Curses, mice.

[MinnesotaEric]

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[mcfarmall]

Mice suck! What the heck happened to the fenders??

 

[thekkfan]

well, that sucks........ and stinks! ullinghair:

 

[newbury]

You need snakes.

 

[AWSubie]

Snakes would work but having been in this situation “just one bite “ is more practical

 

[ruffdog]

Get some packets of rodent repellent by Fresh Cab and throw up there. It has a nice smell that helps over come the mouse smell.

Fresh Cab(R) Rodent Repellent | Earthkind

 

[Thomas]

Sure doesn't take those boogers long to build condo I found out...good vacuum than light spray of WD40 haven't had problem yet...fingers cross.

 

[TripleR]

They got in my L5740HSTC and ate holes in my heater core. Kubota wanted $2500; thanks to David_Kb7uns who referred me to Radiator Supply House I had one built for about $300. We just found three nests in my wife's car. Gonna need more poison.

 

[oosik]

I leave the hood open on all my vehicles - when parked at home. Been doing it for a year and no mice in the engine compartments. It use to be that the engine compartments were "mouse heaven". Never had them in the passenger compartment - knock on wood.

I got three barn cats this last winter. They are doing a WONDERFUL job on all the mice. I'm hoping that they will soon turn on the pocket gophers also.

With the barn cats and the dog - I won't use poison.

3R - what kind of mice do you have? They can eat holes in a metal heater core?? That sounds more like rats.

 

[coobie]

Peppermint oil and a cotton ball in a small jar is your friend.KEEPS MICE AWAY.

 

[fried1765]

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Wow those Minnesota mice must have had a rough winter!
They ate the fenders too?

 

[caver]

Wow those Minnesota mice must have had a rough winter!
They ate the fenders too?

:laughing::laughing::laughing:

 

[TripleR]

I leave the hood open on all my vehicles - when parked at home. Been doing it for a year and no mice in the engine compartments. It use to be that the engine compartments were "mouse heaven". Never had them in the passenger compartment - knock on wood.

I got three barn cats this last winter. They are doing a WONDERFUL job on all the mice. I'm hoping that they will soon turn on the pocket gophers also.

With the barn cats and the dog - I won't use poison.

3R - what kind of mice do you have? They can eat holes in a metal heater core?? That sounds more like rats.

We've never seen any rats up here, but that doesn't mean they aren't there.

I hate to use poisons too, traps haven't done any good so far. Our barn is pretty big, we keep two campers two or three big John Deeres and my 5740HSTC, lot of area to cover.

 

[RoyKing]

My neighbors cat hunts under my barn, but he can't get into the barn I wonder if I installed a cat door if he would venture in. Was thinking a walk the plank that would dump them outside for the cat.

 

[spitter]

Mice suck !!!:drink:

 

[MickeyDBC]

I leave the hood open on all my vehicles - when parked at home. Been doing it for a year and no mice in the engine compartments. It use to be that the engine compartments were "mouse heaven". Never had them in the passenger compartment - knock on wood.

I don't think I would leave the roof off just for the mice.

 

[oosik]

No, Mickey, you are right. However the pics that Eric the Oracle shows - I would be looking for some potent type of repellent. Unless, of course, you want to dig into that area and extract rotten little bodies every so often.

However - in my case, the open vehicle hood has totally eliminated mice in the engine compartment.

 

[blkqi]

I got them out of both of my trucks by zip tying a couple rodent bait blocks into the engine compartment every couple of weeks. I use the multiple feed bait (low potency) since we also have a few feral cats around.

It's important to clean the area as they leave odor in the form of oils and waste and that is how they navigate. I use Lysol or Pine-sol.

Repellants alone are not going to work great. If you have an ifestation you need to go on the offensive.