When you eliminate most any "pest" others are sure to follow. This is not a sucessful approach.

Shrews are not rodents.
Shrews, generally eat seeds, insects, worms and nuts. They like leaf litter.
They have a VERY HIGH brain to body mass ration.

Stick traps are VERY CRUEL; you should find another approach:


A regulatory impact statement released by the Australian government cited a study that concluded that glue traps should be banned “because of the enormous distress that these traps cause, even if the trapped animals are found after just a few hours and then humanely dispatched.”(1) One New York City pest control manager said that he had even seen rats chew off their own feet to escape from the traps.(2) 
On Nov 11, 2006, at 3:29 AM, Pamela Silvestri wrote:

Found a shrew in a sticky trap yesterday - I've never seen one before...anywhere. This is a new one to me and I've been searching online to learn more. I was surprised to learn that shrews eat mice and therefore their presence may indicate a mouse 'problem'. Which I know we have.
 
I know I'm going to have to work more aggressively on pest eradication to get rid of the mice, chipmunks and squirrels and now, shrews. But am wondering if I should hold off a little to see if part of the problem can be resolved on it's own (hoping the shrews will lower the population of mice).
 
Another person who saw the shrew told me that they could cause more damage than the mice...but the shrews seem like they'd be easier to trap.
 
I can't help but wonder if I should wait a little longer to place more sticky traps around? And if anyone can offer more insight about the behaviors of shrews, as always, I appreciate the info and your time.
 
Pam 
 
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