I’m such a sap.
We have mice, or at least a mouse. In figuring out how to get rid of him, I’ve realized what a sap I am. These were my first indicators. A) I think he is really cute, but even so, I know he can’t stay because he is destructive and carries disease, B) I have mentally named him Rupert, and C) I can’t kill him, and the thought of doing him harm just because he’s sought refuge in our house mortifies me. Oddly, if he were a spider he’d have been smashed flat the moment I saw him. So let that be a lesson to you. If you want my sympathy, grow fur.
Anyway, I now know more than most people need to know about mice– their habits, food preferences, mating cycles, etc…all so I can get rid of him without harming him. Along the way I found a humane trap called the Tin Cat (I linked to Amazon in order to promote the continued employment of friends 
) that comes highly recommended, and is even PETA approved. I would link to them, but the only time I care about PETA’s opinion is when it comes to things like this. The rest of the time I generally think they are militant dumbasses with screwed up priorities. Also, I already give a shit about animals. Why does PETA seem to think that showing me monstrosities inflicted upon animals is going to get me to give them money? All it does is make me curse PETA for showing it to me…ahem…to continue…
Regarding the trap, it looks pretty cool. It holds 30 mice, in case you want to have a little mouse party, and doesn’t have to be baited, but it helps. As a side note…bait the trap. It isn’t a humane trap if you let the mouse starve to death, and mice can starve to death really quickly. If they have no food source, they will freak out and try to do whatever they can, including killing themselves, in order to get out and get to a food source. The trap also comes with a window in case you want an easy way to see if a mouse has been caught. Or, if you are like me and want to treat it like a little habit trail until you can take the mouse somewhere a good distance away.
The biggest reason I know I am a sap is that I wish it were practical for me to attach one end of the trap to a little habit trail where he would be able to move into happy little mouse land. Instead, I will just make due with treating him as kindly as possible while getting rid of him. The irony will be that I will take all this care to gently release him and he will be eaten by a stray cat within hours…