Technical Mice are attacking the roadster!

Hello,

We bought our last house 25 years ago. It is the last house for us and we have enjoyed the house for 24 years. Why 24 years? The first year was a hectic year. As we repainted the interior and set up our old funky furniture, we were happy. But, late at night I could not figure out why I was wide awake and staring at the ceiling. I am a sensitive sleeper, but I can sleep anywhere. On soft sand at the beach, on a hard floor that is cooler than the air during the summers, and of course, a nice comfortable mattress. Oh, and yes, cramped inside of a 40 Ford Sedan Delivery as a teenager.

But, our last house was supposed to be the final one and we were anxiously getting it ready to live in it for the future. Here it was, 2:30 a.m. and I am wide awake. So, listening to the quiet sounds of the outside and inside, I started to hear little pitter/patter sounds of what seemed like running feet in the area above us in the ceiling. What???

In all of our houses, including our dinky apartment, we have always had mice visitors. As the early days, traps with cheese and some with peanut butter was the way to trap those critters. Also, a clean garage was mandatory for our dark room supplies and the actual dark room procedures. So, it had to be clean. But, still, those critters came at will and left residue when they felt like it.

Jnaki

Now, here it was and luckily, a new technology was just happening . We were at our last straws of looking at a flipped over mouse trap with a bulging eye mouse staring at me as I put him in a zip lock bag.

We had to be sure it was zipped up as in a day or two the smell started in the can and sometimes in the garage, if I left the trap unaware, for one day.

Here is a story from two years ago. It simplifies the idea.


So, for the last 24 years out of 25 years, we have lived in quiet solitude and no worries about any critters doing their thing in the house or garage or actually in any room of the whole structure. Thanks to the vast market in “Ultrasound Devices” I have one in the small garage and it holds court all day and night. One in the attic area above our bedroom and it too, keeps everything away, inside the attic and there are no more creatures crawling on our tile roof at night.

Those that think this is a fad or fashion, think again. I don’t have to stare at bulging eyes or smell the remnants of a dead mouse or… If the old zipped up bag got a tear or rip in the trash can back in those early days, the whole thing was not the best aroma one would want to smell.

Now, our cans are spic and span as well as having a nice aroma. My wife is happy and that is proof enough for the last 24 out of 25 years in this last house for us… Our garage is rodent free... but, it is also clean and no piles of junk in the corner. The more stuff there is, the more hiding places for the critters... So, for those junk hoarders, the ultrasound works for you. YRMV

Not that we do, but, we can leave the garage door open while we are out in the front/back yard working. Somehow, there is a sound we all cannot hear, but those little critters are running for cover and going to our neighbors’ houses instead of ours. That is the greatest thing about new technology. No cats or cat poop, no danger to pregnant women from the cat box left overs, no dead critters/household animals after ingesting poison, and it is safe for all babies, toddlers and little/big dogs, too.

How can anyone go without that technology? Also, different frequencies on different devices makes sure something is working and the mice stay away...

 

Based on recent experience don't just consider possible damage to the wiring. I was undertaking a post winter checkout and found a section of rubber fuel line nibbled down to the internal webbing. We had a minor rat issue which our cat had stood by and watched. Car was outdoor, under cover.

Chris

 

I keep some cars in a large machinery shed. My F150 got mice in air-conditioning ducts. I had to have the dash taken apart and cleaned. I set out on a campaign to eliminate the mice. I used buckets to good success but found they only worked near mouse areas. the stray mouse would miss the bucket.

My most successful method is one Victor mouse trap baited with cheese next to each wheel. I check each night ,throw the dead mice outside for the coyotes and reset the trap.
I have been doing this for about 8 years and have never had a mouse in a car. I can skip some nights if most have been trapped.

John

 

A guy I work with has a riding stable with a bunch of horses. The way he deals with mice is to mix flour with powdered cement. The mice eat the mix, the cement gets hard in their stomachs and they die. No poison to hurt any other critter who eats the dead body. Just have to keep the mix in a dry place for the mice to eat it.

 

"I hates them meeses to peeces"

 

Mise don't stand a chance whith this guy around meet Fink he does a inspection every now and then around the shop he looks under the benches around all wall and any place they could hide. A couple winters ago I walked into the shop after a snow storm and he ran over to the overhead door and would not leave I figured out that the gas meter vent near the door was covered and he was letting me know shoveled it a way and he was happy.

 

We had a mouse problem when I worked at one GM facility.

All manner of exterminators were brought in, and nothing worked.

5-gallon buckets, boards for ramps, TIG rods, bottles, and peanut butter ended the infestation.

 

Not good peanut butter.

Get the cheap sugar laden kind.

 

Here's all things about mouse traps:

https://mousetrapmonday.com/

 

She looks Badass!

 

I Had To Hire An "Enforcer"...No Rodents

 

One bite! End of problem!




Bones

 

They don't like bright light..... LED lights cost five-eighths of a poofteenth of nothing to run.....
I'll leave you to work the rest out.....

 

She is wonderful! We got her last year as a rescue from our local shelter. Tonya and I were out shopping on Black Friday and she wanted to stop at her dealership (The Shelter). She never gives me trouble when I stop at the local Chevrolet dealership to look at trucks, so what the heck? The shelter had a “Black Friday” sale and all black cats were $25. She is our 4th rescue and came home that day.

 

I’m with Jnaki. Mouse Blocker, about a hundred bucks, you can get it either 110 or off the car battery. It also does more than mice, other rodents avoid it too.

 

she stacks the bodies like cordwood....

 

Mine brings them into the house and plays with them until they escape under the fridge or stove.
It's actually easier to just go get another one from outside and give up on the ones that get away.

 

When I was a kid, I found a trap like this inside a wall of an old house my dad was tearing down for the lumber.

The building I have for winter storage is not critter tight at all. I know I have mice living in there. When I put my '36 away for the winter, I slide a cookie sheet under the engine and a bowl on the trans tunnel inside, both with moth balls in them. I've never had a problem.

Gary

 

Sure, but they taste terrible!

 

I've seen mice make nests in dryer sheets, and mothballs with teeth marks in them. Dryer sheets may be a deterrent when they first come out of the box but their smell dissipates, and the formulation of mothballs was changed long ago. I wouldn't rely on either one.

 

Out at the car museum in murdo sd the cars all have boxes of mothballs in them that are all chewed up from the mice eating the shit

 

Bucket traps have been proven to work well. So well, that they now sell them pre made. I've also used the peppermint oil around the shop, garage & attic as well. I have no proof that works, but I've not seen any more rat turds in the areas I used to.

 

By the way, those bucket traps pictured above and sold on the major sites are Chinese ripoffs of the genuine, made in USA ones made by the fellow who runs the Mousetrap Monday channel.
To get the real ones search them out through his channel.

 

Keep posting cat pics, everything else is repeats!
Here is most of the outdoor crew.

 

@Beanscoot I'd learned about the home made units here several years ago. I wasn't aware of mousetrap Monday guy, or that he was selling them. By all means support the little guy when you have the opportunity.

 

i don't know what's worse, the smell of cat piss or the mice

 

I have a couple of black snakes living in my shop, haven’t seen mice for years.
I also put peppermint oil packets in the car during the winter, while the snakes are hibernating…

 

Just be sure and put about 2 inches of water in the bottom of the bucket to drown the mice. Bait the soda bottle with peanut butter.