panteramatt 27 Posted April 9, 2013 Ill be headed to my cabin in a couple of weeks and would like to know if you guys have any tips to deter mice. I obviously cant trap them as Im not there often and Im not keeping a snake in there either! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vlad G 345 Posted April 9, 2013 You use a very small harness .. oh .. you didn't say ride. Garden snakes and the like encouraged to live on your property might be best. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Purple Patrick 638 Posted April 9, 2013 Bb gun Sent from my hidden under ground bunker between Taco Bell and the dry cleaner Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shooter14 0 Posted April 9, 2013 peppermint oil Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
greatgunstatenj 32 Posted April 9, 2013 I'm currently trying the peppermint oil, heard it works. So far so good but it's only been a few days. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TJ 4 the Boxers 0 Posted April 9, 2013 Get yourself a stray cat, they're usually pretty good mouse catchers. Not one from the Kennel/rescues. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DSD1026 48 Posted April 9, 2013 i use mothballs in old pantyhose around any openings you can see that they would get in.. works for my shed and my lawnmower (mice have a very bad habit of making nests in my lawnmower engine) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fishnut 2,358 Posted April 10, 2013 Get yourself a stray cat, they're usually pretty good mouse catchers. Not one from the Kennel/rescues. without being there to provide food, water, shelter and care this would be abandonment and animal crulety Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TJ 4 the Boxers 0 Posted April 10, 2013 without being there to provide food, water, shelter and care this would be abandonment and animal crulety While this is true if the cat was kept indoors, it would not be the case with the ferral cat from off the "street". Plenty of "barn cats" live on old abandoned farms without any human assistance. Good luck on catching one though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Teky0101 6 Posted April 10, 2013 Yeah, nothing like a rabbied cat to keep your house safe! LOL! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
71ragtopgoat 23 Posted April 10, 2013 Go down to your Local LESCO grass seed dealer and get the mouse bait. The suckers eat it dehydrate and wonder off out side to die. Lesco sells the pro stuff in a 2 or three gallon bucket. It will keep for years. I do it spring and fall. I use it in my crawl space to keep it away from the kids and pets. Shoprite also sells a homeowners sized version that works well. Best to keep the food sealed in containers and get some spray foam and seal all the areas where they can get in . Go in your crawl space (attic if on slab) and spray foam all the areas where electric wires run up into the walls. Mice will come into your house for food and warmth in the spring and fall. If you also have a bug problem lesco also sells stuff you mix and spray around your foundation and base board that keeps everything out! Its wonderful and food grade meaning safe. I spray and give it a day to dry before I go back just to be safe. As one more added bonus Lesco sells grass products that are better then scotts and cheaper by weight. They also are pros at advice VS the 17 year old at home depot.LOL Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ray Ray 3,566 Posted April 10, 2013 a cat or a jack russell terrior Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryan_j 0 Posted April 10, 2013 Good old victor snap traps baited with peanut butter work for me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Teky0101 6 Posted April 17, 2013 Can you spray poison? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WVisHome 0 Posted April 17, 2013 Bb gun This is the second most entertaining way. Most entertaining way is to get a couple people together, trap them in a room you know they can't get out of and catch them by hand. It's much more entertaining if there's a girl in the group! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Old Dog 19 Posted April 17, 2013 Simply post a sign stating that it is a mouse free area. That should work. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Malsua 1,422 Posted April 17, 2013 When my step dad was freshley divorced, he had no money and one of the local farmers (this was in Ohio) offered the old family shack as a place he could stay until he got on his feet. $50/month. It was relatively water tight, but it was a dump loaded with mice. His solution for the mice, beyond the traps and poison was a .22 magnum pistol with bird shot. I used to visit for weeks at a time in the summer(it was before he married my mom) and I'd be sitting in the kitchen or in bed and *BANG*. Got used to it after a while. heh. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WVisHome 0 Posted April 17, 2013 Simply post a sign stating that it is a mouse free area. That should work. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johnnyrebel70 0 Posted April 17, 2013 Simply post a sign stating that it is a mouse free area. That should work. Priceless Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Midwest 28 Posted April 17, 2013 For many years farmers have used black snakes in the root celler. They did this because black snakes (also known as rat snakes) are very low maintenance, effective and very efficient, they usually killed and consumed the whole mouse. So if snakes are a no go, Victor mouse traps are a good bet. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greydaddy 2 Posted April 17, 2013 Simply post a sign stating that it is a mouse free area. That should work. LMAO Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dan 177 Posted April 17, 2013 I had mice a number of years ago. I threw some of those green bait poison blocks that they sell in home depot into my crawlspace. No way for larger animals to get in there, so no worries about affecting other wildlife. The mice were no longer a problem after a week. Whats crazy is I was changing the air filter on my motorcycle. Its a airbox underneath the gas tank. The only way in is a snorkel tube the lowers down to the front of the bike near the radiator. Apparently the little bastards used it as a food storage bin. There was at least 1.5LBs of dry dog food in there. They were stealing the dog food from my utility room, using my crawlspace as a mouse superhighway to the garage, climbing up into the snorkel of the airbox and dropping the food in there. No nests, no feces, nothing other then dog food. I guess they were stockpiling for SHTF. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DSD1026 48 Posted April 17, 2013 We had mice last year in the walls/attic... We tried trapping which worked but we kept catching them.. So we ended up having terminix set poison traps that dehydrated them to the point they would leave the house in search of water (even though it wouldn't save them) and I have not had a problem since Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tt-33 8 Posted April 18, 2013 lesco is now john deere bait should not be available in 4lb buckets any longer as federal law states baits not sold in prebaited tamper resistant stations must be sold in18 lb or bigger containers to discourage missuse and no rodent bait has ever made mice go outside looking for water this is an old wives tale that wont go away recited by the ill informed pest techs who put little old ladies at ease that they wont be picking up dead mice all over.contrac blox is sold at john deere and the way it works by thinning the blood to the point of organ failure Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TK421 2 Posted April 18, 2013 Simply post a sign stating that it is a mouse free area. That should work. Or you could send your wife out on the porch and have her blast off some BBs in random directions so they get the hint. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
O-gre 7 Posted April 18, 2013 Green baits around the outside foundation. Glue traps,and peanut butter mouse traps all around. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ECShooter 0 Posted April 18, 2013 If any of these suggestions don't work, try to force yourself to vomit or pee your pants, that is always a great deterrent. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites