rats don't like open spaces, so i keep my rig stored away from foliage & cover w/hood open 100' or so away from cover in an open field that seems to reduce rodent damage, hood open & mothballs deter as well. the dryer sheets are less effective for me, in fact i've seen the sheets in rodent nests close by. regards
Keeping mice out of your tractors engine bay over the winter and summer too.
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Yeah, I’ve given up on barn cats. Coyotes get them sometimes. And owls get them at night.
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You and your neighborhood need to consider introducing the predators to a new friend acquired by your animals.
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The horses are OK and protect each other.You and your neighborhood need to consider introducing the predators to a new friend acquired by your animals.
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No one has outdoor cats anywhere… coyotes pick them off…
Neighbor lost a 9 month old Aussie with mountain lions tracks.
My brother sent me a picture of the oak in his immediate yard from family room window and I asked why and he said look again.
Yep sprawled out on a low limb a 90 pound mountain lion…
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Owls swoop and pick up rabbits… I guess a cat possible.
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Yeah, the large great horned owls get the cats.
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Smart Birds...
The Eagles don't seem to be interested in anything alive...
Now a deer carcass will provide weeks of viewing as they return...
The Eagles don't seem to be interested in anything alive...
Now a deer carcass will provide weeks of viewing as they return...
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I have a barn without mice 
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I had a problem with mice at the farm that were getting in the tractor cab.
Someone told me about liquid spearmint drops, so I bought a bottle on Ebay (real cheap). I mixed 10 drops in a bowl of hot water and placed it on the floor of the cab.
Well I can tell you that it works, the mice haven't been back and its been years since I started doing this.
Plus the tractor smelled a lot better too....
Someone told me about liquid spearmint drops, so I bought a bottle on Ebay (real cheap). I mixed 10 drops in a bowl of hot water and placed it on the floor of the cab.
Well I can tell you that it works, the mice haven't been back and its been years since I started doing this.
Plus the tractor smelled a lot better too....
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We battled mice and wolf spiders yearly in the middle of farm country and after harvest it was an onslaught of mice.
We've since tried the following few things with great effectiveness.
1. Peppermint spray sprayed into the inlet furnace duct every month or so. Especially if I hear a mouse I spray it.
2. These traps pictured below around the perimeter of the house.
3. Stray cats. I had a stray mother cat and she put the hurt on them, also killed the chipmunks. I fed her every couple days to keep her coming around. She was also getting into our trash some but I feel that is a small price to pay to be rodent free. We had them bad.
4. Once they get in the house, glue boards around the perimeter of the kitchen usually got them within a day or two. These also catch a ton of insects, which we also had a lot of. We had so many wolf spiders when we moved in, the board would fill with them for the first couple years. now there are very few of them.
Every week we would be fighting at least one or two new mice.
We've since tried the following few things with great effectiveness.
1. Peppermint spray sprayed into the inlet furnace duct every month or so. Especially if I hear a mouse I spray it.
2. These traps pictured below around the perimeter of the house.
3. Stray cats. I had a stray mother cat and she put the hurt on them, also killed the chipmunks. I fed her every couple days to keep her coming around. She was also getting into our trash some but I feel that is a small price to pay to be rodent free. We had them bad.
4. Once they get in the house, glue boards around the perimeter of the kitchen usually got them within a day or two. These also catch a ton of insects, which we also had a lot of. We had so many wolf spiders when we moved in, the board would fill with them for the first couple years. now there are very few of them.
Every week we would be fighting at least one or two new mice.