How to get rid of mice?

[aametalmaster]

I have 3 inside cats and 2 mini weiner dogs that sniff out everything. When i do get a stray mouse the cats will round it up and play with it until i take it away. Now my neighbor lady has lots of mice and uses that sticky paper trap for them...Bob

[Ten Hammers]

Woody, when you stuff their little holes with steel wool, how do you hold their little feets ? I don't keep food sources in the shop but DO have mice from time to time. Caught a ground hog in the back of the shop that had dug under the slab.

[chanterman]

If you decide to go with spring traps, and have trouble with the mice stealing the bait and not setting the trap off, try the following trick.

Wrap some thread around the bait lever several layers thick. Wrap tight enough so it won't come off easily. Then smear the thread with peanut butter so the peanut butter kinda mashed into the thread. When the mouse licks the peanut butter off the top of the thread, it will then go after the peanut butter in the thread and tug on it, there by setting off the trap.

I had a rather crafty mouse once time who had eluded all attempts at extermination. After hearing my plight, an older co-worker had given me this advice, and it worked so well I have used it ever since.

Best of Luck,
Mark

[BT]

I don't keep food sources in my shop either. The mice bring their food with them :-). If I don't keep the bait packets out, I find caches of acorns, seeds, etc. stashed in all sorts of inconvenient places - belt guards, blower housings, engine air cleaner housings, etc.

[Dan OHare]

Thought I'D chime in with another common problem here in the northeast- red squirrels. Have had some headaches this way until a friends mom unknowingly gave me the remedy. She is an animal lover/hunter hater and just LOVES red squirrels, feeds them apples which they relish so she says. Well I tried it out by tossing some apple slices around for a few days and yup, they love 'em. Had a golfball size hole under the eaves by the chimeny and noticed one of these little buggers pop out of it one day, run the peak of the roof, jump into a pine and scoot. Checked out the space above the cieling (ranch house, no attic) and found a TRUCKLOAD of debris from wall to wall. Pine cones, apples, sticks, leaves, and the scary part- bare copper in a lot of places on the wiring where I shined the flashlight around. So here's what I did once I got them coming to the apple slice buffet; I put a plastic squirrel gaurd around one of the pine trees with a victor spring type rat trap nailed to the tree under it, with the bait end down. The gaurd Like you see under a post mounted bird feeder, keeps them from coming on the trap the wrong way. They can't resist the apple slice on the bait tab and whap! See ya! The .22 gun salute isn't always possible and those buggers are quick but Mr. Victor doesn't miss. Dan

[keykeeper]

Nice Ferrous, Very, Very Nice.......Sometimes, the bushy tails have got to go, also. Got any ideas for pigeons? They are worse than squirrels, in my book.

[6013]

Take up falconry. The sight of a pigeon being chased through the local air space is a direct deterrent to other pigeons, even more so if it is caught.

[RegionalChaos]

Get a pelican!! I hear they are starting to develop a taste for pigeons.



In regards to the mice, an in-law was just telling me about his success warding of rats with moth balls. Seems like a decent idea.

[Tyler Murch]

Mouse trap.

[ApprenticeMan]

A mallet. That'll work