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A metal cylindrical tube with holes in it stands vertically on a non-conductive base (wood). Under the base is a horizontal metal plate. Bait is loaded into the tube. Each metal part is connected to a battery (one to positive, one to negative). When the mouse touches the metal tube with his nose to
get the bait, the circuit is completed. The whole thing would be housed in a cage big enough for mice/rats to get through, but small enough for dumb humans to keep their hands out of. I’ve created a crude illustration that can (hopefully) be seen by clicking the link below.
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Click here for illustration
http://static.flick..._35fc439767.jpg?v=0
[Gerad, Sep 07 2005]
Click here for product
http://www.shop.com...18764595?sourceid=3
Zapping rats and mice is no new thing, it would seem. [DrCurry, Sep 07 2005]
They should have gone cord-less.
http://www.cpsc.gov...prhtml88/88040.html
[2 fries shy of a happy meal, Sep 08 2005]
or this
http://www.trap-man...humane-rat-trap.htm
live and let live [zeno, Sep 08 2005]
Shock Therapy
Shock_20therapy
Very similar to this idea [goober, Sep 08 2005]
[link]
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Using a cage makes it very bulky, not an attractive feature for people who do not necessarily want houseguests to know there is a rodent problem. |
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Place the tube horizontally, and make it so the rat closes the circuit after it enters. |
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so it just temporarily knocks them out for a while so that you can drive to a nice serene spot in the woods and settle him/her gently onto a cosy little nest of leaves and quietly tiptoe away.... |
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No, I'm pretty certain we're talking roast rat's ass here. |
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Yup, a rodent toaster is what's needed. |
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Power it with a Van de Graff generator. |
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//Power it with a Van de Graff generator// Perhaps if you could freeze them at the moment of peak frizziness, you could sell 'em as bog brushes. |
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An illustration! A baker after my own heart! |
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Engineer a variety that catches bread and I'm sold. As it is it seems like animal cruelty to me. Also there would be a big problem if more favoured houseguests e.g. gerbil, hamster, baby etc. managed to escape from their respective cages. |
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Obviously [hidden]'s place is infested with feral loaves of
Mother's Pride that lurk behind the wainscote. |
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// When the mouse touches the metal tube with his nose to get the bait, the circuit is completed. // |
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The device should also include small buckets to catch the backflipping electrocuted mice in. |
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Sounds a lot like "Shock Therapy". (link) |
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Illustrations? What a great idea! Yours is very well produced. Anything that zaps gets a biscuit from me. |
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I was hoping it was just a typo. Damn-it! So, this isn't anything to do with a hither-to unknown sibling of Moon Unit, then? |
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wainscote == skirting board
[dub] Rat was Frank's punk-era offspring. |
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Its so good to have you back [UnaBubba]. |
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who is UnaBubba? Shane Warne in drag? |
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[Po] I am at a total loss as to what you mean with your anno. |
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Ooh, ooh I get it know. Thats deep [po]! |
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