[Bay Kid]

Time for a new cat.

[Bambi]

I have a metal live trap for mice that I used in my horse barn (lots of sweet feed) up north. Once the mice enter they can’t find their way out. Very effective. I used to release them in “the middle of nowhere “ and they could transition back to “field mice.” I don’t know why I brought it to Florida.

[OhioBuckeye]

You need a cat! If you have a cat I guarantee you, you won’t have any mice. But you have to want a pet a cat.

[Chrissy1]

Originally Posted by lovesabook 2

We live in Hacienda Courtyard Villas and just discovered we have a problem with mice in our garage. They chewed through some wires in our car. (Thankfully, it was covered by our warranty with Honda!) But we would like to do
something about it. We got some "mice away" bags that we put in the car. We have a cat, and we sprayed peppermint oil around the garage. But I am wondering if anyone has any more suggestions. Thanks, Suzanne 607-330-1440

I had that problem with a dishwasher. Its possible the little fellows are looking for water. They may confuse your electric lines with a hose. Place a dish of water outside of your car an see what happens.

[DaleDivine]

Originally Posted by Dana1963

Mice and rodent traps, keep garage door shut, do not store birdseed in the garage. If you have bird feeders STOP feeding.

Agree.. Stop feeding the rodents.

[tophcfa]

Easy solution, get a 5 gallon bucket and put about 1 1/2 gallons of water in it. Throw a couple of handfuls of sunflower seeds in the water and smear some peanut butter on the inside wall of the bucket. Then make a plank from the floor to the edge of the bucket using a scrap piece of wood. The mice, rats, and any other rodents in the area will walk the plank of death and not be able to resist diving into the bucket to get at the food. They can’t climb back out of the bucket and can only tread water for so long. After about a week the entire population will be whipped out.

[vintageogauge]

Originally Posted by Michael G.

Well guess what?

We have two large palms on the west side of our house.
We feed the birds (2 feeders).
We have no mice or rats in 5 years.

Telling someone to keep their garage door closed, and don't store
any type of food in your garage is, just plain common sense.
And there's very little of that around today

Your neighbor has probably been trapping them in his garage.

[j_vermilya]

Massey worked well for us, checked for possible entry points, filled those, and set traps. By the way, if you have mice, you may get snakes...

[DAVES]

Originally Posted by OhioBuckeye

You need a cat! If you have a cat I guarantee you, you won’t have any mice. But you have to want a pet a cat.

As far as a cat, you want a female cat. It is the female that hunts. As far as a pet cat, so many of the villages pets are soooooo spoiled they are useless.

[DAVES]

Originally Posted by Chrissy1

I had that problem with a dishwasher. Its possible the little fellows are looking for water. They may confuse your electric lines with a hose. Place a dish of water outside of your car an see what happens.

As far as rats and mice, humans have been fighting them like forever and yet they are still there. No shortage of patents on traps.

Seeking water. A common mouse and rat poison is warferin. Yup the same stuff used as a blood thinner for humans with heart issues. Rats and mice cannot vomit. They eat food laced with the poison and it makes them bleed internally. That makes them seek water.

My view. I am not a rat, mouse lover but many of the techniques we employ are unnecessarily cruel. Internal bleeding, drowning, stick them till they slowly die.
The spring trap, is quick, cheap and done. The secret is proper placement, usually the edges of the space, and the proper bait-peanut butter works well.

In terms of amazing animals and how and why they survive. A mouse can pass through a gap of 1/4 of an inch. Traditional solution is to stuff course steel wool into gaps. Also, the rate of reproduction is simply amazing.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY MICE OR RATS-often that just means we do not see any mice or rats.