mice & other pests

[mark777]

I have also had great success with lime. Rodents and insects do not like being near it. We have it spread under sheds, mobile homes and shops with dirt floors for years and it just plain works.

Mark

 

[Jagmandave]

Squirells also like wiring (or more accurately, insulation) we had a number of customers who lived in a very forested area north of San Diego, almost monthly a car would get towed in for no start and we'd find the wires chewed in two. One Jag was totalled becasue there was so much damage, the owners had been out of the country for 3 months - what a mess!

On a related note, anyone see the last episode of Pimp My Ride? Girl had a Pacer and she kept finding "mouse droppings", when they tore the car down they found a live rat living in it! Big sucker too!

 

[arthr31]

good. I'm going to get lime this weekend. It'll be soon time to lime my lawn and field anyway... Thanks for all the good suggestions guys. -art

 

[cwarrix]

Hey arthr31, did the lime work for your mouse problem? Just curious, I had the same problem in my pole barn last year. I resorted to adding four new cats to our family of pets. Haven't seen a mouse dropping since! I have seen a few dead mice outside right after the farmer cleared the field behind us. Looks like the cats are doing the job! Haven't seen any birds, rabbits, or ground hogs this year either...

I never was a big fan of cats, but I'll keep 'em as long as they keep killing the mice /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif And I'm actually starting to like them. Might even get a nice little heater to keep my tractor warm so they can sleep on the warm hood and protect my wires /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[cwarrix]

My mouse trap / tractor wiring protection system /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[arthr31]

hi, i don't have any conclusions about the lime since it got washed away pretty frequently. What has seemed to work is leaving the hood open and seat up. I think that since the mice can't "hide" under either they don't take up nesting...

 

[Whiskey]

Arthr31:

Yepper, that simple trick has worked for me for many years, tried it on the riding lawn mower first and now do it on the Yanmar and have not had a problem since.

 

[gws]

Here is a thread I had a couple of years back about birds nest in my yanmar.

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[Normmm]

I caught part of one of those info-mercials at 3 am last night. They were talking about natural paest control. Oil of pepperment was touted to control mice and other rodents. Seems that they are allergic to it. Put some in a sprayer and spray the area or put some on cotton balls and place arround the area you want to rid of mice. Has anyone heard of this before.

 

[LMTC]

Not that particular oil, but in general, yes. Try Eucalyptus citriodora essential oil sprayed around an area, but beware, essential oils tend to have a low flash point (165 for this one). I mix it 1 oil to 3 water and spray (actually lightly mist...I probably use 12-16 oz total spray on an area 200 x 80) the tractor lot every week or so to keep critters down...it also repels insects quite well.