I suck: Mice!

[jerrybob]

One word..... CATS

Never an issue here, we have barn cats. I might get paw prints on the hood but darn sight better than chewed wiring or chit on seats... Good hunter cat is worth it's weight in gold.

Totally agree....even when you have your shed built....you will still have rats.....we have two shop cats with a cat door.....I have a mole...mouse...rat...bird....shrew almost everyday......they keep the riff rat out!

 

[NoTrespassing]

A vote for Bait Blocks here. I've tried moth balls and store bought repellant. Neither worked for me but bait blocks do, you just have to be vigilant about putting them out about twice per year.

I've been told to get cats but I love our song birds and our neighbor is a pheasants forever member. After discussing outdoor cats with him, I decided against it.

Kevin

 

[tibadoe]

A vote for Bait Blocks here......

What Bait Blocks have you been using with success?

 

[NoTrespassing]

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[jyoutz]

One word..... CATS

Never an issue here, we have barn cats. I might get paw prints on the hood but darn sight better than chewed wiring or chit on seats... Good hunter cat is worth it's weight in gold.

I would love to have barn cats. We have tried many, but they don’t last. Great horned owls get them.

 

[jerrybob]

I would love to have barn cats. We have tried many, but they don’t last. Great horned owls get them.

Teach the owls to hunt rats or shoot them...then get a cat.

 

[CADplans]

Check out this product

http://www.rid-a-rat.com/index.html

I have heard good things about them. For $50 it might be worth a try.

I was looking at the spec page,, is it only for certain rats?

I did not see mice mentioned,, on the spec page,,,

 

[fruitcakesa]

One word..... CATS

Never an issue here, we have barn cats. I might get paw prints on the hood but darn sight better than chewed wiring or chit on seats... Good hunter cat is worth it's weight in gold.

You beat me to it. Our cat hangs out under the tractor that is parked in an open shed.
I frequently see him prancing off with a rodent in his mouth.

 

[JK22]

Cotton balls soaked in peppermint oil, then placed inside of a water bottle, stab the water bottle a few times with a knife. Then I hang the water bottles from various areas inside the engine compartment. Seems to work very well and lasts for a whole winter (I also use this method on my boat. Found a mouse nest the first winter. Have not had any problems in 4 years since I adopted this method). The problem with bait/poison is that it attracts them. Once poisoned, mice/rats become desperate for water and chew through anything with liquid in search of a drink. Fuel lines, antifreeze lines, etc. I'd stay away from baiting them. I've even seen them chew through the side of a hand sanitizer bottle and they apparently drank the sanitizer. I guess when you're dying of poison you will take what you can get. Yuck.

Edit: I originally said moth balls soaked in peppermint oil. Corrected to say COTTON balls.

 

[ruffdog]

I've been using these in my shed and tractor.They appear to be working. Amazon.com : Fresh Cab Botanical Rodent Repellent - Environmentally Friendly, Keeps Mice Out, 4 Scent Pouches : Garden & Outdoor

Mice would always build a nest behind the dash of the TC33D tractor. They never did damage but it smelled like mouse. I cleaned the area with Lysol/water and tied a couple Fresh Cab packets to the wire harness. I never had mice again and it smelled nice.

 

[mcfarmall]

I went camping at a nearby State Park. Got back to the trailer, parked my truck, changed my clothes and when I opened the camper door, I saw a chipmunk running down the frame rail in the wheel well. Opened the hood and found an acorn with the end chewed off and a pile of crumbs on a wire harness connector. I kept the hood opened during daylight hours the rest of my stay. I hate chipmunks.

 

[ROUSTABOUT]

2" pvc tee and a cap. Have three two foot pieces of pipe put in each opening if tee. Vertical one fill with rat poison and put the cap on. Tie it to something to hold it up straight. Only rats can get in to the poison. You can put these things all over. That's what the big company does around our chicken houses.

 

[lhocking]

Here is a one time solution: Mice Barrier For Cars - UCNRS

 

[climax102]

Everyone says not to cover your tractor so what did I do last winter? I covered my tractor. (We don't live on the property and there are no outbuildings). So what happened when I uncovered it? $1600 worth of mouse damage to a wire and fuel lines. So lesson learned. However, it still sits on the property as I need to mow. When the dealership brought it back, they parked it where they had left the brush hog and killed a large rat. I mean this rat could have been dinner for 2 it was so big! So until Nov when I will put it in RV storage place, how do I keep mice off of it? Tractor guy said to sprinkle moth balls around the perimeter. I'm going to put rat poison out also. Any other ideas? It's sitting in the grass on a hill next to some trees.

 

[CindyCRNA]

A vote for Bait Blocks here. I've tried moth balls and store bought repellant. Neither worked for me but bait blocks do, you just have to be vigilant about putting them out about twice per year.

I've been told to get cats but I love our song birds and our neighbor is a pheasants forever member. After discussing outdoor cats with him, I decided against it.

Kevin

That's what I ended up doing. Hated to do it but they are being eaten so they are working. No local pets in the area. I feel bad about any birds though that eat the carcass.

 

[CindyCRNA]

I would love to have barn cats. We have tried many, but they don’t last. Great horned owls get them.

Full grown cats? That is surprising!

 

[jyoutz]

Full grown cats? That is surprising!

Great horned owls are huge

 

[MoKelly]

Great horned owls are huge

Read they can (theoretically) take mammal prey weighing up to 15 pounds.

MoKelly

 

[lman]

When I was a kid we had a chicken house that was a converted corn crib that had open windows. We were missing chickens nightly and one morning my dad went in the chicken house and found a great horned owl that got stuck in the chicken house. He must have had more guts than brains at that time as he grabbed it and the owl's claws went all the way around his wrist. My brother was with him and was able to get the owl off of my dad but they held on to it. We put it in an area of our barn and had it there for a while to show some other people and then let it go. I hear a lot of them hooting around here.
I have noticed that we don't have as many barn cats around, but I don't miss them.