Getting Rid of Mice in my shop ?

[patrick_g]

I have a wind up mouse trap that takes no bait and will catch up to 12-15 before you need to empty it and wind up the spring again. No poison. The mice are not injured just flipped into a holding chamber. You can then dispose anyway you want, release in the wild, submerge under water longer than they can hold their breath or dump in a sack and smack the sack on the slab floor a few times till it quits wiggling.

You set the trap along a wall since the rodents tend to travel along the walls rather than cross the open expanse of a room.

Pat

 

[brokenknee]

I have the same problem in my camp. regular traps only get one at a time so not very effective. A fella described a trap that keeps working.
Get a bucket and fill it deeper than a mouse can touch he bottom. use a can or some type of cylinder that you can string a small wire thru. Slide the wire thru a small hole in both ends of the can then string the wire tightly across the mouth odf the bucket. Smear peanut butter in a narrow strip around the middle of the can so the mice have to be fully on the can to get the butter. Make it so the can will easily rotate.

the idea is that the mice will get on the can/cylinder, as they eat the butter on top they will start to move to the edge of the can to get the stuff down the sides. as they move to the edge they will cause the can to rotate and fall in the bucket.

I been using it and it works great

Picture was taken from another site I am a member, here is the link How To Make A Better Mouse Trap....for Free! - DIY Chatroom - DIY Home Improvement Forum



It is not showing the ramp needed for the little varmints to scurry up on.

 

[Sherweld]

A few years ago, fellow Ski Patroller described, then built a bucket model using an aluminum soda pop can smeared with peanut butter as the roller. Then set it under an interior flight of stairs in the ski lodge. Within five minutes, from an adjoining room, we heard the first whir of the spinning can, and went over to find a little beggar treading water. It was the first of many in an amazingly short time.

 

[Hiltz]

What a great site. I knew I would get alot of great ideas from you guys. Thanks a million for all the input. Hiltz

 

[Mean Jean]

I use the bucket and pop can method.
Mix of anti freeze in the bottom.
Gives them a nice green glow.
Careful with dogs though, that anti freeze is a tasty treat.

Do check the traps often.
We left one for a week under a cottage.
The mold spread all over the bucket.
The smell was unwordly.
Like the Devil farted.

 

[Egon]

There may be some who will sayPat's mice die of starvation when following one of his walls!:thumbsup:

 

[The Haymaker]

Just FYI, here in Maine you'd need two items of blaze orange clothing and a license to be legal.

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[bigdad]

"I have used that spray foam everywhere and the little buggers still get in."

I had the same problem with pack rats, my dad told me to put a layer of steel wool in the foam. They chewed through to the steel wool and stopped. This has worked for 14+ years.

E/S

I have always had good luck with steel wool as well. I get the coarse stuff, unroll it and loosely insert it where I want to stop them, then I shoot it full of cheapo painter's caulk. You can kind of tidy it up and even paint it later. (The steel wool will eventually rust away if it's not covered with caulk)

An old guy told me once that if a mouse can smell or feel air moving through a hole or crevace, they will get in. Disgusting creatures that will wet in their own nests.

We fight them constantly in our RR signals, cases and houses.

BD

 

[jmc]

I have a wind up mouse trap that takes no bait and will catch up to 12-15 before you need to empty it and wind up the spring again. No poison. The mice are not injured just flipped into a holding chamber. Pat

Back in the 50's, my dad had a grey fuzzy mouse bait in his tackle box. I wonder if you could take those frisky mice, make a little harness, add a little floatation, and throw them out over a weed bed...

 

[kidstrustfund]

Intergrated pest managment. Look it up. Trying to plug the points of entry is a good place to start. Tom

 

[dsails380]

Hiltz, the easiest solution is moth balls. Mice hate them. I've been using them in my basement since the first year I moved in and was inundated with field mice. Since then, no mice. Spread the moth balls into all those tight spots or between your equipment.
Dave K.:thumbsup:

 

[patrick_g]

There may be some who will sayPat's mice die of starvation when following one of his walls!:thumbsup:

I have never had or seen evidence of having a mouse in the new house but had a rat in the shop who tried to empty a bushel basket of pecans into my multiple pairs of boots in a wall rack of cubby holes. I eliminated it by other means.

I used the wind up trap on my mom's sun porch which seemed to get mice in it from doors not being closed all the time. Worked fine.

When I worked where the computer facility had raised floors with chilled air underneath we had mice and rats get in and chew on wiring. The Building maint folks used sticky traps baited with creamy peanut butter. The rodents couldn't pick up the bait and get a way with it so they stood there to eat it and got securely stuck to the sticky trap. This too is an efficient method but in the long run the all metal wind up trap is the economy approach.

Pat

 

[rbcsaver]

I tried the bucket, It froze and they ate all the peanut butter. I also tried the tractor exhaust thing. Will never know until the place starts to stink of dead mice. Mice won't chew on closed cell foam, So I finally went around my camp and foamed every crack I thought a mouse could crawl through. Then I set my traps as a backup. Been a year without mice.

A mouse can through any hole that they can get their heads through. And that size, is about a dime's diameter.
Steve

 

[sixdogs]

A mouse can through any hole that they can get their heads through. And that size, is about a dime's diameter.
Steve

Is it even smaller?
I thought I read somewhere that a mouse could get through a 1/4" by 1/4" hole.
Does not seem possible?

 

[wvpolekat]

Is it even smaller?
I thought I read somewhere that a mouse could get through a 1/4" by 1/4" hole.
Doesn't seem possible?

Depends on how fine you grind em!

 

[JCC]

I found a great way to keep the mice away is to use the shop more often. Mice don't like company, too much commotion and they leave for quieter quarters. It does seem to work for me, using the shop every few days seem to clear out the little buggers. Great excuse for the wife too

 

[ustmd]

Depends on how fine you grind em!

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[retiredmgn]

Wire up about 20 or 25 pounds of C-4 military grade plastic explosive around your building, add another 5 or 10 if you have snow in your driveway. This will get rid of all problem critters off your property, and, clean the snow off your driveway at the same time.....

Dry. Very dry. Good though.

 

[RobertBrown]

If you don't like cats, get a terrier. Our Irish Terrier hates mice, and kills 'em any opportunity she has.

2 terriers will hunt much better than one.
This
dog
has
no
quit
with
rodents

 

[sellercreek]

I've had good luck with these:

Getting Rid Of Mice! Victor® TIN CAT® Mouse Trap, Model M310

I don't catch and release though.