I've had a personal (and scary!) experience with a ferret and glue traps. I once rented a house with a mouse problem and set out some glue traps (the really heavy duty plastic ones with about 3/8" of glue - not those pieces of paper with a thin coating). Naturally, owning ferrets, I put them only in areas where ferrets are not allowed. One day, Streudel got out and I was chasing him through one of these areas, and wouldn't you know it, he ran right onto the trap (needless to say I caught him easily after that). My biggest concern was that he'd put his face in the glue and suffocate, but thankfully I managed to grab him before he did that. That glue is strong stuff, but I managed to free him from it (luckily, without injury) and clean him up with some mineral spirits. The bottom line is: avoid glue traps. I didn't catch any mice with them anyway. Your best bet is to deprive the mice of their means of entry and make sure their food/water source inside your home is gone. Erik [Posted in FML issue 3724]