Mice invasion!!

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In support of the dryer sheets, I put them in our camper over winter and have no problems with mice, plus it smells laundry fresh when I open in up in the spring. It works well for keeping mice away, but if they are already there, I have no idea if it would drive them out.
 
I had a stow-away from Colorado one time. I got him out by opening up the truck, throwing some green pellet rat poison down inside the truck, then let it sit over night. Mouse ate poison, got real thirsty and jumped out of truck to find water. He died somewhere else instead of inside my truck. I would bet your little friend has been living inside your truck for a while.

I would check the rubber o-ring which goes around the steering column at the fire wall. Had to replace mine after it rotted out a while back, and it is a good size hole for a mouse.
 
LOL, you guys are cracking me up!!!

One thing about poisoning the little bastards, if they end up dying in the duct work, you're fawked. If they die 25' from the vehicle, behind some bushes and a dog finds it, you're fawked.

Like I told my wife, this is WAR and I intend to decrease the population one at a time.

Any of you guys with dogs ever used a "flinger" for flinging tennis balls so that the dog can fetch it? Well, guess what I've been using to fling the dead mice further down the property!
 
Had a mouse get in the engine of my 2007 FJC.. Well $3500 in repair bills later.... ( covered by insurance, thank god).. For some reason they like to chew on wires to sensors that are very deep inside the engine. I have had lots of issues with mice and rats over the years due to living on the Mtns and having an abandon house right next to me.. I have battle them lots. Mostly with traps..

Then a year and a half ago I got a cat... Which then turned into 4 (Yes I know I should have gotten it fixed).. But I now have no mouse problem and I am pleasantly surprised when I fin a dead one on my doorstep..

Getting a predator work for me..
 
greentruck said:
I'd lend you my part-Bengal house cat if you were closer. He's all over the Land Cruiser every time he gets in the garage. Open one of the doors and it's his, too.

He regularly dispatches mice, birds, rabbits, and squirrels. Totally organic, no hazardous poisons, loves you when he's done killing.:eek:
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I've got a dog that climbs trees after squirrels..
usually leaves part of it on the living room floor for the GF to freak about..

'good girl'

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Here's a mug shot of our mouse predator in his tiger-stripe camouflage:
Mr_C.webp
 
Over the last 18 years I have never had any issues with mice. This year they attacked. nests in the back, nest int he glove box. I had to tear out the carpet for good and bleach. I have set trapped, but nothing yet. I will post a pic of the glove box. It was disgusting. My friend says the smell is gone, but no matter what I still smell it. :crybaby:
 
Shoot them?

Air Arms TDR in .22... My Rat Getter: 15.9gr JSB's, illuminated scope, red Hawglight LED, and Bait... For mice you don't need much power, perhaps a carbine S410 in .22 with the power turned all the way down. Maybe an RWS 430....
 
CycloSteve said:
Greentruck, is it me or is your cat a 20+ pounder? Looks to be a good ratter.

:cheers:

Steve
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Steve,
He's not that heavy, probably around 13 lbs.When we got him as an adoption from the son of a friend he was getting fed just three times a day and was just crazy muscular looking. Now that he gets fed whenever he wants, he's fattened up a little and you can't see the pumped-up look he had.

He does have an attitude like he is the biggest, baddest thing on the block, though:cool:
Until a dog comes along, when he heads for higher ground.:doh:

The weird thing is that he acts a lot like a dog, even smells differently than a normal cat. He sees something he doesn't like, he growls at at it and charges! Must be the wild cat in him.

ScO-
Not sure I want to use the CO2 gun for shooting at mice around or in the 80. That's where the killer kitty has an advantage.:)
 
I personally stay away from strong man made chemicals like pellets and moth balls. Nasty, nasty stuff. Kills mice and keeps living things away but bad for most all living things including us.

The pellets can leave them decomposing in all sorts of nooks and cranny's in your house. Find them by smell. They also may be quite attractive to other pets if you have them. My dad would use the pellets and our dog got into them. We new because she had them stuck to her bottom lip. Immediately made her swallow a bunch of peroxide per the vets advice and she threw it all up. She was fine. I may be tip toeing through the tulips here but I really don't think a slow painful death to be the best solution.

Just my opinion and I stay away from most chemicals of all sorts, just scary stuff. I was also raised by hippies in the 60's and 70's so we don't mess with it for the most part. Lawn chemicals, moth balls and rat poison are made to rid us of certain life forms but it does not care who else or what else it takes out with it.

We have cats and we have zero mice problems. They leave rodents at our doorstep. And, cats may be conceded and real @$$es sometimes but they will generally not be harmful to humans (unless you are allergic). Good kitty.
 
I too do not use the green pellets anymore. Rats tend to find them as a good food source and then hoard/hide the pellets in places like your aircleaner. They die, but the poison remains in inconvenient places and can cause collateral damage.

We used to have cats, but the coyotes are too much of a problem here.

:cheers:

Steve
 
We have a lot of coyotes too. Hard on the sheep population and I can see they would find cats a perfect prey. Our dogs go after the coyotes but in a pack, they certainly have balls. Walk right into your campsite making a racket that send chills down your spine.

You can shoot them (and the mice and rats) but they sometimes can breed quicker than their natural predators (us included here) can handle.
 
No poison

As others have said, I would avoid using the poison. My RV mechanic is just finishing the removal process of the dead rats from inside the heater ducts and vents in my RV. Over $5,000 in labor and parts most of which is the removal of all the heater system and steam cleaning the parts. They had taken all the poison and stored it in the vents and subsequently one by one they died eating it and then moved to the next vent, for a total of over 10 dead rats mixed with their den materials and 100's of dead flies. They also chewed through the gas lines, and squirrels chewed through the brake lines. I have not tested the water system or charging system completely yet and suspect more damage. Either way I will be using traps, moth balls, and dryer sheets. Here's a picture of what happens, not for the week stomach.
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:rolleyes:
That's why I leave this kind of work to the professionals -- my cat.;)
 
landcruising said:
As others have said, I would avoid using the poison. My RV mechanic is just finishing the removal process of the dead rats from inside the heater ducts and vents in my RV. Over $5,000 in labor and parts most of which is the removal of all the heater system and steam cleaning the parts. They had taken all the poison and stored it in the vents and subsequently one by one they died eating it and then moved to the next vent, for a total of over 10 dead rats mixed with their den materials and 100's of dead flies. They also chewed through the gas lines, and squirrels chewed through the brake lines. I have not tested the water system or charging system completely yet and suspect more damage. Either way I will be using traps, moth balls, and dryer sheets. Here's a picture of what happens, not for the week stomach.
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I was not aware that SD has such a rat problem. This is making me second guess whether I really want to move out there for law school :hhmm:
 
alia176 said:
My mouse traps have been working over time sitting in the front floor board.
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What are you using for bait in the traps? Maybe they are getting a whiff of it and then following the smell into your rig.

If that may be the case, perhaps sticky/glue traps would work. I've never used them, but I don't think they smell like anything.

This thread is a good read so far. I've used dryer sheets to keep away mosquitoes, but not mice. I'll have to put some dryer sheets around the snow blower.
 
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