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Keeping the mice out !

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#1 ·
Looked through most all the forums here and this is about as close to my problem as any of them. I went to my local big box farm supply store today to buy the mouse repellent pods made by Victor. Could not find anything in the mouse trap /poison isle. So I went home got on line and every site that carries it when you click on to the page will say "out of stock". I strongly suspect that it is a discontinued item for whatever reason. I need to find a replacement as those peppermint pods worked great in my car and after I started using them had no trouble with mice. My question is : what is everybody using ? I live in the Midwest and our winters are bad enough that mice will crawl into anything to get out of the cold. I have toyed with the idea of getting a small container and putting soaked peppermint cottonballs in it trying to copy what the pods did,but don't know if it would work. Any thoughts ?


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#3 ·
I throw some of those sticky traps without bait in the car and put some with bait near the wheels. If I catch one I go into predator mode. If you suspect a mouse in the car already, bait one of the sticky traps with peanut butter and he'll be stuck to the trap within a night. They really work. I have them in many places in my garage and storage.

Video on u tube shows mice and rats eating Irish Spring soap, so that wive's tale is bogus.

This video is for the drier sheet guys...sorry.





I personally like the guillotine mouse trap. It rocks! But don't click the video link here if you are squeamish.>:)https://www.bitchute.com/video/oEgVovQDDAbf/)l:)l:)l:)

The canon mousetrap is a real knee slapper too.:eek:l:)l:)l:)

 
#5 ·
I throw some of those sticky traps without bait in the car and put some with bait near the wheels. If I catch one I go into predator mode. If you suspect a mouse in the car already, bait one of the sticky traps with peanut butter and he'll be stuck to the trap within a night. They really work. I have them in many places in my garage and storage.

Video on u tube shows mice and rats eating Irish Spring soap, so that wive's tale is bogus.

This video is for the drier sheet guys...sorry.





I personally like the guillotine mouse trap. It rocks! But don't click the video link here if you are squeamish./forums/images/Chevelles_2016/smilies/tango_face_devil.pnghttps://www.bitchute.com/video/oEgVovQDDAbf/)<img src="http://www.chevelles.com/forums/images/smilies/laughing.gif" border="0" alt="" title="laughing" class="inlineimg" /><img src="http://www.chevelles.com/forums/images/smilies/laughing.gif" border="0" alt="" title="laughing" class="inlineimg" /><img src="http://www.chevelles.com/forums/images/smilies/laughing.gif" border="0" alt="" title="laughing" class="inlineimg" />

The canon mousetrap is a real knee slapper too.<img src="http://www.chevelles.com/forums/images/smilies/eek.gif" border="0" alt="" title="EEK!" class="inlineimg" /><img src="http://www.chevelles.com/forums/images/smilies/laughing.gif" border="0" alt="" title="laughing" class="inlineimg" /><img src="http://www.chevelles.com/forums/images/smilies/laughing.gif" border="0" alt="" title="laughing" class="inlineimg" /><img src="http://www.chevelles.com/forums/images/smilies/laughing.gif" border="0" alt="" title="laughing" class="inlineimg" />

Yea but that test is with food.
 
#4 ·
Dryer sheets in the trunk, car floors and engine compartment.

These:

Amazon.com : Victor M154 Metal Pedal Mouse Trap, Pack of 12 : Garden & Outdoor

With peanut butter smeared on both the top and bottom of the latch, as well as stuffed inside the round part, and place one at each wheel, and also scatter them around the garage.

Check every now and then, add a little more peanut butter periodically to freshen the smell, but they even go after the old stuff especially in the dead of winter.

The little buggers are a PITA if you don't keep on top of them.
 
#9 ·
I dont have any pets so I keep baits in Pie tins in the corners of my shop and under my work benches . A while back I had an infestation of the little Basterds and I was putting out baits daily . I chop up the green bait blocks and stir in some cheap BBQ Sauce , mixing it well . I have not seen any trace of mice since but still keep baits out . I also keep a small pan of Anti Freeze for them .
 
#12 ·
I feed a local feral cat almost daily (5 times a week) and haven't seen any mice since but the neighbor behind me has a peach tree that the local wildlife love and now I have a possum problem instead of mice.We always had possums in the area but now with that F'ing tree right behind where my cars are parked I see way too many of them.I've had to remove the ones I catch with a havaheart trap,I've deported at least a half dozen in the last year.
Reading about them online and maybe they're not so bad but if there are way too many then that's a bad thing so I see more deportations in the future. ;)
 
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#21 ·
Dean,so do you think I don't have to worry about them chewing up stuff ?
My biggest problem is Groundhogs , they want to burrow under my shop . I trap and shoot them constantly .
John,early one morning I surprised a groundhog in my next door neighbor's yard,when he saw me and ran away it looked like a long ball of fur running on the ground, really FAST.It cracked me up. So I just told the guy what animal I saw.Their yard is like a miniature farm with all kinds of exotic asian vegetables so the local animals must look at it like it's a free salad bar.
3 of the 4 houses that surround mine have medium to large vegetable gardens so all around me are the salad bars and my yard seems to be their dining room.
 
#15 ·
I've never had good luck with glue traps. They always seem to get away leaving a little tuft of hair, to show they've been there. I love the old fashion snap traps (not the ones with the fake plastic cheese looking trigger). Baited with little chunks of marshmallow. It's the best producing bait I've found. As someone said, outside the car, not in. The mice, can bleed or rot or whatever, leaving a liquid mess which you don't want in your car.
 
#16 ·
I've kept six 16 oz. bags of mothballs in the car and still have evidence of mice. 2 bags under the hood, 2 inside the car and 2 in the trunk. So that alone, does NOT work. Pretty bad smelling car though for the first few miles!
 
#17 ·
Try peppermint. It smells good and works. Many videos on u tube prove its worth.

I have had no escapes from the catch master brand traps. The Victor sticky traps I have had an escape from. So I use only the catch masters now.

If you have birds or other animals around, put the sticky trap baited with p butter in a small box with windows cut at floor level. Those sticky traps are mean to birds and tough to get off the fur of a dumb dog. You should check any traps regularly to avoid the smell of death.

I like snap traps too, but my catch ratio with the catch masters was about 2 to 1 in favor of the sticky traps.
 
#18 ·
I have tried the dryer sheets but still evidence of the little bast*rds in the spring. My back seat seems to be their objective. Pull some of the stuffing out to make nests I guess. Going to try pepermint this winter.
Have tried the Victor guillotine style which work great after almost taking my fingers off trying to set them.
We seem to be infested with chipmunks this year. Hope that is not another issue to look forward to with the car.
 
#23 ·
OK, I read the entire thread and did not see this, fine Steel Wool!
Had to repair a soft water pipe three times as the mice kept chewing a hole at the same spot.
Got pretty annoyed as the pipe is not easy to get to and the leak made a mess of the floor.
Of course it was the old guy at the hardware store that suggested fine steel wool wrapped around the pipe.
Seems it cuts up their gums if they try to chew it so they quickly learn to leave it alone.
Not a repellent but useful for blocking ingress and discouraging the building of nest.
And my pipe is not being chewed up anymore.
 
#25 ·
I had to do the same thing on my Bosch dishwasher back at the old farm house. The mice kept chewing the drain hose. On the third replacement I wrapped it with steel wool, problem solved. We've been in town for 5 years now and have never seen any mice sign yet. Knocking on wood! I still miss the country life, but city life has it's advantages to.
 
#29 ·
I hate them meeces to pieces!! Before we built a garage the 72 and a few others were stored in a pole barn/shed. We had feral cats, still do, snap traps, pan of antifreeze and mothballs. Still had them meeces, black snakes and spiders that would span the width of a 2x6. Tried to close it up and still had the mice and spiders. Since it was move no issues but still keep a couple of snap traps with peanut butter set by the doors just incase. Pulled the heater box 2 weeks ago to have the core boiled and tested and found this mess, last thing before paint. Glad I pulled it!!
 

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