@#$% MICE!!!!!

MossflowerWoods · Dec 3, 2011

Good grief!

I fueled the tractor today and raised the hood to check the air screens.

Keep in mind I park out in the rain at the moment!

Well right up next to the fuel filler was a MOUSE NEST!

They had fled some time ago, but they had some really cushy stuff I have no idea where it came from and they CHEWED ALL the INSULATION off one fof the wires for the Fuel Gauge!!! it is literally bare wire.

They did a pretty good number on the plastic protector too!

I wonder how much Kioti will charge me for that unit!

I'm buying dryer sheets tomorrow!

GRRRRR!
David

Don87 · Dec 3, 2011

Found the beginnings of a mouse nest in the trunk of my wifes car today.

She had new blue jeans for me in the trunk also. Brand new Levis.........with holes chewed in 'em

bullbreaker · Dec 3, 2011

David your pretty close to DC I"am surprised with all the rats there you even have mice.

Boone

strum456 · Dec 3, 2011

Here is how I look at it: You can have cats or rats. We choose cats.

Seriously, we had a big problem. One night it was like a waterfall of rats coming out of the grainery. We got some cats, and the rodents are now at a minimum.

Soundguy · Dec 3, 2011

imagine my dispair when I found a rodent nest unde rthe hood of my power stoke diesel. I almost had a stroke and fired the barn cat!

ctgoldwing · Dec 3, 2011

MossflowerWoods said:
Good grief!

I'm buying dryer sheets tomorrow!

GRRRRR!
David

I just had two cars serviced (one kept in the garage all the time). Both had mice nests in them - one in the indoor blower unit, both in the air filters (intake sides).

The mechanic gave me the same suggestion - dryer sheets

creekbend · Dec 3, 2011

re:MossflowerWoods--Do you recall the thread that CTMassey posted 09-26-2011----"mouse deterrant.....winter's coming"? In one of your posts on that thread you inquired about some preventative measures that you personally could utilize to help reduce and prevent rodent infestation? Well the "critters" are coming-no they're already here.

Good Luck.

Gordon Gould · Dec 3, 2011

Good Luck - You will need it. I have tried everything. Dryer sheets, peppermint oil all that stuff. The only thing that works for me is cats and Decon. Put it right in the engine compartment where nothing else can get it. They will bring it there into their nest anyway.

MossflowerWoods · Dec 4, 2011

bullbreaker said:
David your pretty close to DC I"am surprised with all the rats there you even have mice.

Boone

I always thought those DC critters were weasels...

David

CTMassey · Dec 4, 2011

I had dryer sheets ALL OVER my tractor, and 3 boxes of mothballs underneath. Mouse traps inside along the edge of the "cover-it" shed(with no bait, didnt want to "attract" any), just as a precaution. STILL found a nest under the hood between the battery and radiator. Opened the hood and those buggers wouldnt even move.....If I could have got my hand in there I couldve crushed them......I shop-vac'ed the nest, washed the tractor , and now have glue traps AND snap traps everywhere(with bait). I put traps in shoe boxes with holes around the tires and inside edge of the shed. I set-up the 5 gallon pail water trap. I've been leaving the hood open. So far only 2 kills, but I WILL NOT lose this battle.........

GregbkH · Dec 4, 2011

Had my tractor parked outside during deer season. Went to fire it up and the fan was shooting out acorns like a gattling gun!

I've got to do something about that.

Depmandog · Dec 4, 2011

Ever since the black snake set up shop in my building, the mouse population has been ...manageable.

Trust me, this is a love hate relationship. I love the fact that I have fewer mice, but I DO NOT like to find him...seems like its always when I bend over or squat down or stick my head or hand into something. I scream, the snake wants to scream and we scare the bejesus out of each other. That's the part I hate.

It's that time of year, so he spends his days curled up in his hypothermic coma - that is unless I fire up the wood stove for a couple of days straight. Otherwise I am in charge of mouse control till spring.

tpulley · Dec 4, 2011

As for the exposed wiring, you could get some of the liquid electrical tape from Lowes and paint it on there. It sets really nice and makes it waterproof as well as keeping it hidden from other elements.

BeeferMan · Dec 4, 2011

Opened up the side cover on my manure spreader yesterday that had been sitting all summer, and - mouse nest! Went to pull the junk out and it was like a freakin' commune in there, were at least three of them. One of them spooked and ran right up the sleeve of my coveralls, had to shed them and shake him out. No real damage that I could see, mostly just gearbox and chains in there...

tpulley · Dec 4, 2011

One pair of mice can produce about a thousand offspring in a years time under ideal circumstances. So any you see need to be erradicated or they start adding up quickly.

GPintheMitten · Dec 4, 2011

Sounds like time to pay the Piper!:laughing:

bullbreaker · Dec 4, 2011

As far as mice or rats dryer sheets never worked for me. Ended up using my exgirlfriends undergarments picked from the dirty clothes basket. Didn't even have to put them in under engine compartment etc. Just on floor near or under tractor. Rodent infestation was immediately defeated !

Boone

RobertBrown · Dec 4, 2011

MossflowerWoods said:
Good grief!

I fueled the tractor today and raised the hood to check the air screens.

Keep in mind I park out in the rain at the moment!

Well right up next to the fuel filler was a MOUSE NEST!

They had fled some time ago, but they had some really cushy stuff I have no idea where it came from and they CHEWED ALL the INSULATION off one fof the wires for the Fuel Gauge!!! it is literally bare wire.

They did a pretty good number on the plastic protector too!

I wonder how much Kioti will charge me for that unit!

I'm buying dryer sheets tomorrow!

GRRRRR!
David

You need snakes. The most efficient rodent control. Ya don't have to feed em and if they get hurt your wife isn't going to insist it needs to go to the vet.

Short Game · Dec 4, 2011

I just had a mouse catastrophe. My new cat is pretty useless as a mouser. His predecessor was rodent death. This little guy from the shelter lacks the killer instinct. Trouble is, I have a one cat limit at any given time. So, he's won the free ride while he continues to be Mr. Nice Guy. For him, mice are good fun, and while he plays with them, he neglects the coup de gras. He obviously sees them as recyclable toys.

Anyway, they can get into this old leaky cabin a thousand ways. I set traps where the cat can't get to them. The one I had set behind the washing machine was tripped, but looked to be still set. It had snapped on the washing machine hose. How long ago, I don't know. So, anyway, the buggers built a nest of pink fiberglass insulation on top of the back side of the washing machine's tub. I did a couple big loads of wash the other day that included most of my clothes. I put on clean stuff for Thanksgiving and started to itch really bad.

I washed fiberglass into my clothes. I found the nest and vacuumed it out, tried rewashing the clothes. Didn't work. I trapped the mice really soon after I discovered the tripped trap. Too late for my clothes though. I wear sweats all the time except for the day I go to town. You can't get good sweats at thrift stores. Everyone wears them out it seems. My best work duds are apparently destroyed.

Ford tractor · Dec 4, 2011

I use the 5 gal bucket mouse trap. And put out mouse poison.

Keeps them down, but never out.

Just remember that mice (and the diseases they spread) have caused more human death than all the wars in history combined.