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[releventchair]

I was coming back from seeing the Chiropractor the other day.

I reached for the bottle of water I had left in the Tundra, and saw a dark shadow in the bottle under the label.

I was doing 60 mph around these 45 mph curves.
Road straightened up, I decided to look again.

Dead mouse in the bottle-YAK!
I just about puked thinking what if-it had been dark and...🤢🤮

Well , it was a clean mouse anyways , having recently bathed.

Drag ladder to and then down hallway to attic access.
Climbing with only one leg takes skill precision and accuracy. All of which I lack.
So down goes a framed picture off a wall , of course. Again.

Missing a new trap. (!) Nope. Didn't find it.
Last night a prowler was dragging a trap too.
I'm starting to think it's not mice. Butwhatever " it, them, they " is will eat peanut butter in the dark.

Gables of the shack are skinned with.... Vinyl siding. No weather seal plastic or fabric or board or...Just the strips of siding.
W.T.H. the previous original owner accepted that for escapes me, but cheap is suspected. On multiple counts.
For a critter to enter is not difficult. About like going through the commercial hanging plastic strips over openings that deter fly traffic.

So I listened to an acorn the other night. Something bowling above the ceiling.
Her royal indoor complains of the noise but will refill her bird (mouse , racoon and perhaps bigfoot) feeders near the house. One nearly touching near where I burned off the grill this morning mice have been using.

Guess I should have bought more traps.
I have a rat trap somewhere.
Maybe drill a hole in it for a wire tether.

 

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[pepperj]

Well , it was a clean mouse anyways , having recently bathed.

Drag ladder to and then down hallway to attic access.
Climbing with only one leg takes skill precision and accuracy. All of which I lack.
So down goes a framed picture off a wall , of course. Again.

Missing a new trap. (!) Nope. Didn't find it.
Last night a prowler was dragging a trap too.
I'm starting to think it's not mice. Butwhatever " it, them, they " is will eat peanut butter in the dark.

Gables of the shack are skinned with.... Vinyl siding. No weather seal plastic or fabric or board or...Just the strips of siding.
W.T.H. the previous original owner accepted that for escapes me, but cheap is suspected. On multiple counts.
For a critter to enter is not difficult. About like going through the commercial hanging plastic strips over openings that deter fly traffic.

So I listened to an acorn the other night. Something bowling above the ceiling.
Her royal indoor complains of the noise but will refill her bird (mouse , racoon and perhaps bigfoot) feeders near the house. One nearly touching near where I burned off the grill this morning mice have been using.

Guess I should have bought more traps.
I have a rat trap somewhere.
Maybe drill a hole in it for a wire tether.

For rats and mice this works.
Friendly if another animal eats it.
1 cup of baking soda,
1 cup of sugar
1 cup of corn meal
Mix put in containers with a 1" hole.
Rodents eat-but can't fart.
End of story.
I have them around the buildings and it has really helped.

For the fur hugging pirates, so sorry.

But in a bottle of water-YAK!

 

[releventchair]

For rats and mice this works.
Friendly if another animal eats it.
1 cup of baking soda,
1 cup of sugar
1 cup of corn meal
Mix put in containers with a 1" hole.
Rodents eat-but can't fart.
End of story.
I have them around the buildings and it has really helped.

For the fur hugging pirates, so sorry.

But in a bottle of water-YAK!

Aww , don't be upset.
Poor mouse didn't drink that much of your water.

I'm trying not to leave dead mice in the attic.
Usually late fall it's a matter of setting some traps and clearing out the new residents.
(Tip , remove mice daily or mice will eat mice. Last mouse will stink.)

I moved an outside trap and set one on the grill grates too.
Cubby set by back corner of house hasn't had a catch this fall. Trap I just moved was near it.

 

[Surf_Pirate]

Good morning all.

Here's PeeWee catching some sun on my desk yesterday.

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Hello Pee Wee ...... Wait isn't that B Bart's nickname.

 

[CreekSide]

Good morning y'all (you all) lol

You southern people 😃

 

[pepperj]

Aww , don't be upset.
Poor mouse didn't drink that much of your water.

I'm trying not to leave dead mice in the attic.
Usually late fall it's a matter of setting some traps and clearing out the new residents.
(Tip , remove mice daily or mice will eat mice. Last mouse will stink.)

I moved an outside trap and set one on the grill grates too.
Cubby set by back corner of house hasn't had a catch this fall. Trap I just moved was near it.

Baking soda dehydrated them naturally.
Cooking mice on the BBQ.
Now reallyiare times so tough.

The propane is worth more than the return.

Black Rat snake in attic.
Put this feller up there, nothing to worry about.
(Small dogs might be a concern)
Call him Fred.

 

[Blak bart]

Hello Pee Wee ...... Wait isn't that B Bart's nickname

Nope....it's "Bart the Fart" !!🤣😂🤣

 

[releventchair]

Baking soda dehydrated them naturally.
Cooking mice on the BBQ.
Now reallyiare times so tough.

The propane is worth more than the return.

Black Rat snake in attic.
Put this feller up there, nothing to worry about.
(Small dogs might be a concern)
Call him Fred.
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A garter snake went under the siding early summer.

I've heated a mouse in the grill. It bailed out.
Following night I thumped it on the noggin with a flashlight.
It showed some singe from the prior evenings lite up.

 

[pepperj]

A garter snake went under the siding early summer.

I've heated a mouse in the grill. It bailed out.
Following night I thumped it on the noggin with a flashlight.
It showed some singe from the prior evenings lite up.

Caught 2 in the stainless water pail in the shop.
Great trap it seems.
Dab of peanut butter in the bottom with some grains.

 

[Evan in CA]

Good morning everyone

 

[releventchair]

Caught 2 in the stainless water pail in the shop.
Great trap it seems.
Dab of peanut butter in the bottom with some grains.

Built a can log roller trap for a friends garage.
Should for the hunting blind.
I'd set two un baited and left them tight to an edge last summer during a clean up... Mouse later hit one, and left a spot on the floor. Still there.
Last year I was using bleach to get the funk out of the floor in other spots.

 

[releventchair]

Good morning everyone

Mornin Evan!

 

[oldmxrat]

Sheesh, glad I got out when I had the chance.

 

[Oregon Viking]

I was coming back from seeing the Chiropractor the other day.

I reached for the bottle of water I had left in the Tundra, and saw a dark shadow in the bottle under the label.

I was doing 60 mph around these 45 mph curves.
Road straightened up, I decided to look again.

Dead mouse in the bottle-YAK!
I just about puked thinking what if-it had been dark and...🤢🤮

Canadian mice can open bottles?

 

[Oregon Viking]

Well , it was a clean mouse anyways , having recently bathed.

Drag ladder to and then down hallway to attic access.
Climbing with only one leg takes skill precision and accuracy. All of which I lack.
So down goes a framed picture off a wall , of course. Again.

Missing a new trap. (!) Nope. Didn't find it.
Last night a prowler was dragging a trap too.
I'm starting to think it's not mice. Butwhatever " it, them, they " is will eat peanut butter in the dark.

Gables of the shack are skinned with.... Vinyl siding. No weather seal plastic or fabric or board or...Just the strips of siding.
W.T.H. the previous original owner accepted that for escapes me, but cheap is suspected. On multiple counts.
For a critter to enter is not difficult. About like going through the commercial hanging plastic strips over openings that deter fly traffic.

So I listened to an acorn the other night. Something bowling above the ceiling.
Her royal indoor complains of the noise but will refill her bird (mouse , racoon and perhaps bigfoot) feeders near the house. One nearly touching near where I burned off the grill this morning mice have been using.

Guess I should have bought more traps.
I have a rat trap somewhere.
Maybe drill a hole in it for a wire

Best rat trap made.

 

[ARC]

I was coming back from seeing the Chiropractor the other day.

I reached for the bottle of water I had left in the Tundra, and saw a dark shadow in the bottle under the label.

I was doing 60 mph around these 45 mph curves.
Road straightened up, I decided to look again.

Dead mouse in the bottle-YAK!
I just about puked thinking what if-it had been dark and...🤢🤮

Pepper...
I would seriously consider changing bottled water brands.

:P

 

[ARC]

Pepper...
I would seriously consider changing bottled water brands.

:P

And why i like rum.... rats / mice dont seem to like rum...... errr........
ahhhhh... ehhhh........ or do they ?

***ARC looks wildly around in the corners***

 

[Chilli]

When we lived in Dunolly, the home of the biggest inland grain silo site in the state it was rodent city. Rats and mice. Trains and trucks loaded from all across the state came there.
There was no option but to hit then hard with baits. The numbers were crazy. They'd try to nest in the cars engine bay, were everywhere.
We set up a bait perimeter around 75 meters from the house and traps around the house. Traps alone were useless because of the high numbers.
I got the numbers around the house down. Several bait blocks from the perimeter every night were gone. Week after week and month after month. Went through I have no idea bait blocks, hundreds and hundreds. 15 kilos?
The best was Tomcat.
I know there are alternatives but when the numbers are as high as they were, we'd see rats during the daytime running in and out of the wormwood bushes, we had no choice. Bait or be overrun by them. They say wormwood deters rodents and insects, old wives tale! 😂 They lived in it and were the best bait sites. I had motion activated lights positioned under the car each night to help keep them away along with red eye led animal lights. It was non stop till we moved. Some people said to me "oh the baits cruel and there are other things it kills too". But you try living with them everywhere with all else either failing or too slow to keep up and you'll be on ebay ordering tomcat as fast as you can.

 

[Chilli]

I was coming back from seeing the Chiropractor the other day.

I reached for the bottle of water I had left in the Tundra, and saw a dark shadow in the bottle under the label.

I was doing 60 mph around these 45 mph curves.
Road straightened up, I decided to look again.

Dead mouse in the bottle-YAK!
I just about puked thinking what if-it had been dark and...🤢🤮

You shoulda gone to spec savers.