Keeping out the mouse

[johnvickl]

Moth balls I promise they work, you can put them in a sock and crush up. I put them under hood with it open. I put on all 4 wheelers floor boards. No mice

 

[Redneck in training]

I can sympathise with you.I found a Kubota recently that hadnt been used for a long while and it was minus its complete wiring loom due to mice so they really are a problem.

I was working in Russia for about two years on pipeline construction between 1978 and 1980. There was a several miles long sunflower field by the compressor station. One day several combines started harvesting the seed and started on the distant side of the field. As they approached closer the station and our compound was invaded by millions of mice. Wires in the cabinets housing the control system were eaten to bare cooper, many cables in underground cable channels were eaten, they peed on the terminal blocks in cabinets and junction boxes making them corroded and conductive. When the invasion was over in about a week later we had to remove all already installed equipment, cables etc and start from beginning again.

Friend of mine worked for the Air force. One day there was a jet ready to take off when its auxiliary tanks fell on the runway. Investigation showed that mice chewed some wires and the short released the tanks. They had to take apart all the aircraft and inspect them. After that they had to put a sheet metal "fence" about a foot high around each wheel after the plane was parked.

 

[ray66v]

Cats, or the Bounce.

There is an outdoor weather bait now, that seems to be knocking them off.

Moth balls? I'd rather have the mice. :thumbdown:

 

[shane]

Here we use toilet urinal blocks - pick a scent u like & cabs & machines r mice free & smell good when season starts

I tried the urinal blocks. The mice did stop chewing on the wires, but it created another problem, the mice started peeing on everything. (sorry for the lame humor)

 

[OzGrasshopper]

u should always remove the label so they dont get the urge

 

[nickel plate]

I make these water traps and bait them with peanut butter. They just keep on trapping-I've emptied out multiple drowned catches, refilled the water, the existing peanut butter is still plentiful and intact on the spin can, check it in a few days and do it all over again.:thumbsup:
You can add some antifreeze to the water if it's in cold weather but one must be extra careful as it will kill other animals if they drink it so put the trap where cats, dogs, livestock etc. cannot get to it. The trap will also work well with a dry bucket as the mice cannot jump up and out. Put a little bedding material in the bottom and they will hide and not try too hard to escape. The only downside to a dry bucket is that you then in the end have to deal with live mice. If you are in to catch and release, do the dry bucket.
The yellow bucket was the first one that I made a few years ago, the white bucket trap is the "new and improved" model with a folding ramp for storage, hitch pins to keep the bait can centered, an anti-shifting method to keep the ramp in place on the bucket lip, a couple of different bait can height settings for small/larger rodents, all that good stuff. I've made and sold quite a few of these newer traps.

 

[Diamondpilot]

Short of cats killing them or using traps or poison you are not doing anyone any favors. Dryer sheets, urinal blocks, moth balls, or my ex wife's cooking will just make them move on to the next poor sucker.

Do us all a favor and get a cat.

Chris

 

[TGF]

screw cats, just get some t-rex traps, they don't stink, piss or need to be fed and they kill mice dead, I usually only find mice in them till about jan then they are all dead till next fall. Poison bait traps also work. I throw their bodies on top the rocks and the hawks pick them up (not the poisoned ones).

After reading some more of this tread, do none of you people have guns and flashlights? 1 night of hunting coon problem solved, spot and shoot.

Or a good coon trap, 2 inches of pvc pipe, 1 cap, 1 1 to 3/4 inch reducer, and a shinny 3/4 inch ball bearing. The stupid suckers will reach in grab the ball and then not let go and never get their arm out. You anchor it to anything come out shoot coon in head.

I think I may make a bucket trap, that looks satisfying.

 

[trailmaker]

Problem with cats is they kill everything. I've got cotton tail rabbits, quail, snakes and lizards that I really enjoy having around.

 

[amigauser]

I make these water traps and bait them with peanut butter. They just keep on trapping-I've emptied out multiple drowned catches, refilled the water, the existing peanut butter is still plentiful and intact on the spin can, check it in a few days and do it all over again.:thumbsup:
You can add some antifreeze to the water if it's in cold weather but one must be extra careful as it will kill other animals if they drink it so put the trap where cats, dogs, livestock etc. cannot get to it. The trap will also work well with a dry bucket as the mice cannot jump up and out. Put a little bedding material in the bottom and they will hide and not try too hard to escape. The only downside to a dry bucket is that you then in the end have to deal with live mice. If you are in to catch and release, do the dry bucket.
The yellow bucket was the first one that I made a few years ago, the white bucket trap is the "new and improved" model with a folding ramp for storage, hitch pins to keep the bait can centered, an anti-shifting method to keep the ramp in place on the bucket lip, a couple of different bait can height settings for small/larger rodents, all that good stuff. I've made and sold quite a few of these newer traps.

Also works VERY well for chipmunks.