nick8086 Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Do they hate this stuff?? Enoz Old Fashioned Moth Balls - 16 Oz. or just use dryer sheets.. It is that time of year again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Antifreeze pails and lots of mouse traps. Just be sure to check them often. If they are dead in the trap you will know they aren't in your car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinneyhill Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 They come inside looking for somewhere warm at this time of year. So set your traps and bait stations. Check the traps every couple of days and the bait stations weekly. Food is harder to find now so they will like your bait. They like Crunchy peanut butter, not smooth. The bait must be fairly fresh. If slugs find it and slime over it, throw in out and put out fresh bait. I go through this every year else they find a way to get into the ceiling. I have no idea where but they do get in. So I have bait stations at each end of the house and beside the shed. When I was less conscientious I also had to put bait inside the shed and in the ceiling because they had already got in. I check my stations every 10 days (I have a reminder on my email calendar). This also is aimed at rats and mustelids. That way, we get some of our native birds fledging. We have no native rodents or other mammals (only one bat) so the birds have no defense mechanisms and the eggs and chicks get eaten. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesBulldogMiller55Buick Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 57 minutes ago, Spinneyhill said: They come inside looking for somewhere warm at this time of year. So set your traps and bait stations. Check the traps every couple of days and the bait stations weekly. Food is harder to find now so they will like your bait. They like Crunchy peanut butter, not smooth. The bait must be fairly fresh. If slugs find it and slime over it, throw in out and put out fresh bait. I go through this every year else they find a way to get into the ceiling. I have no idea where but they do get in. So I have bait stations at each end of the house and beside the shed. When I was less conscientious I also had to put bait inside the shed and in the ceiling because they had already got in. I check my stations every 10 days (I have a reminder on my email calendar). This also is aimed at rats and mustelids. That way, we get some of our native birds fledging. We have no native rodents or other mammals (only one bat) so the birds have no defense mechanisms and the eggs and chicks get eaten. very interesting. Alabama has only one marsupial, the Opossum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinneyhill Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Yeah, we have possums too. Australian Ringtail possums. They are killing our native bush and they also eat bird's eggs. They love the top leaves in the forest giants and eat them all, killing the tree. Funnily enough, in many areas of Australia they are becoming rare. We would love to send them back - surely they would like 40 million of them - for free? We need a Pied Piper of Possums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe in Canada Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 We now have possums up north here also. I am hearing they came up here on the trains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Grumpy's Auto Shop Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 I have not personally tried this product yet but I have it on good authority that it works well:http://www.bonide.com/products/garden-naturals/view/865/mouse-magic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JACK M Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 I use dryer sheets with what I have to assume is some success. My daughter however tells me that her mice tears them up and make nests out of them. At minimum it makes the car smell spring fresh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinneyhill Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 what is a dryer sheet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill pritchett Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 a fabric-softening sheet, added to a load of drying clothes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruffsup Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 cats can help but of course they kill lots of birds too.Cotton balls with a drop of peppermint oil seems to be working in my old roll top desk which has twice been invaded by the little bastards. there was a 5 foot long rat snake living in my shop/barn but he has probably been run over as I have not seen him for a few years and the mouse population seems to be increasing. Glad to hear you have crunchy peanut butter in New Zealand. Travel there is now definitely on my bucket list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Shaw Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 http://forums.aaca.org/topic/264132-it-is-time-to-think-about-car-storage-for-the-winter/#comment-1418059 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick8086 Posted October 24, 2016 Author Share Posted October 24, 2016 I may try some on the list : I like plaster of paris and coca powder.. http://how-to-get-rid-of-mice.com/natural-home-remedies/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cahartley Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 This is what I have used for the past 13 years. http://stoppestinfo.com/110-tomcat-all-weather-bait-chunx-review.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poci1957 Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 On 10/23/2016 at 0:26 PM, JACK M said: I use dryer sheets with what I have to assume is some success. My daughter however tells me that her mice tears them up and make nests out of them. At minimum it makes the car smell spring fresh. I had that happen myself, put in dryer sheets in they made a nest out of one of them. Mothballs smell up the car but they have worked for me, don't forget the trunk and under the hood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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