Live Catch Mouse Trap for Rao's Jar

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This live catch mouse trap is based on Live Catch Mouse Trap by entomophile, which is itself based on a 1927 patent. I've redesigned it to fit a Rao's spaghetti sauce 28 oz. widemouth jar. It includes a new lid design to replace the Rao's lid. The door flap has beefed up paper clip hooks, and the body is keyed to the lid, the lid having supports to maintain upright position. It also now has airholes.
It prints with minimal supports. Please visit entomophile's page for assembly with paper clips: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2815304. The holes are sized for large size clips, though regular size clips work fine.
I trapped a mouse with this, but it ate its way out in 6 hours, completely reducing the door to rubble. So there's a limit to how long you can leave an animal in this. Perhaps it might work better with something other than PLA.