Mice

[Wayne0 539]

What do you people use to keep the little bastards from nesting in your machines? Particularity under the engine tins.

Big Red is "indoors" so no problem, however, Ole' Rusty lives in a lean to shed.

 

[TractorEd 636]

Cats, rat snakes and anything else native that finds them delicious.😋 

[rjg854 11,530]

My preference is snap traps and raisins for the bait.

[Wayne0 539]

We're talking "Wild Kingdom" here. I probably wouldn't be able to keep up.

[Pullstart 63,122]

I have had the best results with snap traps, but I did just order some of these bucket lids on the jungle site.  Sometimes resetting 12 traps a day is not my favorite and I need a quick fix.  They flourish around the chicken coop especially, which happens to be close to my shop.

 

 

[Wayne0 539]

2 hours ago, Pullstart said:

I have had the best results with snap traps, but I did just order some of these bucket lids on the jungle site.  Sometimes resetting 12 traps a day is not my favorite and I need a quick fix.  They flourish around the chicken coop especially, which happens to be close to my shop.

 

 

5 Gallon bucket? Luckily, my coop is not near the shed.

[moe1965 746]

Bucket thap look on YouTube how to build very effective trap

[leabassett@sbcglobal.net 151]

Moth balls in plastic bags with holes punched in them.

[WHX?? 49,282]

Mice say what !!! Open season!!!

 

I don't like poison 'cause I wanna see them dead!!! 'Sides the fox likes a snack when I have fresh kills. 

 

Another drawback to poison is keeping the dogs out of it. 

Made a few of these with 1 1/2 pvc ... dog proof. 

Use the poison blocks with the hole in them.

They go on a threaded rod in the center piece as the mice eat them another one drops down. 

Edited November 1, 2024 by WHX??

[oliver2-44 9,879]

12 minutes ago, WHX?? said:

Mice say what !!! Open season!!!

 

I don't like poison 'cause I wanna see them dead!!! 'Sides the fox likes a snack when I have fresh kills. 

 

Another drawback to poison is keeping the dogs out of it. 

Made a few of these with 1 1/2 pvc ... dog proof. 

Use the poison blocks with the hole in them.

They go on a threaded rod in the center piece as the mice eat them another one drops down. 

Do you think that would work for Tree Rats (squirrels).
I’m tired of relocating them. I lost count at 200+ and they’ve cleaned the Pecan Trees of another years crop. 

[Achto 27,844]

The bait stations that @WHX?? made are a great idea. Lets the mice get to the poison & keeps your pets away from it.\

 

  

[Achto 27,844]

17 hours ago, Pullstart said:

but I did just order some of these bucket lids on the jungle site.

 

Some antifreeze in the buckets will give 'em a final demise. Plus it will keep the smell away if you can't get back to check the traps for a few days. 

[Wayne0 539]

10 hours ago, oliver2-44 said:

Do you think that would work for Tree Rats (squirrels).
I’m tired of relocating them. I lost count at 200+ and they’ve cleaned the Pecan Trees of another years crop. 

My tree rats get lead poisoning.

[WHX?? 49,282]

 Then you can just scoop them out with her kitchen strainer ... 

 

Tree rats a whole nother ball game Ollie. You take care of one and 20 of it's cousins move in. Pretty much a losing battle. 

The little red ones ... we call them pine squirrels ... can cause some devastating damage they get in an attic. I always thought the barn cats kept them away but they must be getting lazy too. 

If your pecans are far enough  away from other trees you can wrap a piece of tin around the trunk or bird feeder poles. Round HVAC duct works good. They will congregate around the bottom for wind falls then & easy pickens for Wayne's cure. Mr. fox loves them too. 

[oliver2-44 9,879]

2 hours ago, Wayne0 said:

My tree rats get lead poisoning.

I used to enjoy squirrel hunting on the farm.  But now have a "Neighbor Lady" to close for that.

When I say I relocate them she thinks to some big green farm, I don't go any father than the green plastic trash bin.

[pfrederi 17,930]

Have use mothballs but not with great outcomes.  Today went to use some that werw in a box from last spring in the storage shed.  there were mouse dropping in the mothball box....

[Wayne0 539]

2 hours ago, pfrederi said:

Have use mothballs but not with great outcomes.  Today went to use some that were in a box from last spring in the storage shed.  there were mouse dropping in the mothball box....

I've been that route with the same results.

[Mickwhitt 4,759]

My friends has meeces in her loft space.

 

She heard the scrabbling and I found droppings and eaten pipe insulation. 

 

Put some bait blocks up there to see if we can persuade them to vacate. 

 

But once they are in I fear they will come back....

 

[Wayne0 539]

5 hours ago, oliver2-44 said:

I used to enjoy squirrel hunting on the farm.  But now have a "Neighbor Lady" to close for that.

When I say I relocate them she thinks to some big green farm, I don't go any father than the green plastic trash bin.

CCI CB Longs (or shorts) work well with a head shot. No louder than a cap gun. (from a rifle) Has to be close range.

Edited November 1, 2024 by Wayne0

[peter lena 8,812]

@Wayne0   when ever I get a mouse , always put it up on top of a post , for bird sighting , and  added hawk viewing ,  typically that mouse on a post , does not stay there , very long . pete

[lynnmor 7,361]

7 hours ago, pfrederi said:

Have use mothballs but not with great outcomes.  Today went to use some that werw in a box from last spring in the storage shed.  there were mouse dropping in the mothball box....

The recipe for mothballs changed some years ago and they are no longer effective for much of anything.  

[Pullstart 63,122]

19 hours ago, oliver2-44 said:

I used to enjoy squirrel hunting on the farm.  But now have a "Neighbor Lady" to close for that.

When I say I relocate them she thinks to some big green farm, I don't go any father than the green plastic trash bin.

 

13 hours ago, Wayne0 said:

CCI CB Longs (or shorts) work well with a head shot. No louder than a cap gun. (from a rifle) Has to be close range.

we are still talking about squirrels, right?