Victor M007 Live Catch Mouse Trap

by Victor

Product Features

• Reusable and disposable
• No poisons required
• Enables consumers to catch and release mice
• Can be used around food, water, children, and pets
• Disposable or reusable, depending on consumer preference

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 6 x 5.5 inches ; 5.1 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004RAN3
• Item model number: M007
• Average Customer Review: 2.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,166 in Patio, Lawn & Garden (See Top 100 in Patio, Lawn & Garden)

Product Description

The Havahart Mouse Trap is the humane way to take care of your mouse problem. The trap is reusable and disposable, and no poisons are required, so it is safe to use around children and pets. The trap is easy to bait and set--you simply open the door, bait, and place the trap where mice have been seen. When a mouse enters the trap, it tilts, the door closes securely, and a locking device prevents the mouse from escaping. Check the trap every day and you can let the mouse go outside with no harm done to the animal. With this Havahart trap, you can safely, humanely, and conveniently get rid of unwanted mice.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars One Star for Compassion, January 3, 2008

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Kelly Garbato "www.easyvegan.info" (Kearney, MO USA) - See all my reviews
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Why Opt for Non-lethal Methods of Rodent Control?

Traditional methods of rodent control, including rodenticides and traps, are lethal to mice and largely unsafe for humans. Rodenticides are pesticides that are designed to kill rodents. However, when ingested, they can also prove deadly to companion animals, as well as other wildlife and even children. Nor are they good for the environment; Americans are so fond of pesticides that they can now be found in our surface and ground water and soil. In fact, pesticides even find their way into the food chain! Moreover, the cumulative toxicity of pesticides is such a concern that the Environmental Protection Agency discourages homeowners from using pesticides before trying preventative strategies.

Lethal traps, while not harmful to humans, prove to be a torturous, barbaric death for those mice unlucky enough to find themselves caught in one. Mice trapped on "glue boards" usually starve to death - or may actually gnaw off a limb in order to escape. Likewise, those mice caught in "box" or "multiple" traps will suffer a slow death due to starvation - assuming that the trap isn't baited with poisons, of course. "Snap" or "spring" traps don't necessarily provide for a quick death and may merely injure Mickey.

Three cheers for you!...

Instead of relying on lethal, inhumane methods to control your rodent infestation, you've decided instead to try out a live catch mouse trap. You rock!

...but one star for the Victor Live Catch Mouse Trap.

The Victor Live Catch Mouse Traps are one of the least expensive models out there - and it shows. Simply put, they're more trouble than they're worth: they are hard to set, go off without warning, and (duh!), as they're constructed of solid plastic, it's impossible to see whether you caught a critter without opening the trap up.

I bought a dozen of these a few years ago, when I moved into a farm house that had sat vacant for about six months. My first winter spent in the country - in a home surrounded on three sides by alfalfa fields, nonetheless - I lost hundreds of dollars worth of food to the resident mouse family. After a few frustrating weeks using the Victor Live Catch Mouse Traps, I quickly caved in and replaced them with a dozen of the Smart Mouse Traps. This version works like a dream: they're easy to set, don't slam shut at random, and are made of semi-transparent green plastic, so you can easily glance inside in order to gauge your success. That first year, I caught dozens of little guys, all of which I released back into the fields (I've always wondered whether I trapped the same mouse twice!). Although I still get out the trusty Smart Traps every winter, the guests all seem to have departed.

Do yourself - and your furry houseguests - a favor: have a heart, spare the snap-trap, and buy a few Smart Mouse Traps. You'll be a better person for it!

(Note: The "Smart Mouse Traps" are also referred to as "Humane Mouse Traps"; though the name differs, they all have a distinct "house" shape and are constructed of semi-transparent green plastic.)

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Mixed Luck, December 10, 2007

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RKC (Northfield, MN United States) - See all my reviews

I've had mixed luck with these traps. In a previous house, they worked every time and I was able to get rid of 3 or 4 mice over the course of a year. My latest attempts have been less successful (maybe I have smarter mice?)

It seems to be down to inconsistent manufacturing quality. A number of the traps need a little bending of the plastic in order for the doors to snap all the way closed - the friction created by the locking mechanism is enough to prevent the door from dropping completely. Others close fine, but also open rather easily. I found them tripped, closed and cleaned out of food. I'd say about 1 out of 6 that I owned worked well and the rest just worked as dinner trays for the mice.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Pretty much worthless, September 27, 2008

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A. B. Ward (Central California) - See all my reviews
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We live in what most people would consider the wilderness, on a mountain top in the giant redwood forests of the California coastal range. So we are surrounded by thousands of animals including many rodents - mice, voles, rats, gophers, moles, squirrels, chipmunks, ... For some reason, mice decided to take up residence in one of our vehicles.

I tried setting up these traps on the floor of the backseat every night for a week. This is where we've found an entire box of Kleenex shredded and scattered across the floor plus the typical mouse droppings. For bait I used what I know is a sure thing in terms of luring rodents - a tasty ball of sunflower seeds and peanut butter. Almost anything will set these traps off - they are very sensitive. But every night, not only did the mice not trigger the traps, they managed to get the sunflower seed/peanut butter ball out of the traps and almost mockingly left all the sunflower seed husks on the floor around the mousetraps.

Obviously our mice are far too smart for these mouse traps, which means they must be smarter than me, because I was dumb enough to buy them <lol>. Best thing about this trap is how cheap it is - I bought mine at the local hardware store for $3 for the pair of traps. It appears one of the most critical factors to these traps working is having a perfectly flat, hard surface to lay them on. But even when I put them on a tray on the carpeted car floor, they still didn't work. So on to another live trap that others have had better luck with.

I recommend spending a bit more money for something that is more likely to work.

I also need to find something to deal with the squirrels who have decided that the top of the car battery under my hood is a good picnic spot to munch on some tasty acorns. I am constantly finding acorn shells on top of my battery. I wish I could find a single live trap that would work for both size of critter. The joys of mountain living :)