Mice

[Old Machinist]

I've been getting by with a single barn cat but I'm afraid I've domesticated him too much. I haven't had a infestation though.

I just saw a glowing review on this 5 gallon bucket contraption using peanut butter as bait. It would be easy enough to make but here is a commercial version.

Mouse Trap Reusable 5 Gallon Lid

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[Lil Foot]

I've always wondered, what most folks do with the mice they catch in a bucket trap like the one above?

Just leave'em in the till they croak?

Fill partway with water & let 'em drown?

Take the lid off & sling 'em into the brush chipper?

Inquiring minds want to know.

 

[Tughill Tom]

I use RV anti-freeze in the homemade ones I use.

 

[DustyRusty]

Around these parts we drop them off at the local Chinese Restaurant.

 

[rc51stierhoff]

They work well for bait for bass and northern pike (best if still wiggling)…I am sure some other fish might like them as hors d’oeuvres as well, but I am only sure on the bass and pike.

 

[lugbolt]

sitting here reading this and I've lived out here for a little over a decade, never had a problem with any mice

doing car maintenance yesterday and they built a nest on top of the engine, gnawed on the main harness. Didn't get through it but nonetheless they got it. Easy fix on the wiring, but I'm gonna have to put out a bucket with some coolant in it.

I have cats but they're either too busy or they've gotten lazy. Probably the latter. I feed them once a week but the wife, who knows. Maybe 3x a day, she won't say.

BTW car gets drove every single day so it doesn't sit. At all. Overnight and that's it.

 

[lugbolt]

They work well for bait for bass and northern pike (best if still wiggling)…I am sure some other fish might like them as hors d’oeuvres as well, but I am only sure on the bass and pike.

reminds me. Me and another guy was fishing the local lake one time. Road runs across that particular part, one part of the lake on one side of the road, we were on the other. Someone drove by, stopped up the way, and threw a box out. Couple hours later a bunch of little kittens swam across trying to get to us. A couple did, others didn't make it. They just went under. Cats are indeed pretty good swimmers but they are no match for a hungry fish, or turtle, whatever it was. Maybe a moccasin (I can't see that far) since they seem to grow exponentially over there.

I took one cat, my friend took the other. Mine lived about 20 years as an indoor cat. Best pet I ever had, better than any dog I ever had and I had some good ones. Always knew when I wasn't feeling well, be it mentally or physically. I'd be laying on the couch after a breakup with GF, cat would jump up beside me, lay down and just purr for hours. When I moved out here (alone), I knew I wanted a pet and got a heeler pup. Great dog, but couldn't replace a cat, and they don't live but half as long either. Lady up the road has a doggie day spa type thing (on a VERY busy highway, about 60,000 cars a day) and she had a litter of kittens try to cross the road. 4 made it, 2 were black/white, one was injured and she took it home, and the little fuzzy orange one I took. Had I known it was going to have that kind of attitude I would have had second thoughts--BUT--he's laying right beside me as we speak and I aint feeling all that great. "They know"--somehow, but they know.

 

[KKBL]

sitting here reading this and I've lived out here for a little over a decade, never had a problem with any mice

doing car maintenance yesterday and they built a nest on top of the engine, gnawed on the main harness. Didn't get through it but nonetheless they got it. Easy fix on the wiring, but I'm gonna have to put out a bucket with some coolant in it.

I have cats but they're either too busy or they've gotten lazy. Probably the latter. I feed them once a week but the wife, who knows. Maybe 3x a day, she won't say.

BTW car gets drove every single day so it doesn't sit. At all. Overnight and that's it.

That's all it takes for the little a--holes to start a nest and do damage. Once they start it is hard to get rid of them. Maybe the cats will catch on to them soon and help you out.

 

[Daren Todd]

reminds me. Me and another guy was fishing the local lake one time. Road runs across that particular part, one part of the lake on one side of the road, we were on the other. Someone drove by, stopped up the way, and threw a box out. Couple hours later a bunch of little kittens swam across trying to get to us. A couple did, others didn't make it. They just went under. Cats are indeed pretty good swimmers but they are no match for a hungry fish, or turtle, whatever it was. Maybe a moccasin (I can't see that far) since they seem to grow exponentially over there.

I took one cat, my friend took the other. Mine lived about 20 years as an indoor cat. Best pet I ever had, better than any dog I ever had and I had some good ones. Always knew when I wasn't feeling well, be it mentally or physically. I'd be laying on the couch after a breakup with GF, cat would jump up beside me, lay down and just purr for hours. When I moved out here (alone), I knew I wanted a pet and got a heeler pup. Great dog, but couldn't replace a cat, and they don't live but half as long either. Lady up the road has a doggie day spa type thing (on a VERY busy highway, about 60,000 cars a day) and she had a litter of kittens try to cross the road. 4 made it, 2 were black/white, one was injured and she took it home, and the little fuzzy orange one I took. Had I known it was going to have that kind of attitude I would have had second thoughts--BUT--he's laying right beside me as we speak and I aint feeling all that great. "They know"--somehow, but they know.

Our german shepherd is that way. Super loveable and a great nurse when your sick.

Although, don't cry around her. She's doesn't know how to handle that. And it can get painful

When the grandson (4) cries she wants to kiss him and just ticks him off more.

If my wife cries, she has a 50 50 chance of getting pawed, or getting a 90lb pooch in her lap

 

[Daren Todd]

Moms boyfriend had to park his old dodge diesel for a week while waiting for a part to come in for it.

He got it fixed and the next morning 25° out, he turned on the defroster.

The blower failed to come on, and after checking the fuse, he realized that it was blowing fuses.

He ended up pulling the dash apart to check the fan motor.

He popped the first panel off and got a face full of acorns

An industrius pack rat, filled his dash slap full of acorns in the week his truck was parked.

He spent about 3 hours vacuuming out acorns as best he could from inside the dash