What dissoves the glue on glue traps?

[Vibrissa]

I know I have read before in here what dissolves the glue on glue traps, but now my whole rescue group and vet's office wants to know.  Last week a woman called the vet's office frantic--she had set out glue traps for mice  ((( and only caught one thing----her own pet Yorkie!  No one knew--they just offered suggestions to her.  I hope (but she probably won't) she learned something and thought about it from the "other" animals' point of view. 

[moonsingingfreak]

The information I am finding online says vegetable oil will dissolve the glue.
"You can dissolve the glue. Wearing gloves, add vegetable oil to dissolve the glue and, with a pencil, push the mouse off."

A website about snakes in glue traps says to dissolve the glue with oil and then wipe down the snake with an oily rag.

[Vibrissa]

Thank you soo much : )

[Zephr]

A website about snakes in glue traps says to dissolve the glue with oil and then wipe down the snake with an oily rag.

Yup - that's what my vet told me.

Although I have no snakes now and don't plan on getting them again (I love the lizards), over ten years ago I had a large ball python that I adopted.  When I moved into a new apartment with him, the management office didn't tell me that there was a glue trap underneath my stove.  Well, the snake got out while I was at work one day, and - THANK GOD! - I discovered him quickly and got him to the vet.  I had to give that poor snake several vegetable oil rubdowns as he was entirely plastered to the glue trap and coated with it.  It was a gross process, but worked with time and elbow grease.  I don't ever want to repeat that with any animal ever again.

[jackker]

AWWWW : (  I am glad you found him quickly, too--and got him to the vet!  So veg. oil it is!  Tks