mice or rats use hood of tractor for latrine

[dieselade]

jd 5225 no cab. has fel. first of all i dont see how the heck they get up there. i got a green poison block right there and they crap all around it. this is in a drive thru smaller shed with bait bars all around. also store firewood in there. no other food source. cant lock cats there. i havent taken shields off around steer wheel so maybe i should. maybe someone has idea if they are in the tractor. i would like to move tractor to another shed but dont want to take mice with the tractor.

 

[Roadworthy]

If the shed is mostly enclosed you could just let the tractor idle in there for half an hour. Whatever isn't killed outright will probably decide to vacate the premises. Just don't stand in there yourself while waiting.

 

[Mat4644]

Look at the active ingredients and rotate type of poisons. Use same type too long and some will build immunity. Best to use 2 different ones at once. Get some multi catch traps also.

 

[oosik]

Actually the rodents are doing you a favor - so far. They could be using remote/unaccessible areas as their restroom. Believe me - if you have mice/rats in one location - - you have them everywhere. Long ago I gave up trying to kill all my mice/chipmunks. Now I attempt to make certain areas - under the hood & inside the vehicle - inhospitable to them.

At my location - for every mouse/chipmunk I kill - there are two more, out there in the brush - waiting to come on down.

 

[Mat4644]

You won't get rid of them but less damage and hassle dealing with a small local population vs a very large one. Plus it takes time for the population to shift. Trapping and poisons work but aren't 100%. Even with adding deterrents you still might sustain damage.

Dogs such as Rat or Jack Russel Terriers are the best at elimination and deterrent. They constantly work with a passion towards getting them off your property.

 

[John0829]

The new baits IMHO are useless, just a pre dinner snack for em'. I miss the old d-Con that actually worked. I have plastic shoe boxes every few feet with the baits, to keep the pets from it and you can see the bait eaten away but never see a dead mouse. I finally started putting good old fashion traps in with the bait and the mouse population is significantly down. It is a pain having to check and remove the bodies but I am not seeing mouse sign on my vehicles or tractors after adding the traps where with the bait alone there was always plenty of signs. I figure the bait draws em' in and the traps finish the job.

 

[shooterdon]

My stuff was being covered by mice crap. I have found bucket traps the most effective way to deal with them and they only need to be "serviced" every couple of days. I have had to dispose of up to seven of them at one time but it does eventually reduce the pollution. I use RV antifreeze so the dead mice that are eaten by hawks/eagles do not affect the birds. A bucket trap is cheap to make as well. Just need to reapply peanut butter every couple of months.

 

[ruffdog]

I trap year round....and it takes two years to really knock the critter population down if they are established. I toss the mice up on the one shed roof because crows must eat too.

 

[rangerfredbob]

This is my mousetrap setup, works great, don't even need bait, don't have to bend down... I made two of them with 7 rat traps too to get the rats from my wood shed, worked good, caught both rats. also caught several mice in the rat traps...

Simple, go to Amazon or wherever and get some traps (for mouse traps the Tomcat brand with the yellow flap work best, I found rat traps in a box of I think 12 for $16 on Amazon), get a scrap of plywood, go to home depot/lowes and go to the electrical section by the steel conduit and grab a 10' stick of 3/8" allthread (most employees don't know it's there and it's $6 for 10'), grab some T nuts and regular nuts and some sheet metal screws 3/4" long and assemble... arrange the traps in alternating directions, you'd be surprised at how many are caught on the inside!

I've caught as many as 4 mice at once, sometimes they are caught in multiple traps...

 

[FTG-05]

Hire some professionals.