Mice question

[MN4x4]

Reconsider cats. I had field mice in my attic (I watched one climb 20+ feet straight up a brick wall), my garage, and my motorhome. Tried most of the remedies suggested. Nothing worked.

Now I maintain my house and outbuildings mouse free with three outdoor cats. Male and female are equally aggressive and even a kitten will trot home carrying a mouse. Eventually, the mice get the idea and stay away from the area the cats very dilligently mark.

The solution is either cats or teaching a dog to catch mice.

How do you teach the cats to stay around your building?

I have two and a half acres so they could wander around, but I wouldn't want them straying out onto the road.

 

[Kev442]

I leave my camper at the ranch over the summer. Last year they set up party central in my camper. Any idea how to keep deer mice out. I have heard irish spring soap and bounce dry sheets keep mice out. Anyone accually used this?

Yep. They used the bounce to make a nest.

 

[rodm1]

I here fabric softener works good for RV storage. I seem to have good luck 1/3 plaster 2/3 corn meal.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Victor mouse trap and twizzler, forget the peanut butter.

 

[jabberwoki]

Put a cake of soap out as they will eat that and your pets will not. Has worked for me.

My dog eats soap!!

 

[mdbeck1]

Our office building was new about two years ago. It was an open field before. So... we end up with MICE everywhere. The most interesting place was INSIDE the cubicle walls. I found out that cotton balls soaked in cinammon oil (like the toothpicks) works. they don't stay around my desk.

...but to REALLY get rid of them use the poison...

 

[Norcal]

Use a mouse trap w/ the fake plastic cheese on it, I always use a piece of fat (bacon or anything) that can be stuffed in a hole on the trap so they have tug a bit at it,whenever used peanut butter they would lick it off w/o springing the trap, the use of a piece of fat ended that problem.I would avoid any poison bait as then they can crawl off in a wall & die while you get to enjoy the aroma of decaying rodent.

 

[rlcalcote]

.I would avoid any poison bait as then they can crawl off in a wall & die while you get to enjoy the aroma of decaying rodent.[/QUOTE]


speaking of the wonderful aroma. we are dealing with this now. bug guy left some poision in the crawl space 2 weeks or so ago then last fri awoke to rancid smell in house, bug guy went and looked ( i cant get down there due to bad back) found over 40 mice dead and no poisin left he removed what he found but thinks there are more in dead in nest in the foundation.
so any way anybody have any good ideas on getting rid of smell, its getting better but still noticable. have been leaving fans on and window open but wifes not happy with this with colder weather coming in
she has candles and smelly stuff going when we are home but it just seems to keep the rotten smell to master bedroom.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Use a mouse trap w/ the fake plastic cheese on it, I always use a piece of fat (bacon or anything) that can be stuffed in a hole on the trap so they have tug a bit at it,whenever used peanut butter they would lick it off w/o springing the trap, the use of a piece of fat ended that problem.I would avoid any poison bait as then they can crawl off in a wall & die while you get to enjoy the aroma of decaying rodent.

That's why I suggest using a piece of twizzler, more than once, I have seen PB licked off a trap.

 

[IH82BL8]

You said you set traps, so obviously you have traps on hand. Use peanut butter for bait. We had two mice in our basement. I caught the first one the first night and the second one the second night. Put the traps in a hidden area where you know that the mice go.

 

[m.james]

Peanut butter has never worked for me. Use some candy.

 

[Charles (in GA)]

If there is one thing that pisses me off its peoples "outdoor cats" Whats the point? All they do is run around the neighborhood and dig up gardens, get into trash, **** all over the place and piss my dogs off when I am walking them. Keep your damn cats in your own yard.

end rant

My three girls stay right at home. Never indoors, they live on the screened in porch (where their food and water stays) and the backyard and surrounding area is theirs to roam. They rarely go next door at all, as there are lots of things to do right here (sun themselves in the yard, catch mice, and generally act like lazy cats). They catch enough mice to tell me they are doing their job, they are quite proud of what they do and leave the mice for me.

Charles

Girls in their heated house on the back porch.

 

[Vettman]

I had some small ones that would eat the bait (peanut butter, or cheese) and never trip the trap. I bought some of the stickey pads at Walmart and they worked great. Didn't even have to bait them. They run across and get stuck.

 

[Cage]

I`ve been using candle wax, butterscotch works great !