Mice and garage couch

[meboatermike]

I use the old fashioned snap traps, have got 4 down cellar, old house and basement and cannot keep them out except to keep at killing them, Once winter sets in here they will slow down to a dull roar Have got about 19 so far this fall and it has slowed down to just a couple a week now. I use peanut butter on about half the trap and a small piece of well stuck on gumdrop (they have trouble getting the gumdrop without triggering the trap). Also all my traps are screwed or nailed to a somewhat larger board (solves the problem of the trap being missing and not found) Set them tight along walls or long runs of stuff not in the middle of the floor. I gave up on poison pellets a long time ago -- too many chances of dogs getting into them as the little bas@!rds would just move the pellets from the bait station to somewhere else like a shoe or boot I forgot to stuff with newspaper!!! Also they stink awful for a while if it does get them -- believe me we know all about the smell as it slowly goes away.

Currently my number one killer has been a snap trap that looks like a yellow piece of square cheese (I was baiting it also but it has been catching them with out bait for the last couple weeks -- so I just keep resetting it.

 

[2011laramie]

Walk the plank mouse trap off amazon. Best investment ever.

 

[dshop]

a garage cat (shelter sourced) will do fine in the cold. Better than being outside for sure...just provide a little food and water and you will have a mouse free security system for years to come.
I have used this set up for over 40 years now with no downside...heck I even like the different cats I've saved and they saved me...good lap kitty while I'm checking a manual or reading my car magazine.

 

[WQ59B]

Less than 1/8-in gap.

 

[Crazyjake8493]

I have a couch in my garage, I just set a few snap traps with peanut butter and bacon grease. Never had an issue with them messing with the couch.

 

[NUTTSGT]

I prefer the old school Victor snap traps baited with a piece of Twizzler.

I have a set of front seats out of a T-Bird turbocoupe in my garage, no sign of a mouse getting in them, however, the seats are set on a frame made of angle iron. I don't think they can climb the steel.

The other thing is to make sure there is no food or access to get at any in the garage. If there is nothing to eat, there is less chance of them sticking around.

 

[Kevin54]

I prefer the old school Victor snap traps baited with a piece of Twizzler.

I have a set of front seats out of a T-Bird turbocoupe in my garage, no sign of a mouse getting in them, however, the seats are set on a frame made of angle iron. I don't think they can climb the steel.

The other thing is to make sure there is no food or access to get at any in the garage. If there is nothing to eat, there is less chance of them sticking around.

If the frames are made from rougher angle iron, they can climb it.

There is really no way to eliminate mice from coming in, but you have to use common sense so they don't start a community. Try to keep things off the floor where they can hide. Don't keep a lot of loose papers laying around. In the winter months, if you are storing your vehicle, plug the exhaust, and set traps underneath the hood and underneath the car. Remove the air cleaner, and disconnect and remove the battery. It seem that mice love to chew wiring when there is the slightest current in it.