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Technical Mouse Problems (critter not SBC!)

Discussion in 'Traditional Hot Rods' started by Bhenders, May 21, 2023.

  1. Bhenders
    Joined: Feb 10, 2011
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    Hi guys,
    My nephew is having big mouse problems in his small detached garage. I have read about the "Mouse Blocker" product. (hooks into the car's battery and emits a high pitched sound, barely discernable to humans.) Does anyone have any experience with this product ?
    My "old school" way is to use the "tin cat" box that traps them inside. However, I would love to find something that dissuades the little buggers from getting inside in the first place. One other product, I think Black & Decker makes some simple plug ins that are also designed to dissuade them. Has anyone had any luck with that product ?
    Any advice is welcome.
    Thanks !
     
  2. Hitchhiker
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    Sounds like snake oil
     
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  3. leon bee
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    Rodents we got here would curl up next to it.
     
  4. woodiewagon46
    Joined: Mar 14, 2013
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    from New York

    Last fall my local newspaper did a test on several types of rodent devices/traps. All those electric devices did not work, save your money.
     
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  5. manyolcars
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  6. A good barn cat always does the trick.
     
  7. 1952henry
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    Google 5 gallon mouse trap. Set it outside. Never understood why we want to persuade mice to come inside to die.
     
  8. I've had good luck with the 5 gallon bucket trap. There i satisfaction in out-foxing the little bastards!
    But... @janki has reported good results with the plug-into-the-outlet sound generators.
    "Calling @jnaki"
     
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  9. Bandit Billy
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    This is what I found most effective, and it is environmentally friendly. If you were a mouse, you would find another place to play. These are outdoor only, feral cats my wife rescued and had fixed. They have been our mousers for 4 years now.
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  10. Lloyd's paint & glass
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    I watched a mouse run through the shop the other day, while the ol Tom cat laid there licking his ass. Truly no replacement for the tried and true spring loaded mouse trap with peanut butter :D
     
  11. dan c
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    when i brought my shoebox home, it came with the added bonus of a mouse or two. went to the hardware store and bought a prepackaged bag of small mousetraps, and they did the trick. mice love peanut butter on the trap!
     
  12. Harv
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    Unlike dryer sheets :D

    Cheers,
    Harv
     
  13. bill gruendeman
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    I always keep a spring loaded mouse trap with pb set in the garage. If some takes the bait, dump him and set it for next customer. If on one takes the bait no mice.
     
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  14. What 1952henry said. I have one in my shop, one in my house garage, and I had one in my barn until something ate it.
     
  15. tubman
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    I have found that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. My shop is a shop, and I do not allow anything edible in it, not even an empty soda or beer can. I have had no problems since I finished it 15 years ago.
     
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  16. ratamahata
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    Wait till the night with a torch in one hand and in the other a 12 gauge shotgun...:D
     
  17. krylon32
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    In 1976 I was storing my 32 Ford sedan in my grandmothers garage. It developed a mouse problem and after trying several methods of extraction I sealed up the doors and windows as best I could, filled the lawnmower with gas, set the choke and let it run out the tank. No more mice. Other than a slight smell by spring everything was fine. Later a new owner called me wondering about the mummified mouse carcasses he found when replacing the interior
     
  18. How did our 22 lbs Tom Cat get down to your place? I’m taking him home with us when we come to see you guys later this year!
     
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  19. HOTRODNORSKIE
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    True story we had a big ass Tom cat that lived in the shop one night a guy was give him shit telling the cat to earn his keep and go out and kill some mice 20 minutes later he came back in and dropped a mouse at his feet.
     
  20. Just set out some snap traps and do some evaluation on where they are getting in and close off the openings, remember they are just looking for warmth and food so nothing edible or nest worthy should be left out where they can reach it. I had used the bait blocks in the past but then I came to understand that the poison can work its way into the local food chain so I stopped using it. Glue and bucket traps are needlessly cruel, so I just end them quickly with the trusty snap traps with a dab of PB on the trigger, hasn't failed me yet. The neighborhood cats also keep them at bay as well.
     
  21. 283john
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    I had one of the buckets set up at a remote storage building. Caught a lot of mice. One day I forgot to bring water to refill the bottom. Set it back up without it. Few days later found four mice in the bucket that had cannibalized each other. Pretty gruesome. Don't forget the water unless you're a total sadist.
     
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  22. twenty8
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    If you feed him he will not feel the need to feed himself..........;)
     
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  23. Pav8427
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    My OT H/O was parked in a hay shed for 10 years.
    Not a single sign of critters inside or in the trunk.
    I give credit to the vanilla scented tree air freshener hangin on the dash.
    Still have one in there in my garage and no signs of anything inside. Yet I have trapped atleast 8-10 inside my wifes Jeep parked 3' away.
     
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  24. bobss396
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    A couple of years ago I saw baby RATS playing on my front lawn. So I got 4 of those newer Victor snap traps, big ones. Within a few hours, I bagged 3 of them, 8 in total. After I had a robin get got, I placed a hollowed out cat litter container over the traps to keep curious birds out.
     
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  25. jnaki
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    Hello,

    For years, we battled the mouse trap game in our old houses. It was my job to “get rid of those mice” as a command from my wife. The traps were used with plenty of variety of food parts. Cheese, of course, but left over cheese from delicatessen always hit the spot (pun intended) for those little creatures. But, I was getting good at seeing the places where I could easily catch them. So, it was an ongoing game.

    The worse part and absolutely the worse was when disposing of them. Bulging eyes were the number one thing. My wife would not touch those with “a 10 foot pole.” So, I had to look at them as I put them on a sealed bag. Why sealed? Have you ever smelled a week’s old dead mouse or animal in the trash can?

    Have you ever had one running around in the back of a 65 El Camino after falling down from an overhead rafter in the garage? The little guy was trapped as the walls were too slick for a exit.
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    So, for the next house, I vowed to get the whole mouse trap battles together. Zip lock bags got better in sealing the odor, so the mouse traps stayed the same. We could not use pellets or powder due to having a small dog. Our philosophy also changed. Let them stay outside in the yard and hillsides, but coming inside was a “no go zone.”

    Jnaki

    Then as all thing advance, the technology came into play and now, I no longer have to see the bulging eyes of a squashed face staring at me as I dispose of the dead mouse. Actually, there are no mice in our house or garage. The garage cabinets are sealed, off the floor and well constructed in the far reaches of the dark corners, so there would have to be lots of chewing to get inside. Which they don’t.

    The house has no sound of running creatures across the floors or temporary homes in the far corners of the laundry room or closets. All walls are sealed with dry walls, and there are no critters. Even if the garage door is open for several hours while we are at work in the garden or front yard, nothing is sneaking by to get into the garage. Why?

    Ultrasonic pest repellers are an item that should be on everyone’s purchase list. They come in all sorts of frequencies to confuse those little critters and make them take notice to “go away.” Not get squashed, but, just go away and stay away. We have been in our last house for 20 plus years and the whole neighborhood is in a wide open hillside community, home to a grouping of coyotes, skunks, raccoons, possums and other creatures. They are running around all over the hillsides and sidewalks of the community.

    But, not one is in our yard near our house. Our next door neighbor has his lights on to ward off the racoons that attack his fruit trees. The little coyotes come into the yard to catch those little mice and others late at night. I keep telling him about the ultrasonic repellers and not dead animal disposal situations for twenty years. Amazon has tons of repellers and there is no one best. They all do similar anti mice/critter protection. That is your choice.

    There are no worries about those little creatures getting in to your car(s) through various openings and making another vacation home away from their own homes… the device spread out the frequencies so that they cover a good spread. Each version has its limits as far as range and coverage.

    He has a thing against those electronic devices and will stick to the cheese/peanut butter on the traps. But is still battling those things on a daily basis. In the meantime, we have expanded our coverage of the devices to our house and garage. We still have some critters running along the outside walls of our yard, but, that is where they live, so as long as the ultrasonic devices keep them out there, nature has its own way to keep the balance in tact. YRMV

    Note: No dead animal mess, no cat litter and stuff that sits in the granules, no disposal of bulging eyes and no smell... all clean areas of the garage and house if placed correctly and where you want the protection.
     
  26. BJR
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    Best mouse trap out there.
     
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  27. jetnow1
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    as a teenager, yes many decades ago, we had a house cat and three dogs. One night we were watching tv and a mole
    ran across the floor not more than 4 feet in front of the cat. It got about 2 more feet when the Lab clobbered it with
    his huge paw. We rarely had anything in the house, but the dogs liked to bring their catches home. We had one mutt
    who was an expert at catching woodchucks from the field next door, the farmer loved her.
     
  28. Okie Pete
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    IMG_5919.jpeg IMG_5921.jpeg I’ve been using this stuff the last couple years. I put it in the grain truck cabs , combine cab and my 57 Fairlane. It has been working. Lawn and garden stores carry it . I still toss out mouse poison in the barns . I try to change brands every year. Cats are slowly moving back into the barns . For the last 12 years we couldn’t have cats because our border collie would kill them , squirrels and anything four legged smaller than her .
     
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  29. winduptoy
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    My mother-in-law bought me one of those and the mice chewed the cord off of it...seriously.
    I use the haveaheart live traps bated with peanut butter then drown the little basturds.....
    you have to be diligent and check and deal with them daily
     
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  30. ramblin dan
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    I lived close to a corn field and when the farmer would plough the fields the mice would pour into the sub division often getting into the houses and garages and sometimes coming in through the pipes from sub pumps. I thought I had everything edible out of my garage until I found a box of dog milk bones I kept to give to the neighbor's dogs and all the ends were chewed off and the rubber seal under my garage door had a hole chewed through it.
     

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