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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2012 17:54:42 GMT -6
Spring has arrived.........cat is helpin.....dog is helpin and i set traps...........................think they would go good in soup beans.......  |
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Post by trudy on Apr 6, 2012 18:18:20 GMT -6
know how u feel, I hate them to. So destructive. I have found though that by putting everything in containers helps ALOT! Like pastas, don't leave anything in the celephane (sp) bags, or cookies, envelopes that have sauce powders in them, ramen soups, anything them teeth can easily tear into goes into a container of some kind. I have really seen a decrease here since I've been doing that. And plugging any holes around pipes and such with steel wool. I have even allowed a stray cat to run around here. But now that my chickens have chicks gonna haveta keep an eye out for the cat.
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Post by jack on Apr 6, 2012 19:13:32 GMT -6
Gidday
Down here we have more troble with the little buggers in the Autumn,(Fall)
They try to come inside for the warmth before winter. Snd the cat don't help by catchin them and bringing them in to play with then losing them inside.
I don't think I will want any soup when I come to visit you mate.
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Post by nofeargardener on Apr 7, 2012 5:52:28 GMT -6
My youngest daughter and I saw our first mouse ever (in the 7 years we've been at this house). We opened up the garage door and there he was - a cute lil guy. We've got loads of Tom cats around here that roam the neighborhood, so mice are not usually an issue. I wonder if our mousey was due to the very mild winter we had here in Michigan.  |
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Post by lucy on Apr 9, 2012 0:20:37 GMT -6
My Mom has trouble with mice. But her housedog has started killing them. And I read online somewhere to put a bucket of water with meal in it to attract them and they will fall in and drown. She has done this in her garbage bin and it works. but they aren't mice, they are RATS.
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Post by w8in4dave on Apr 9, 2012 7:37:35 GMT -6
Ughhhhh Rats!! Ohhhh my .... I know someone who has them... when they gettheir lawn mowed the rats go a runnin... It is not a pretty site. I guess they don't care that they have them or they'd do something about them.
We have been fighting mice up north for a few years. As soon as we think we have got them all a few months go by , we go up there and find some turds somewhere.... Like trudy we don't keep anything in their own bags, we use tupperware containers or glass jars for everything!! Even my tea bags ... I wash the counters and stove with white vinegar (helps keep ants away) but some of the neighbors are not helping , there is a hoarder not far from us and that does not help our problem...That and we had a pretty mild winter ... I think they ALL survived!! I hope I got them all taken care of when I was there last time.....
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Post by Rita on Apr 9, 2012 15:51:54 GMT -6
I have seen natural repellants online .. Lavender cedar or something like that let me see if I can find it to post for you all
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Post by Rita on Apr 9, 2012 15:57:35 GMT -6
Peppermint Oil or Citronella: Fend off a rodent invasion by placing cotton balls soaked in oil of peppermint or citronella around your home’s foundation, at the spot where you suspect mice are getting in.
Peppermint and Moth Balls: Not a combination you normally see, peppermint and moth balls are both natural pest repellents. Placing either item or both of them in areas where you wish to ward off mice is one way of keeping the pests away. Growing peppermint near the foundation of your home or around windowsills can help deter mice from ever entering your house, and provides you with fresh mint for your organic pest control venture.
Cornmeal and Dry Cement Powder: Another lovely combination, mix equal parts cornmeal and dry cement powder for an organic mice control poison. The mice will ingest the mixture and become very thirsty. Once some water enters their system and combines with the dry cement, the mice will die.
Mashed Potato Buds: A pile of mashed potato buds and a dish of water can be a yummy, but fatal, recipe for a mouse. To make this green pest control solution work, you need to put the pile of buds and water close together. The mouse eats the buds then drinks the water, causing deadly bloating.
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Post by Rita on Apr 9, 2012 16:03:05 GMT -6
also a mixture of Tabasco sauce and water sprayed will detour mice
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Post by Rita on Apr 9, 2012 16:07:10 GMT -6
But if you ask me ... Peanut butter loaded trap is the only way to actually RID them  |
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Post by w8in4dave on Apr 10, 2012 0:41:59 GMT -6
Rita rocks  she always phinds great stuph |
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Post by jack on Apr 10, 2012 3:21:53 GMT -6
Gidday But if you ask me ... Peanut butter loaded trap is the only way to actually RID them Well it aint worked on the little bugger that has taken up lodgings with us. |
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Post by Pharmer Phil on Apr 10, 2012 4:11:12 GMT -6
yesterday Morning I was going to comment that we hadn't seen a mouse, or heard a mouse for quite some time...
But Morris da cat had one he caught somewhere in the house...last night...basement was open it may have been there...
Typically...we see them come fall when they start to work the fields up after harvest
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Post by Pharmer Phil on Apr 10, 2012 4:26:12 GMT -6
oh, and I heard for YEARS that mothballs would keep mice out... so, every spring I find their lil nests...usually in the re-wind on the power equipment... so a few years back...we placed socks with mothballs in em' all around the power equipment... Next spring... One of the machines wouldn't turn over... Mouse had .. Dragged the mothball filled sock..into the shroud of the machines rewind... and made his NEST OUT OF IT....   maybe the mint addition would help?? or would that serve them as air freshener?? |
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Post by w8in4dave on Apr 12, 2012 20:29:41 GMT -6
Ohhh I hate moth balls, they will keep everyone out... Went to visit our brother inlaw the other day and walked in and said "What in the heck stinks so darned bad" he said "Moth balls" He took them all out because everyones eyes were watering ..omg it was bad!!
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