MICE &^%$$^ - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

Squid kids Dad · 03-03-2006, 12:00 PM

My daughter was sure she saw a mouse up in her room acouple of days ago..I was thinking she was seeing things..I looked for droppings ect..NADA..She says she saw it again and will NOT sleep in her room..I went out and got some traps yesterday..Put some peanutbutter in them and set them out last night...Got up this morning and three of the traps had f%$##@ mice in them..DEAD...
How the hell do they get up to the 2nd floor and is there anything else I can do to get rid of them.....&%$%##%

vineyardblues · 03-03-2006, 12:02 PM

JUST WHAT YOUR DOING WILL GET THEM,,,,AND YES THEIR ARE MORE........

The Dad Fisherman · 03-03-2006, 12:07 PM

Get a cat.....

I had 2 lawnmowers destroyed because of friggin mice. They dragged insulation and paper up into the motor housing to make a nest...after they pissed in it everything corroded and trashed the mowers.....

Uncle Matt · 03-03-2006, 12:10 PM

Quickly dispose of the carcasses before the youngsters get home. The best thing you can do is make sure the coast is clear before checking them each day. Also, don't let the kids know where the traps are located if possible.

Happy hunting. VB is correct, there are more.

vineyardblues · 03-03-2006, 12:14 PM

A FEW YEARS BACK I WAS HELPING INSTALL A LIGHT IN A BATHROOM, REMOVED A WALL MOUNTED LIGHT FIXTURE...BAMMMMM
ABOUT 15 OF THEM DAMM THINGS FELL TO THE GROUND.
ALL BABIES..... MY FRIEND TOSSED THEM OUT SIDE AS I ,,,LOL AT HIM.

VB

basswipe · 03-03-2006, 12:58 PM

I've had excellent results in keeping mice out with electronic ultrasound plugin units like those by Witech.There are many different brands out there.Sometimes you can find super deals on them at Joblot or Benny's.

The Pest Offense unit works great in rooms where all the wiring is on the same circuit.Check it out at www.pestoffense.com.If you need a few units it can get kinda pricey though.

ProfessorM · 03-03-2006, 01:09 PM

It is the only thing a friggin cat is good for. P.

Raven · 03-03-2006, 02:23 PM

as bait because they can just lick it off... usually

i found a thin slice of swiss cheese works as good

and its hard enough to "clamp it" in the bait holder
or push it up from the underside...

a five gallon bucket 1/3 full of water makes a great
trap >>> just float a large jar lid with seed in it...

they'll drown trying to get to it...make a ramp to
the buckets edge...a half broken (bent) flat stick that
hangs over
a pinch works well...

mice have real sharp pin like claws and can litterally
just run up the side of a house or a trimboard
..so you have to watch for access holes and fill
them with copper mesh first then whatever
...patching material you use.

if you suspect an area that has a floor , you can sprinkle white flour
or powdered sheet rock spackle...and look later for tracks... an old 4' piece of 2 or 3 inch pvc laid against a wall with one end plugged except for a 1/4 inch hole for light to enter to fool-em ....
is a great way to catch them ....after being chased inside then plug the other end (for removal) with a rag...

peanuts in the shell make great "listen for them bait" ...because to get that peanut they have to crunch crunch crunch throught the shell first and its very easy to hear.

also make sure to eliminate any and all food sources....and even a pile of laundry is a favorite hiding place underneath.

look for card board boxes that have chew holes in them...

dont use the mouse baits because they'll die inside your wall

those sticky traps work ok but they sometimes pull free.

i buy traps ten at a time and pre-drill and screw them down to
a piece of plywood to put inside a cardboard box and set them all.

ProfessorM · 03-03-2006, 02:49 PM

I use peanut butter and an M&M. Just peanut butter they sometimes get away but with the M&M on top they are toast. Me and the cats kill at least 5 to 10 every winter, especially after the first cold snap. This late in the season usually not a problem. P.

Squid kids Dad · 03-03-2006, 02:59 PM

thanks guys

piemma · 03-03-2006, 03:47 PM

Got one in the attic right now. Kept us up all night. I set a bunch of traps this morning.

mrmacey · 03-03-2006, 03:48 PM

A submarine that had a rat onboard and was infested with roaches they can get in anywhere.

eastendlu · 03-03-2006, 04:18 PM

Had mice every year went and got a maine coon have not seen or heard a mouse in three years.Also no more moles in my yard.

The Dad Fisherman · 03-03-2006, 04:30 PM

Come here ya little varmints.....

stripersnipr · 03-03-2006, 05:13 PM

Slingah · 03-03-2006, 06:08 PM

this guy has 3 kills so far this winter
hes a good boy

thefishingfreak · 03-03-2006, 06:23 PM

my cats useless!!
just plays wit them

beer bottle left on it's side,, with a little bit of beer in it.
mice go in, get drunk, and drown in the remaining beer.

stiff tip · 03-03-2006, 06:29 PM

get the cat .save the beer.......

Raider Ronnie · 03-03-2006, 07:05 PM

About a week ago while laying in bed,
I could here them up in my attic.
So I had my wife pick up 6 traps the next day and I set 4 up in my attic, 1 in the basement and 1 under the kitchen sink, all with peanut butter.
2 days later I went up in the attic and found 1 dead mouse .
Got rid of the trap and dead mouse.
A few days later I checked again, all 5 remaining traps licked clean ond No F"""ing dead mice

I'll rebate them tonight!

Raider Ronnie · 03-03-2006, 07:10 PM

This guy (Raider)
is usually good for catching a few mice (mostly outside though) every year,
But prefers going after squirrels !!!

Swimmer · 03-04-2006, 01:45 PM

Had mice too for the longest time. Plug all the places I thought they might use as port of entry into the abode. Then I was putting new telephone wire in along the sill and saw a sport that when the foundation was pored a sport the size of a coffee can missed out on cement. Filled the hole with foamy window insulation sealer and no mice since. Decaf I'd used either the cheese pressed on the flipper because it adheres to the little metal thingy or see mixed with peanut butter, or you'll miss some fo them. And don't put out decon because like one of the other posts said, you dn't want mice dying in the walls.

Dad Fisherman-mice eat the wires on mowers left in a shed during the winter. Costs me a bundle to get a tractor rewired one spring.

justplugit · 03-04-2006, 02:11 PM

Hey Rav, did Nathan Hale and Matthew Brodrick use you as an advisor in the movie "Mouse Trap".

Squid kids Dad · 03-05-2006, 05:10 PM

Uncle Matt..Good advice..But my daughter is 22 yrs old...lol...Thanks anyways
Baswipe:Have heard they work..I will be buying a couple as soon as I GET rid of these.....
Rave:Advice taken..I will be using that advise..Thanks....
Swimmer: Not using the convetional mouse traps..Using a plastic squeez one??Squeez it ,put the peanut butter on the top and broken back mousey..I know it hurts you to waste peanut butter on mice but hey its my house...

Raven · 03-05-2006, 06:02 PM

i ever saw was this specially counter-weighted stainless steel dump platform over a huge
barrel of water with "hundreds" of dead field rats floating in it.....friggan rat stew.

as they walked along it would silently dip and dump them into the rat Vat....so effortlessly.
and they couldnt scramble back up because it was way to slick.
(this was in australia where marsupials rule the night....)

Raider Ronnie · 03-05-2006, 06:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman

Get a cat.....

I had 2 lawnmowers destroyed because of friggin mice. They dragged insulation and paper up into the motor housing to make a nest...after they pissed in it everything corroded and trashed the mowers.....

Last winter they got on my riding tractor, (made a nest in the muffler)
I replaced the mufflet, but still, every time I cut the grass, all i could smell if burning mice!!!
If I leave a car or truck out too long without moving it, they nest in the car or truck, and usually in the heat, so no matter how much you cleaned it up, you could smell it when you turned on the heat !

Raven · 03-06-2006, 08:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raider Ronnie

If I leave a car or truck out too long without moving it, they nest in the car or truck,

yeah i fired up the blazer one day to go fishin.... loaded everything
and it's running smooth as silk...so i thought why check it....
i take off and within a few blocks it starts choking and sputtering like a clogged fuel filter or somethin... b#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&g and wheezing then it quits...

i yell W.T.F .

jump out in the middle of traffic and pop the hood.
after taking off the air filter cover, i find a huge nest just ripe for getting sucked down a carburateur....and it wasnt there
a few days ago because i had drove it a long way...

those bastages...

i hatem... all my clothes have mouse chew marks... the price you pay living in the country.

Van · 03-06-2006, 08:58 AM

I've had them on the second floor too. Took a few weeks and lots of peanut butter.

Rule of thumb is you see 1 for every 10 you actually have.

I went through the basement and sealed avery tiny hole I could find.
and make sure there nothing for them to eat like cat or dog food left on floor. I have parrots and the food on the floor was feeding the little bastages.

I never forget when my daughter was like 4 and came screaming into my bedroom, its beady little eyes were glowing red, scared the SHIET out of her, she still remembers to this day..

Raven · 03-06-2006, 09:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Van

I've had them on the second floor too. Took a few weeks and lots of peanut butter.
and make sure there nothing for them to eat like cat or dog food left on floor. I have parrots and the food on the floor was feeding the little bastages.

with 2 dogs, yeah i have four.... well, two parakeets a cockateil and a Goffin Cockatoo who likes to stick his head in the dish and wing seed everywhere... all seed goes outside and never in the trash..<--- (or everything ->just eats through the bag)

chipmonks are different....i've had them hopping around or over my feet while i was typing on my pc ....very gentle and polite.

i used to marvel at chipmonks just sitting in the parrot cage having a grand ole time....eating the best bird seed in the world.
chipmonks i like....because they talk to humans real easy.

squirrels have the screw you Attitude... so "F" them pricks...
after the dog chases the sucker into the lone tree..i'm out there throwing my walkin tall stick up there until it has to leap 35 feet to the ground witha big thud...and my dogs right on it's heals.

i now use garbage bags as bird cage tray liners... then i dumpem outside for the wild birds and leave em out in the next rain storm to get washed.

i have been known to literally dive across a room to smash a mouse.... screw the damage... and now i have the perfect mouse catchin "squirrel chasin dingo" ... so fun to say: get him! ... lol

when i was living in the mountains where you could shoot guns
anytime you wanted... i would just blast em...

and even for gophers, i found if i skipped the bullet right in front of his hole i'd catch him in the head... otherwise they'd duck

Bass Babe · 03-06-2006, 09:41 AM

Great Stuff -- the spray-in foam insulation -- fills holes well and also poisons the rodents if they chew it, I've heard.

The plastic easy set traps rule, except when they don't make a killing snap and you hear the mouse screams (who knew they could do that?) and when the noise subsides and you check the trap, it and the mouse are gone.

D-Con works okay for me. No "smelly mouse, smelly mouse, where in the wall are you?" for me yet. But I did have one stumble out from behind the wood box one nite and keel over right in front of me while I was watching TV. I put a box on top of it, added a pair of boots for good measure, and waited for RRC to come home and work his coroner magic.

Found one all rigor mortis in the bag of recycling once. Woke up one morning to peanut butter cookies that I had left out strewn across the floor. But the sketchiest situation was waking up in the morning with one all warm and furry nuzzled against my face and having it run down my leg and out the bed to hide. I don't think my feet touched the bedroom floor.

They love piles of clothes, sheets, towels, etc. Stuffed animals, too. Rarely-used furniture. Newspaper and insulation are good for chewing to build nests.

My advice is to cover all the holes you can, inside and out, and use any method possible to get rid of the little beasts. Shake out, pick up, and if possible, put in a container, any loose, comfy, nesty-type items. Even when you think they're gone, keep a trap or two set. We just got one Friday morning over by the...go figure...bag of birdseed.

Swimmer · 03-06-2006, 12:27 PM

Hey decaf, at least at my house it would be organic peanut butter. ha ha ha