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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www.sprintinghome.com

 

[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

 

[lugbolt]

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

My heeler was like that too. Great dog, but could (and did) just go off on you for no reason that I knew of. Brother has it now, he has issues with it too.

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

had a lady bring me a lawn mower to work on once. G1800 as I remember. Said "won't start". I get it to the house and hit the key, turns over as if it ain't got any glow plugs or injectors in it. Hmm. Pulled glow plugs to do a compression test, all 3 were about 100 psi or less. Pushrods perfect, valve clearance fine. Well, gotta pull the head. Started into it, air filter was plum FULL of CORN. Jerks ate through the filter element too and FILLED the intake tubing and manifold with CORN. Oh great. All 3 intake ports full of corn as well. Got the head off and found crushed corn on the tops of all 3 pistons and the bottom of the head. All 3 rods bent. Put new rods and pistons in per customer request, cleaned all the corn out and it still runs great to this day.

I hate mice. And rats. I have all kinds of OWLS out here and them, uh, "things", will keep me up all night perched up on the maple tree right next to the house hollering "who cooks for you who cooks for you" but I know they're doing something because I find the evidence in the yard sometimes when I'm mowing.

Figured out what the mice that ate into my car's wiring were eating. Bird seed. Apparently they got into the bird food I had sitting on a shelf. How they got up into it I don't know but that's the only place around here that has bird food. none of the neighbors feed the birds for the same reason but I did notice the guy down the road putting up a feeder the other day. Maybe he can feed them. Matter of fact I might be a nice neighbor and give him some bird food that I'm not going to use.

 

[Bugzilla46310]

. Oh great. All 3 intake ports full of corn as well. Got the head off and found crushed corn on the tops of all 3 pistons and the bottom of the head. All 3 rods bent. Put new rods and pistons in per customer request, cleaned all the corn out and it still runs great to this day.

3 perfect sized mice corn silos!

 

[dirtydeed]

Like Evil, I've been using peppermint oil for over a year now.

Drilled thru some old Rx bottles stuffed with cotton balls. I add some drops of pure peppermint oil to them every month. I keep 1 bottle in the cab of the dump truck and 3 in the mini-ex. In the mini I have one cable tied above the exhaust in the engine bay, 1 in the cab and 1 in the "tool box". So far, so good. Fingers crossed that it keeps working.

 

[Shawn T. W]

My four spoiled barn cats!

I'm a long distance truck driver, and gone for 3+ weeks at a time usually, they are on there own while I'm gone ...

I got them as 3 months old kittens last year October, they were born in a barn, and not around people much, had to be trapped ... I've got them so they like me, two actually sleep in bed with me when I'm home, they have taken care of my mice and rats problems on my 16 acres ...

 

[WFM]

I've found this bait is the best I've used. I put chunks where I park my tractor, my firewood, my shed. The mice really eat it up. Then
No mice.

 

[jyoutz]

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.

I fill partway with water. In the winter I add some rv antifreeze.

 

[Bugzilla46310]

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.

With about 6” of liquid, they drown. Once you get about a dozen, you have enough for hors d’oeuvres!

 

[lugbolt]

well we have been feeding a little gray & white cat that has a mostly white face, but has a gray patch each side of his nose. Wife calls it "hitler" because of it's little mustache. Must be someone's cat based on how "good" he is about brushing up against our legs when we walk out there with food once a week. Fun to watch him chase rodents. Good entertainment and it's happy with eating mice. And an occasional rat, or sometimes a snake.

This morning I head to work, got on the highway and not a half mile down the road a gray and white cat is laying on the center line, "sleeping". I stopped and flipped it over, sure enough it's flat cat, Hitler.

So now I guess we gonna have to find us another mouser. Seen a pure black young cat run across the yard the other day so I guess I'll leave a few pieces of food out there for it.

Bad part about leaving food out is that you feed other critters too....our inside cat having a staredown with one of those critters....

 

[Bugzilla46310]

well we have been feeding a little gray & white cat that has a mostly white face, but has a gray patch each side of his nose. Wife calls it "hitler" because of it's little mustache. Must be someone's cat based on how "good" he is about brushing up against our legs when we walk out there with food once a week. Fun to watch him chase rodents. Good entertainment and it's happy with eating mice. And an occasional rat, or sometimes a snake.

This morning I head to work, got on the highway and not a half mile down the road a gray and white cat is laying on the center line, "sleeping". I stopped and flipped it over, sure enough it's flat cat, Hitler.

So now I guess we gonna have to find us another mouser. Seen a pure black young cat run across the yard the other day so I guess I'll leave a few pieces of food out there for it.

Bad part about leaving food out is that you feed other critters too....our inside cat having a staredown with one of those critters....

Opossum, the North American marsupial. I actually like opposum. Pretty much harmless. Now raccoons are another story.

 

[lugbolt]

Opossum, the North American marsupial. I actually like opposum. Pretty much harmless. Now raccoons are another story.

I went out there earlier and the old possum was up on the porch bench just chillin out, probably just trying to stay warm from the warmth of the window. Tried to scare it off and it just ran to the corner of the porch and wouldn't move (playing possum). I learned a long time ago (the hard way) that there is no such thing as a harmless wild animal when you have them cornered. Thus I left it alone and went back inside. I have had to pick them up and carry them out of the garage before, so it doesn't bother me but I won't approach a cornered animal of any type. I was trying to run a coon off once wen I was younger and had it backed into a corner. Yeah I learned a lesson. An expensive painful one.