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