OK, it's now too late, but from my above link, the two best ideas seem to be:
- dry ice in a container (carbon dioxide)
- engine starting fluid (which is almost pure ether)
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
OK, it's now too late, but from my above link, the two best ideas seem to be:
Oh, just smash it, tommyrot. Fer crying out loud....
tommyrot is still looking up ways to snuff mice. We would worry about tommyrot, if we did not know better.
dry ice in a container (carbon dioxide); engine starting fluid (which is almost pure ether)
These sound like excellent ideas for putting a pet mouse to sleep. For finishing off a cat-caught mouse, however, it'd probably be more practical to find a vet, since I have neither of those ingredients.
Thank you, sarameg, for not saying "tommyrot, snuff it!"
Did I mention ow, with the foot?
poor Emily, injured in pursuit of a mouse!
Does that help?
Ow, poor Em!
Hey, I can't help it if I find humane mouse-snuffing to be an interesting technical problem, with more than one solution....
Sure. It is all about Em's foot. Nevermind the mouses's whole life.
Watch it, Em. We will sick tommyrot on your foot. Life will be all pain, henceforth.