Mouse problems?

[un2xs]

This came across my feed this evening. Somebody must be looking in my shed. You guys think this will work?

[Cdn_Cuda]

The answer is cat. Also this is just a variation of a easy to build bucket trap. Additionally, says “mouse trap” and shows large rats. Not sure a little deer mouse would fall into trap at all.

Kitty on the other hand bring home a veritable smorgasbord of dead critter and their parts and leaves by the back door from accolades or perhaps some sort of high score. And provides snuggles and purrs. Let’s see that bucket trap do that!

[Magoo]

I hear a lot of farmers get snakes to deal with rat and mice problems.

[Jordan]

Chickens also work... they eat everything.

[Cyberpyr8]

And they give you eggs!

[bellicose]

When active yes. My chickens were very sloppy eaters, and if brought the rodents in.

[glaman5266]

Not trying to be a downer, but…
This is something I don’t understand. All it takes is a little peanut butter on a simple trap. Or a cat. That’s it. Yet we have a million and one different products designed to help catch mice. And people actually buy these products. Drives me nuts how much people are willing to over-complicate something that has a very simple solution. It’s not smart consumerism and simply illogical.

And if you have larger mouse problems on an annual basis then a more permanent solution should be implemented instead of just catching mice over and over. We’ve had mouse problems off/on for years, with the four sides of our house being 2 farm fields, 40 acres of pines, and a swamp. Our last bad year was maybe 8 years ago. So I cut & fit some boards to fit between the floor joists in the basement & sealed them up with spray foam. Only had one mouse since.

I do like the animal solutions mentioned, though.

[Tarsun2]

this is nothing new. the bucket style traps have been around for awhile. Usually they are filled with water because most people dont re-locate mice/rats.
there are also cages (like the have-a-heart) that are designed to catch multiple mice/rats. i believe its a sprung platform/ramp that they can easially walk over but cant pull down.
my favorite is the old school noose mouse trap. also called a spring trap. its a lot more humane than letting them swim till they drown.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvWD-E-gbkk

ive used slightly modified standard mouse traps over the years but switched to the black plastic easy open traps with great success.

[Tarsun2]

the house i bought was vacant for a year before i bought it and mice had moved in. It didnt detour me from the house since the house i grew up in was also country side.
i learned that the poison food is one of the worst ways of doing it. they die in the walls and under the house and the smell is awful. i also learned that you cant set one or two traps. you have to set out every trap you have. Mice/Rats talk to one another. if they try something new, they will eat a little bit and go back to the nest. if that mouse gets sick, the other mice will pick up the scent from its whiskers and know to avoid it. (thats why allot of poison tabs come with edible and lethal tabs). you put the edible out 1st to get them familiar with it and then switch to the lethal after 2 or 3 weeks.

the classic bar traps often need a little adjustments for them to really be effective. the platform shear needs to be adjusted out and only put peanut butter (not cheese) in the rolled edge of the platform. not a mound on the center.

i also keep a tally of how many mice i catch on the garage wall.

[Chappy]

"the classic bar traps often need a little adjustments for them to really be effective. the platform shear needs to be adjusted out and only put peanut butter (not cheese) in the rolled edge of the platform. not a mound on the center."
TRUTH. And don't buy the trap with the plastic cheese as you cant bend it for the "hair trigger". Get the metal ones as you can bend the tab and they snap when you breath on them. If you can barely put them down without tripping them, then they are much more effective.

[Shaftski]

For the smart mice that have figured out spring traps, I coat the coiled part of the spring with peanut butter. They'll finish off the bit of peanut butter on the tab, get greedy, and bam, every time.

[Chuck E Ducky]

I use a similar one in my garage to keep the field nice out of my sports cars. Coat hanger and coffee can covered in Peanut butter. Mouse leans on the can can rolls mouse falls in. You can catch multiple mice in one night. Got to put Water in the bottom or they jump out.

[Shaftski]

I grow peppermint near the garage, mice hate peppermint. I spread some fresh cuttings on the ground in the garage and it actually works pretty good as a repellent. To protect my RX-8 I put copper scrub pads in the tailpipe, mice won't chew on it.

I wish them luck if they breach the perimeter. Well baited spring traps everywhere.

[Chuck E Ducky]

I’m going to get some peppermint to grow I like that.

[Shaftski]

Once it gets going it grows like groundcover and spreads out really fast. The long sprigs grow like vines and will sprout roots grabbing everything so keep an eye on it.

The oil can be extracted for use during winter months when there is no fresh supply. Few drops of oil on some cotton balls every now and then works good. Oil is also an excellent insect killer/repellent.

[Jordan]

Bonus, some cats like peppermint (catnip is part of the mint family) so you may attract 4 legged mouse killers.

[coyote]

Spring traps worked for me, but there is technique to it.

Never handle traps with bare hands. Rodents avoid fresh smells of other animals including us.

Unwrap and set traps wearing rubber gloves. The results are impressive.

[Chaos]

We use the Sonic repellers at both my work and at my house we haven't had a single mouse since we started using them

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[Seajay]

Bucket trap or anything else that isn't poison is the way to go... at removing them from a location.
Cleaning generally keeps them out of the house though

I also have a cat. Works as well as a cat works, but the volume of mice to volume of cat stomach is disproportionate. Cat can't get inside walls either.

For the heartless... the catapult trap is the most entertaining.

[bellicose]

I've been battling them a while now. Cleared out all the mice, only the rats remain. They are smart and learn. They no longer go for peanut butter. They avoid the snap traps, or push them away.

[Mr. Hick]

Rats and mice are two different worlds. 6 winters ago we had rats moving away from the lower wet lands and establishing territory in my home. I eventually had to call a friend with rat terriers to come and decimate them. They don't trap, They fight cats and win, and they can burrow and destroy studs in a wall with relative ease.

[Grendel]

Cat and or a ratting dog