Homemade electric fence for mice

[tractorgp]

My cats found a mouse in the front closet the day before yesterday. They let it go so that they would have something live to play with. The next morning I found it dead in the kitchen sink. (The sink had no water in it.) As far as I am concerned a good female cat is all you need for mice.

Unfortunately my wife is not a cat lover

 

[JerryK]

Reminds me of my younger days... when things were slow at work. We would wrap a piece of plastic wiring duct with bare copper wire and feed it with several 440 volt transformers wired backwards, or other high voltage transformers we could lay our hands on. Didn't kill many mice.... but sure was entertaining... !!!!!! You would be amazed how far a mouse can jump straight up.....

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Sticky traps IMHO are the best thing they ever come out with to catch mice.

I have an aversion to poisons, since there are always kids or pets around, but I don't like the sticky traps either. Used them once; caught a mouse, a cricket and a lizard. Hated catching the lizard; was finally able to free him and set him loose, sans tail.

 

[Al Mac]

Recently I became aware I had a mouse in the house so I set out a trap, the classic spring loaded mouse trap, and was soon rewarded with a dead mouse. Unfortunately another mouse showed up almost immediately so I set the trap again and caught another. I figured if there were two there might be more so I continued with the trap and ended up with a grand total of seven mice! :shocked:

I have noticed that by the time people know they have "a" mouse in the house. It is several mice they trap. Never think it is "a " mouse but tell the wife it is "a" mouse in the house.
Less background noise when she thinks it is just "a" mouse. LOL

Al

 

[tractorgp]

I have noticed that by the time people know they have "a" mouse in the house. It is several mice they trap. Never think it is "a " mouse but tell the wife it is "a" mouse in the house.
Less background noise when she thinks it is just "a" mouse. LOL

Al

It's always a problem especially when you read all the time about mice dna pretty equal people dna...

 

[Jimmy Joe]

We are having a terrible mouse problem at work. We supply raw meat products for the fur and pet industry. Mice got into our forklifts and chewed the wiring. So far sticky traps are king but they seem to be wise to them now. We caught fourteen mice in sticky traps and I didn"t think we had more than a few mice. We put out peanut butter baited traps, so far no luck. Poison is not an option. We set up a game cam and get pictures on it but won't go in traps. We have always had repeating traps that we would ocasionally get mice but they don't even go in them lately. I know it cost over 3 thousand dollars to fix the forklift don't need any more of that.

 

[tractorgp]

We are having a terrible mouse problem at work. We supply raw meat products for the fur and pet industry. Mice got into our forklifts and chewed the wiring. So far sticky traps are king but they seem to be wise to them now. We caught fourteen mice in sticky traps and I didn"t think we had more than a few mice. We put out peanut butter baited traps, so far no luck. Poison is not an option. We set up a game cam and get pictures on it but won't go in traps. We have always had repeating traps that we would ocasionally get mice but they don't even go in them lately. I know it cost over 3 thousand dollars to fix the forklift don't need any more of that.

I can relate to that at a different level... a few years ago a mouse got under the kitchen dishwasher and chewed right through the plastic drain pipe - slow leak at first but finally had to do some replacing.

 

[JRobyn]

Just recently started getting mice in the attic at the new house. Got 3 adults in "Tomcat" traps with peanut butter so far. Also got about 3 juveniles in the basement/garage in glue traps. Is driving me nuts trying to figure out where the attic ones are getting in! I found tiny gaps at the garage doors where the juveniles might have come in the basement. Only thing I can figure for the attic ones is that they are climbing over 10ft of synthetic stone on the exterior and then have chewed a hole through trim, sheathing, and framing to get in the attic. There is no discernible path from the basement to the attic. At least none that I can find.

- Jay

 

[bigtiller]

I set out my "tin cat" every fall by the garage doors. One night I caught 5 in the one trap.

Victor M310 Tin Cat Live Catch Mouse Trap - Walmart.com

 

[tractorgp]

Just recently started getting mice in the attic at the new house. Got 3 adults in "Tomcat" traps with peanut butter so far. Also got about 3 juveniles in the basement/garage in glue traps. Is driving me nuts trying to figure out where the attic ones are getting in! I found tiny gaps at the garage doors where the juveniles might have come in the basement. Only thing I can figure for the attic ones is that they are climbing over 10ft of synthetic stone on the exterior and then have chewed a hole through trim, sheathing, and framing to get in the attic. There is no discernible path from the basement to the attic. At least none that I can find.

- Jay

Wonder if there is any sense using the electric fence to isolate an area to help find the entrance point.