u/KeyToMight

I’m in Texas and there’s a small mouse living in my garage. My dad wants to kill it, but he’s giving me a chance to figure out a better option first.

I’m not trying to keep it as a pet or mess with it unnecessarily. I just want to know the safest and most humane thing to do here. It doesn’t look visibly injured from what I can tell, but it’s been hanging around inside/near the garage.

Should I contact a wildlife rehabber, use a humane live trap, try exclusion, or do something else? If live-trapping is appropriate, how should I do it safely, and where should it be released legally/ethically?

I won’t touch it barehanded and I’m trying to avoid anything that could hurt it or put my household at risk.