - thanks for sharing, need to make one urgently tonight after work before the missus realises we have a mouse in the house (hopefully just the one!)
I have had a little mouse friend in my bedroom for a month or so. It was driving me crazy. I spent the afternoon creating a trap like this, set it up with some peanut butter inside and with in a couple of hours I caught my little mouse friend. :)
Yes, it works amazingly well! They don't hesitate to go in.Glad it worked for you.
мышеловка конструкция нормальная но выпускать глупости потом снова ловить получается круговорот или нравится процесс ловли мышей? Проще залить водой потом для следующих другую бутылку взять я уверен у всех такое мнение
made it, worked like a charm. released the mouse to the neighbours house :D
Lol
I was thinking the same here lol.. release it to an annoying neighbour house
Incredibly clever. I love it.
Nice! I’m gonna use this to catch live mice for my bearded dragon now!
I've made two of these today and just the making and fitting was very enjoyable. If I catch the mice running around here I'll be making a lot of them for my neighbours. 😁 Update: within 23 hours I caught my first mouse. Love the design, thank you very much. Update2: I've caught four mice but one has figured a way out. It sinks its teeth in the wood and elevates itself untill it can get out. I am going for the pvc pipe next.
I made an improvement for that - face the end block with a sheet of thin aluminum cut from a pop can... they can't get their teeth into that..
Don’t hurt it!
@@patriciafong-edwards3777 the mousetrap is made not to hurt the mouse. If I wanted to hurt it I would have build a different trap. 😉
Oh you are the BEST! I can totally build this in half an hour! I dont want to kill em if i don't have to!
had mice in my room many years ago. set a humane trap every night and caught one per day for five days until never heard from them again lol. cute as buttons.
This ingenious trap is easy to build, works quickly, is amazing to watch, and once you see the cute little creature, you're so happy you chose the humane way! Friends followed the process and most thought is was, "Cool!" ONE FRIEND EAGERLY AWAITS YOUR HUMANE SQUIRREL TRAP! Thanks for this inspiring experience.
Thank you very much! I have 2 humane squirrel traps! One is wood and one is a plastic tube. Here's the wood one ...kzhead.info/sun/fMmvY5pxaJ6YhJE/bejne.html and here's the plastic tube one ..... kzhead.info/sun/fJuRipyRqWiua58/bejne.html. I also did an update on the plastic tube one here. ...... kzhead.info/sun/arWoh66NfKVreGg/bejne.html
I hate mice, but I hate traps, this is why I subbed and liked, because the mouse is captured and freed
me: i wonder what the mouse is thinking mouse: DOOR STUCK! DOOR STUCK!
Great idea, must try this! I would suggest putting a cover over so they can only access from the hole. The mice we catch often eat through plastic traps to escape or they chew through the baited end without entering the bottle 😄
Thank you! I am one of those catch and release people!🤗
I made 6 other ones and did a compilation you may be interested in. kzhead.info/sun/gdyzo51vo4CHpq8/bejne.html
GREAT trap!!!!!!!!!!!! My older cat likes it too. No hunting, fresh meat, and she gets to play with her dinner. I'll enjoy this for years to come.
you horrible basterd LOL
@@DaraGaming42 HAHAH
Who else watches these just for fun knowing you'll never need or use em
StraingerThingz me👉( ˘ω˘ )👈
@Raw Sauce But what if one day we saved your life :D How about Traps comments don't matter
Yeah, regular spring traps a easier and probably more humane in the long run. Thinking outside the box is cool though.
More fun than watching anime out of sync mouths, huh! Uhh! Wha! robotic human movements, eye twitching etc. Worst thing ive ever seen is dragon ball z. The suspence of the powering up is frustating. Anime = cringe cosplay/headaches
@@benjihalfwelshlikealion9454 that's like saying you don't play videogames because you didn't like Fifa and Madden but never tried any other type of game, or never watch any horror movies because Heredity and Mother were cheesey.
This is brilliant! SUBSCRIBED
What a great idea! Thanks for sharing your invention! Den
I've made two of those little traps one with a 2 liter bottle and one with a smaller bottle both awesome only problem is when trying to release them in the winter they don't want to come out of the bottle LoLoL !!!!
what a cute mouse! mouses here can eat this whole bottle
Yeser Shishakli Then it is a rat.
Sory my inglich iz veri bad
Such a good way , thanks for this.