Unpleasant thread...varmits

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[speedo]

Originally Posted by ahh911

5 Mice traps armed with peanut butter, and wait for the show. It's a pain re-loading, it was nightly for awhile, but it's been awhile. Caught my wife's toe too.

I have already done this with peanut butter, with cheese, with catfood...works at first and then they get smart.

Originally Posted by group911@aol.co

Ever try the plug in things that make noise they don't like?
You could close the doors in the shop and leave a car running to gas them?

Yeah the creature screechers...scientists have no idea what they like or not. Like hunters wearing orange camo ...seriously? How did we figure that out? A deer double agent told us? And gassing the garage with a running car is not the best choice as one of my garages is under my house. And BTW I have cats, and they just like to play with them...slackers!

And it is too late to plug the holes in the shop or in the heating system in the car...the varmits are already inside the castle walls.

The slip and slide came today. Pulled out the peanut butter and some nuts. All set up...swimming lesson time. Cautiously optomistic...

[NYNick]

Originally Posted by speedo

The slip and slide came today. Pulled out the peanut butter and some nuts. All set up...swimming lesson time. Cautiously optomistic...

These things work like a charm. You'll get an endless supply. They never 'figure it out' because they're, um, dead.

Don't use poison. They'll die and smell. Glue traps are ok, but the bucket is the best.

[speedo]

Day 1 =2 Gotta long way to go...

[speedo]

Mice aren't that smart. They need visual help. I was missing signage.

[NYNick]

Originally Posted by speedo

Mice aren't that smart. They need visual help. I was missing signage.

Move the bucket around the room. Keep it close to the walls.

[Matt Monson]

I’ve left this little mummy here for about half a dozen years, as a reminder for others who may mistakenly think this is a good place to settle down.

[Locker537]

Unfortunately might not be possible, but the goal is to seal them out. I paid for some pros to trap and seal how they are getting in and it worked well.

[Classic11]

If your living situation allows, the best option is to keep a Cat around. If a Cat does not want to catch a mouse or only plays with them then you simply feed it too much.

[speedo]

Originally Posted by Locker537

Unfortunately might not be possible, but the goal is to seal them out. I paid for some pros to trap and seal how they are getting in and it worked well.

Not an option. I have two buildings and a car that they are claming as territory.

Originally Posted by Classic11

If your living situation allows, the best option is to keep a Cat around. If a Cat does not want to catch a mouse or only plays with them then you simply feed it too much.

Not an option. I have two older cats that wouldn't appreciate being starved and a change in profession as well as lodging.

Day 2 = 1 Maybe I advertise the restaurant also offers a wading pool

Hey Matt, are your chickens the egg producing type or are they soldiers of fortune?
If the latter, I may need to rent a couple for a weekend.

[speedo]

Day 3 = 0
I'm pretty sure there were more than three mice in my shop. Either that or those three former poopers were machines. I'll give it one more day in the shop and then move it to the 911.

[KTL]

Originally Posted by john walker's workshop

A Home Depot bucket 1/2 full of water, a ramp, a rod across the top with a length of pvc pipe over it, peanut butter in the middle. No life jackets.

I'll raise my hand and agree with this method too. It works very well around my house for the pesky, property-damaging chipmunks.

I cover the top of the water surface with sunflower seeds. They dive in to feast and can't get out. One day I put out the bucket in the morning before heading off to work. Came home at 5:00 and found 8 varmints "passed out" after partying too hard.

Definitely need to protect your 911 from rodents. They love setting up shop in there.

Winter Storage Tip

[speedo]

Day 4 = 1. Gotta say that we are making progress, but we are definitely not killing it.
Move the bucket to my car...this should be interesting. Just vacuumed it out three days ago and today, poop all over my seats again...argh!

[stownsen914]

Put a glue trap in your car where they are hanging out. You will catch them.

I'll agree with earlier comments that they are not humane. But they will catch mice.

[speedo]

Five non-swimmers in the pail...that means 5/7 of a varmit per day. We are making progress but I don't think the description of "killing it" is going to be put to use just yet.

[junkman300SD]

I've tried the flip top method per youtube and couldn't get the top to flip consistently. I may try the rod with peanut butter but prefer the quickness of the snap trap.

Catches seem to run in cycles. Catch some every day or other day for a while then nothing then it starts back up.

I just built a new shop that is supposed to be critter tight. I had the 86 parked over night and saw a mouse scurry out when I backed out. Better than the shop seems to be under a car cover at least when I'm driving it frequently.

I have my son's 79 VW bug and an 85 MBZ diesel wagon stored inside and put rags with ammonia in the engine bays and under the cars. Mice and rats supposedly don't like ammonia.

I'm going to set some more snap traps too. Supposedly there is poison that won't kill other animals that eat the poisoned rats or mice.