I hate mice

[tq60]

We had a dry spell cat wise, rats got into the shop, ate the 4-0 wires in the forklift, repaired all the wires but a small one must not be right, does got work correctly.

Placed a lot of snap traps, along walls or make fake walls.

Not have established cat colony, no more rodents.

A couple moved into the shop, litter box in corner.

Sometimes they use the floor, better than rats.

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[MrWhoopee]

My daughter's Mercedes was hit by the little demons. It took over 6 months for the dealer to get a replacement wiring loom, which had to be made to order from the factory. This is her last Mercedes.

 

[SLK001]

Don't you just wish that John Deere would quit making their wire insulation out of peanuts?

 

[Dhal22]

We have the black boxes with poison in them around our house. Very effective, no mice for years since we started the service. Happy wife for sure.

 

[fixit]

Moth balls used to be the deterrent of choice. But I don't know if that was the older formulation which was naphthalene or the newer dichlorobenzene which has been around for some thirty or forty years.

worked for me

 

[sdelivery]

Peppermint oil, real peppermint oil. Spray everywhere. Then lay down dimatacious earth all around the perimeter

 

[brino]

We have the black boxes with poison in them around our house. Very effective, no mice for years since we started the service. Happy wife for sure.

Don't get me wrong, I want all those hanta-virus laden, tick-infested, equipment destroying, chew monsters dead!

My problem with the poison route is the secondary effects to the animals that eat the poisoned mice/rats.
If you have cats or dogs around it could be really bad for them.

Some of the newer ones like Wilsarin, that despite the name, are NOT warfarin-based and therefore are a little more discriminate.
That one is made from corn cellulose meant to "interfere with the rodents digestive system and causes dehydration", but not affect cats and dogs.

Brian

 

[Cadillac]

My father used moth balls all the time and I don’t think they worked. We have a summer house and the garage would get filled with mice over the winter months. I got myself a boat four years ago and it’s stored in the garage along with a 05 3500 truck and mowers.
The mowers I’ve found just open all the compartments and hood so they don’t feel confined to make a home. As for the truck and boat I went and got bottles of pepppermint mouth wash and sprayed it all over the engine compartment and cab. The boat I sprayed all the confined areas and open as much as I can.
The pepppermint deters them but I don’t think it works as good as advertised. I still see dropping here and there.
Mothballs I don’t think work or if they do the mice get use to the smell after awhile.
My best defense has been to try and eliminate them with a bucket trap. 5gallon bucket coat hanger and two cans made into a long cylinder the length of the diameter of bucket. Put coat hanger through center of can cylinder. Like a log roll over a bucket. Take some peanut butter and put on can. Some wood for a ramp so they can get on the ride.
I set it up in the fall and try and get rid of the problem before the freeze so they don’t get comfortable. Usually get half a dozen or so within a week.
Peppermint seems to work with a high concentration and the bucket trap works a charm. I wish I had a camera on it to see it in action.

 

[sdelivery]

I had such a problem for awhile the diamotatous earth is natural and did the trick. They breath it in and they suffocate it works for the other little bugs too

 

[CJ5Dave]

Could be squirrels. They had a nest in my Romex storage.