I use a trap made by Victor called a tin cat. Throw a few peanuts inside and it's ready. I have caught at least 30 mice in my house in the last year. Works every time and fast.
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Looked it up, nice way to do a nasty job.
James Miller
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I use standard mouse traps but we hot glue the green rat poison pellets on never seen a trap tripped without a mouse in it with that setup.
If its bigger then a mouse deisle takes care of it.
If its bigger then a mouse deisle takes care of it.
That did cross my mind, but I empty the contents into a crop field behind our property. Ive found that even the "environmentally friendly" antifreeze isn't.
No need for water, they'll fall in and die of exposure or you can feed them to your lazy cats.
Good point.... Didn't think of that.
Cats aren't ours, that's what makes it so humorous. They are outdoor cats that belong to the neighbor, but they get fed.
Son had a car years ago someone had put mothballs in - You can never get rid of that smell - I'm going to try the dryer sheet thing next.
My Chevelle was full of mothball smell. Along with mouse smell LOL. You are right, you never get rid of that.
Bastards just cost me $300. Must have been one of the cats drug one of the bait blocks into the dogs zone, ole girl had it half gone by the time my wife knew what was going on. Hopefully whatever drug it out of the shed ingested some of it like our dog did.
Time to wage war on the mice AND cats.
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Time to wage war on the mice AND cats.
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Poison is a bad way to rid your area of mice, as you have just learned. It's like leaving a land mine in your yard.
Baits should be used only in baiting stations. They greatly reduce bait usage, too. I bought one but there should be some easy DIY designs around.
https://www.domyownpestcontrol.com/rat-bait-stations-c-21_333.html?page=all
I simply got discouraged because my standby seemed to be less effective.
And they were starting to destroy items with significant value.
I've already picked up all the bait and have reset my black oil sunflower seed traps.
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And they were starting to destroy items with significant value.
I've already picked up all the bait and have reset my black oil sunflower seed traps.
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best rat trap is a 5 gal bucket, broom stick, and some peanut butter. Cut the top out of the bucket lid and attach it to the broom stick laid across the top of the bucket. Put a couple inches of water in the bottom of the bucket. Put a dab of peanut butter on the broom handle right in the middle where you attached it to the lid. Lean something against the bucket a mouse or rat can climb. They will climb to the lid and when the try to walk across the top to get to the peanutbutter, the lid will flip, dumping the mouse inside the bucket of water where it will drown. There is no escape and you can catch several mice at a time without having to reset or rebait the trap. to empty, just dump the water and mice somewhere, refill with water and catch the rest of the critters. No posion to deal with.
See post # 17, Mudstopper.
ChoppyChoppy
Tree Freak
What's up with wire nuts? I hope that isn't OEM and just a hack job by a previous owner (and something you should fix!)
It's a mower, not a space shuttle, mice can do serious damage to wiring so a McGyver fix shouldn't be a prob.
ETpilot
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That was my quick repair from the previous mice incident. It may be a hack job but it worked for a long time. This time I have rewired the instrument panel.
Thanks for the heads up on mothball smell. Thankfully I have not gone that route. Now I'm thinking of hot gluing sticky pads to the top of the fuel tank. May get them there. Easy access. Plus the 5 gallon pail trap next to or under the tractor.
WoodTick007
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That's not right. . . I hate mice and cats.
Can always follow the advise of VP Joe Biden "Get a shotgun! Get a shotgun!". . . lol
Can always follow the advise of VP Joe Biden "Get a shotgun! Get a shotgun!". . . lol
WoodTick007
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Nice
ChoppyChoppy
Tree Freak
It's a mower, not a space shuttle, mice can do serious damage to wiring so a McGyver fix shouldn't be a prob.
I know someone that did wiring with that thought. Almost lost a $150,000 skidder from a fire... twice.
It's a lawn mower, guessing the value at around 350$ , I'd take the risk. It's also 12v DC, the likely hood of fire is extremely low.
ChoppyChoppy
Tree Freak
He said it was on his tractor... so that could be a unit that is just a few grand to several 10 grand. None the less, using some crimp connectors and shrink wrap isn't going to take much more time.
