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Mice eat wiring on tractors , so tractor related. Have had a mass migration of mice into the shop , garage , and even into the bathroom closet this winter. They ate two buckets of poison with no reduction of numbers , infact I think they thrived on the stuff. Mice love oats so I mixed four parts oatmeal with one part plaster of paris and fed to them. Guess it gives them a fatal case of constipation , as the only signs of the little rascals now is the smell.
Joe
 
I posted something like this about a month ago.
The advice ranged from getting a cat, mouse traps, and electronic repeller as long as it is
in line of site. Got or bought several of each
method cat, traps, and repeller. Have only had
one mouse about a month ago. Not sure which one
is working but, I am happy.
 
poison can take a while, I use the waxy kinda blocks, dice them up into chunks so they can't drag them away so fast, seems they stockpile them and eat them when other food gets short

also use lots of those small wooden traps with very thin layer of peanut butter on the trigger, ones up on top of things get lots more action than ones on the floor

I check my "trapline" on regular basis and it sure is satisfying to toss those cold stiff buggers out for the crows
 
I have had good luck with mothballs. When the weather starts cooling off in fall it's time to spread them around and repeat every couple weeks to keep the smell fresh. Another great idea I got off of this site.

Areo
 

Some mice in house. A few weeks ago had one eat part of the wood in the trap to get away. Thought it was something large and borrowed a live trap. Wired pecan (shelled) to trigger, oiled, it set it to be very sensitive, heard trap fall one night, found a small mouse in it which promptly squeezed out of the wire mesh. Got a large commercial type trap with the spring loaded wire killer on it, SIL gave me some commercial liquid bait. Mice licked out the bait without setting off the trap but finally caught one. Yesterday went and bought 2 new Victor wooden traps, made in USA, cost about 2 for a dollar, set them yesterday PM, caught one after about 15 minutes using pecan for bait. Almost none of the bait gone so I reset it, caught another by nightfall. Reset trap, no results yet.

Some people use the Tin Cat, which captures maybe 6 mice alive and then they have to be disposed of. These are used in some businesses where poison can't be used.

According to some accounts, the best rat catcher is a large blacksnake, but now is not a good time for them, of course.

KEH
 
Had the best luck with sticky traps and old fashioned wooden ones with peanut butter for bait. Set 'em along a wall or cabinet base, mice like to follow the outside edge of a room, not go across the centeer. My buddy baits with raw bacon and fries it in place on the trigger of the trap with a propane torch. He claims they have to pull harder to get it out. Mothballs work good in an enclosed space like a grain drill box or Jeep glovebox.
Paul
 
Plain old D-Con works on my farm. It does take awhile to kill them. The other day I brought a long pipe in from the store room and it was packed full of D-Con. The little buggers stored some away before they died. Jim
 
I had a mouse problem too. Didn't have any peanut butter or cheese around, so just cut out a small picture of some cheese and stuck it on the trap.
Next morning I caught a picture of a mouse.
 
Our places are real close together. Within a 100 meter circle of me is 8 farms and several houses. Neighbors that border each side of me would play with and feed every cat that I'd get so it would move in with them. Don't like to use poison because of the dogs. I used the bucket thing that they drown in but did it without water. Then just relocated the live mice. One neighbor has a basement window that opens on our side and the other has a workshop that shares a roof with our stall. They think it's cute to play with the animals from my place so i keep them a never ending supply.

Dave
 
I got sick and tired of fighting with mice and sparrows about two years ago. Got a female cat from a friend. She had a litter of six. Due to various happenings, only one female out of that litter survived. She also had a litter of six. Five of them and the female are still around so far and, I have no more problems with mice, sparrows, squirrels, voles, moles, snakes or rabbits any more. Only wish I'd done it sooner.
 
Bet you need a real sharp knife to cut them off the moths. Good eyes and a steady hand probably help, too.
 
I'm with Schmuck, hungry cats will keep them under control. We put out just enough food so they aren't starving or getting bone skinny, but definitely not as much as they would like to eat. I've seen them snatch a bird off the rail on the ft porch. The wife is happy that there are no rabbits to eat her flowers.
 
I've had great luck catching mice just by accident - cleaned out the van one day and vacuumed up some stuff along with a partial candy bar. The stuff was left inside the shop vac in my garage and mice ended up going up the long hose and getting trapped in the bottom of the vac! Took the top off and disposed of 'em. Now I just put some peanut butter in the bottom of the vac and if theres mice around they soon end up in the vac!
 
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