Oh, I thought it was physically caught in the workings of the sink somehow. Nvmd, what you did was more or less what I would have done...I like to avoid killing them when possible.

Edit: Now we are both in the club of "people who caught mice and asked IRC what to do". Mine was caught face first on a glue trap though, but his back legs were free and he was pushing the trap all over my house. I ended up drowning him.

discodancer

United States280 Posts

December 18 2011 00:45 GMT

#45

On December 18 2011 09:37 Lemonwalrus wrote:
Oh, I thought it was physically caught in the workings of the sink somehow. Nvmd, what you did was more or less what I would have done...I like to avoid killing them when possible.

Edit: Now we are both in the club of "people who caught mice and asked IRC what to do". Mine was caught face first on a glue trap though, but his back legs were free and he was pushing the trap all over my house. I ended up drowning him.

I would've poured more glue

Chargelot

2275 Posts

December 18 2011 00:45 GMT

#46

~~Turn on the garbage disposal. :|~~
Didn't read all 3 pages

Varpulis

United States2517 Posts

December 18 2011 00:50 GMT

#47

On December 18 2011 08:39 Mr. Wiggles wrote:
Oh wow, I really misread this. When you said the mouse got stuck in the sink, I thought you meant it got stuck in the drain part of the sink. I was wondering how the hell you'd get it out of there, haha.

I thought exactly the same thing, a thought which was reinforced by the earlier responses of "just call a professional"

@OP, I think you did the right thing, but I'd recommend calling an exterminator, if only to have him check things out and make sure there aren't more

Jonoman92

United States9105 Posts

December 18 2011 00:52 GMT

#48

Rats/Mice don't scare me nearly as much as cockroaches, those things give me nightmares. I'd probably put on gloves and put it in a shoe box. Then I'd take it outside and release it.

y0su

Finland7871 Posts

December 18 2011 00:53 GMT

#49

On December 18 2011 09:29 The_Pacifist wrote:
Is it the bathroom sink or one in the kitchen?

If it's the latter...
+ Show Spoiler +

garbage disposal

"The_Pacifist" lol

although I've once belonged to a group of kids calling ourselves the "rat busters" (we spent a few evenings with baseball bats trying to hunt down neighborhood rats and gave up after never catching one) I would do something similar to what you did micro. Trap the critter in some container and toss it out.

Levistus

1134 Posts

December 18 2011 01:06 GMT

#50

if it's a small mouse i would catch it and feed it to a cat outside. if it's a huge rat i would catch a cat outside and bring it to the rat.

danl9rm

United States3111 Posts

December 18 2011 01:18 GMT

#51

Drop a wash rag in the sink, open the door, and hope for the best.

radscorpion9

Canada2252 Posts

December 18 2011 01:28 GMT

#52

Well I had the same idea...except I used tongs instead of cheese in a bucket. Your idea sounds more fun

FaZe

Canada472 Posts

December 18 2011 01:40 GMT

#53

When I was young, I killed a mouse with a shovel because my grandpa told me to.

It haunts me to this day.

EsX_Raptor

United States2802 Posts

December 18 2011 01:43 GMT

#54

You could have used the vacuum.

discodancer

United States280 Posts

December 18 2011 01:47 GMT

#55

On December 18 2011 10:40 FaZe wrote:
When I was young, I killed a mouse with a shovel because my grandpa told me to.

It haunts me to this day.

He made a man out of that boy. Let's hope this is the only blood you're going to spill (until you meet your wife)

Deleted_143

Australia256 Posts

December 18 2011 01:54 GMT

#56

--- Nuked ---

micronesia

United States24747 Posts

December 18 2011 01:58 GMT

#57

I finally cleaned up all the gunk that was left over in the sink >>

On December 18 2011 10:54 Klesky wrote:
Put your hand in a plastic back, grab the rat, invert the plastic bag, step on it's head until you hear it crack, feed it to some animal, like chickens or something (I have chickens.)

No thanks to those last two parts <<

Steelavocado

United States2123 Posts

December 18 2011 02:01 GMT

#58

I was going to give advice but then I realized I would fucking scream like a little girl.

gl hf with that.

micronesia

United States24747 Posts

December 18 2011 02:07 GMT

#59

On December 18 2011 11:01 Steelavocado wrote:
I was going to give advice but then I realized I would fucking scream like a little girl.

gl hf with that.

Haha nice to see someone who's honest. I figured everyone would come in here and announce that they'd grab the mouse with their bare hands and bite its head off Chuck Norris style.