Cats are a massive weapon in your war for supremacy over these pesky mice!
But it does have one drawback – you can’t use snap traps to catch mice due to the risk of injury to your cat or other pets.
When you want to remove mice from your home, you can do so without limiting the mouse trap options, right?
This post will look at 5 of the best cat-safe mouse traps!
With a cat and some cat safe mouse traps, you can be sure that all of the mice will be gone for good…
5 Best Cat Safe Mouse Traps
Victor M250S Cat Safe Mouse Trap
At the top of this list is Victor’s ultra-effective cat-safe mouse trap! If you want to trap a mouse and ensure it is dead, use this Victor electronic trap. It is a quick-kill mouse trap.
This is the only mouse trap on this page that will kill the mice that are unfortunate enough to take a stroll into the trap. All you have to do is empty the dead mouse.
We love some product features about this mouse trap, and it is not just the safety feature that disarms the trap when it is open (see below for more info).
Awesome Product Features:
- Easily removable kill chamber: You don’t have to see or touch the mouse.
- Kill indicator: You know you have caught a mouse just by looking at the trap.
- 100% kill rate.
Why is this cat safe?
It is simple. When the trap is open, the trap is deactivated. It is only when the trap is closed it is active.
That means if your cat somehow managed to get into the trap (to either get the mouse or get the mouse bait), the trap will not be active, and your cat will not get an electric shock! Winner!
Victor M310S Mouse Trap
Next up, Victor has another solution, and this time, it is the humane, easy-to-use M310S mouse trap.
The best thing about this trap is its ability to catch up to 30 mice, which is excellent if you fear an infestation! It is also good to use this trap if you will not be in your home for a few days.
Just load it up with peanut butter and leave it to catch tons of mice!
I use this whenever a big mouse problem needs to be addressed. Because it is a trap, I can set it and forget it for 4-5 days, and it will sit there catching multiple mice!
It is probably one of the best traps for mouse control. These traps have worked great for me in the past.
Awesome Product Features:
- Catches up to 30 mice.
- Place (with peanut butter as bait) and forget before releasing the mice (over 2 miles away).
Why is this cat safe?
This Victor mouse trap solution is cat-safe simply because it is not a trap created to cause any harm to mice.
It is a trap that will be used to catch mice before releasing them back into the wild.
You do have a choice to kill the mice after you catch them, but that is entirely up to you.
Live Catch Cat Safe Mouse Trap
Here, we have the first of 2 straightforward humane mouse traps, which are cheap and effective!
The design is simple: apply your mouse bait of choice (peanut butter works well), lift the black trap door, and set the trap down in an ideal place.
When the mouse smells the scent of the bait (peanut butter is best), it will take a stroll into the mouse trap, and down comes the black door to make sure it cannot get back out. It is so easy to use and totally pet-safe.
I have used these in the past because they are the perfect size to fit into some of the gaps that mice like to travel through.
All you need to do is get rid of the live mouse once caught.
Awesome Product Features:
- Dead easy to set up
- Live catch and easy release
Why is this cat safe?
The trap does not hurt the mouse, meaning it is an excellent cat-safe mouse trap.
One of the best things about this option is that it is more challenging for a cat to stick their paws in to try and get the mouse.
Humane Mouse Trap
This is the second, simple, catch-and-release humane mouse trap that is simple to set up and use.
How do you use it?
It is simple, and it is even easier with the removable bait section. All you need to do is apply the mouse bait onto the bait station and slide it in.
Once the mouse strands on the trigger, the door will shut.
This is another mouse trap that I have used with success in the past.
Awesome Product Features:
- Dead easy to set up
- Strong spring to stop your cat from playing with the mouse
Why is this cat safe?
Like the option above, this trap is not designed to hurt the mouse. The design offers a live catch, which means there is nothing in the trap that can hurt your cat.
Tip Trap Mouse Traps
Last on this list is the Trip-Trap style of mouse traps, which are humane and easy to set up.
The idea is that you load up the end of the trap and set it in a place where you know mice will travel.
As the mouse reaches the bait, the trap ‘see-saws’ and the door is closed, trapping the mouse.
Then, you can safely release the mouse (over 2 miles away is best).
I have used this mouse trap in the past because it is perfect to set up in common mice runs in attics and basements. Sometimes it is a struggle to set up snap traps in certain areas, and these offer an excellent alternative.
If you are using these on an uneven surface, the only drawback is if gravity initiates the ‘see-saw’ motion, then you have a triggered trap with no mouse in it!
Also – it is not very useful if you need a trap to put outside!
Awesome Product Features:
- Very easy to set up
- Catch and release mouse trap
- Easy to release the mouse once it has caught one
Why is this cat safe?
This humane trap has been designed to trap the mouse for you to release later.
That means it has not been designed to kill mice and, therefore, is cat-safe and one you can safely use around children and pets.
Once you have caught a mouse, get rid of it by releasing the mouse back into the wild. Make sure you release mice far away from your home, or you could have a returning mouse problem on your hands!
Cat Safe Mouse Traps – Things To Consider
Covered Snap Traps – Are They Cat Safe?
When looking for a mouse trap safe for cats or other pets, you must consider whether the device will injure your cat. A snap trap will injure your pet, so it is best not to use one to catch mice.
For instance, some ‘cat-safe’ mouse traps are simply covered snap traps. In my opinion, these are not to be considered cat-friendly!
Cats have long legs. If they smell the mouse bait you have applied to the trap, they may be inclined to stick their leg in to scrape some out. If your cat’s paw gets anywhere near the snap trap (possible), it could end up with a damaged paw.
A snap trap is not the best option if you want a mouse trap to use around children and pets.
Is Poison Cat-Safe In A Mouse Trap?
Many mouse traps offer a ‘live capture’ feature, which is good if you want the mouse to be trapped while the poison takes effect.
After all, you do not want a dead mouse or a rodent dying in your cavity walls!
Consider whether or not your cat can stick its paw in to get some of the poison out. Also, it is worth remembering that if a cat eats a mouse with ingested poison, the cat will take it in.
Live Mouse Traps With Clear Roof
Cats are cats! If they see a mouse, they want it.
If you purchase a live mouse catcher with a clear roof, you can see if you have caught any mice. This is a great feature unless you have a cat!
Your cat will see the mouse (or mice) and do whatever it can to open it up and start playing with the rodents.
Conclusion
Having a cat is an excellent idea if you want to keep mice away! If you need to use traps, always ensure that you use cat-safe mouse traps because you do not want your biggest weapon to sustain an injury!
All of the options on this page are perfect, and you can be sure that these traps will work with your cat to make your home mice-free.
They are good traps when you have a cat but also good if you have other pets and kids.
They are a complete, pet-safe pest control tool!
Good luck!
