Gem99ultra
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Is that a bad thing?
I need advice getting rid of mice
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Is that a bad thing?
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Most folks with more than a dozen functioning brain cells would think so...
Gem99ultra
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That's a mean and ugly reply... I'm asking an honest question, conjured with all 11 of my brain cells.
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the old grind
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Feral cats spotted on my ten become targets. Raccoons seem to be top predators of turkey nests. Feral cats take care of most other avians. That said, they can be ground into a fox/coyote bait mix along with other scraps from the skinning shed. 
Mice lack meat and are hard to skin, also aren't popular with fur buyers. Cats will keep 'em down, but have to be understood in context of the farm o'all. A multi-pronged approach is often indicated, so don't plan to rely on one method.
I'm still doing well with two sizes of snap traps and sunflower seeds. No ants, .. lots of mice, chippies, and 'reds' (worst of 'em all). No excuse for waiting this long to set up store-bought bucket 'roller', but I got a nice one with alum, SS, and polymer parts. (not that I like a 'wet mouse' smell ..)
btw. Do check your traps often. I came back from a sailing trip to find a young 'coon in a 'live' trap that, with the help of a litter mate ate and passed ~9' of a twelve ga extension cord. They pooped white, black, green, and orange plastic infused with fine strands of copper inside and outside the trap. (Duke 'HD large', or forget it)
Mice lack meat and are hard to skin, also aren't popular with fur buyers. Cats will keep 'em down, but have to be understood in context of the farm o'all. A multi-pronged approach is often indicated, so don't plan to rely on one method.
I'm still doing well with two sizes of snap traps and sunflower seeds. No ants, .. lots of mice, chippies, and 'reds' (worst of 'em all). No excuse for waiting this long to set up store-bought bucket 'roller', but I got a nice one with alum, SS, and polymer parts. (not that I like a 'wet mouse' smell ..)
btw. Do check your traps often. I came back from a sailing trip to find a young 'coon in a 'live' trap that, with the help of a litter mate ate and passed ~9' of a twelve ga extension cord. They pooped white, black, green, and orange plastic infused with fine strands of copper inside and outside the trap. (Duke 'HD large', or forget it
)
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Cat owners should have the right tool for the task...to transport or restrain a cat here is the just the right tool for the job...:
kcflhrc
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I got a Great Horned Owl. He hunts in my back yard almost every night while I sit in the hot tub with the wife and watch him. Very entertaining. That thing is deadly and the most efficient hunter I have ever seen. He likes Voles too. If I could get him to eat skunk all would be good. And he was free and doesn't require any care at all. Best pet a guy could have.
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EddieWalker
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I have a Harris Hawk that does the same, but he or she, seems to fill up with just one. Cats will keep killing mice just for the fun of it!!!
kcflhrc
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I saw it kill and eat 4 somethings the other night. Mice or Voles, too dark to see. It perches on a high pole in our back yard and swoops down not making a sound. That thing can be on the ground quicker than you can blink.
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That's a major problem with domestic cats...even those that are well fed but allowed to run free reek havoc on the native wildlife...Domestic and feral cats are by far the most destructive and devastating alien species to natural native wildlife...much worse than any of the marine or water borne species and much worse than the pythons and boas in the Everglades...