Bucket mouse trap

A mouse trap for use with a bucket having an upper rim, a side wall, and a bottom edge comprising:

• a top portion having a ledge for seating adjacent or over the upper rim of the bucket configured for supporting the weight of a mouse thereon, said top portion having an opening with a movable roller disposed across the opening, with the roller being positioned at least in part at a height above the ledge, with the ledge substantially surrounding the opening, the roller having longitudinal ends adjacent the ledge with portions that lead a mouse onto the roller via the longitudinal ends of the roller;
• wherein the portions that lead the mouse onto the roller are one or more inclined surfaces each positioned adjacent one of the longitudinal ends of the roller, wherein the one or more inclined surfaces are substantially aligned, at a lower edge thereof, with the top portion, and an upper edge of the one or more inclined surfaces is in a substantially same horizontal plane as an outer diameter of the roller, and wherein the ledge is substantially planar except at the one or more inclined surfaces;
• and
• a spiral ramp coupled to an outer edge of the top portion, with said ramp, in use, extending down the side wall of the bucket in a spiral manner from an area near or at the upper rim of the bucket to the bottom edge of the bucket.