Can't keep up with the mice

[Paula]

Mower was running like crap the other day

[Lawdwaz]

Bastids.......you need an outdoor cat.

[SportsmanNH]

They are nasty little critters !  Had the same thing happen on my 4 wheeler that was in my shed for the summer . Looked like they had a condo association built around the motor . Good thing I saw it before starting it or the ATV would of gone up in flames !  lol

[sbuff]

Just caught two in my shed , traps are in there year long . As soon as they move in they get evicted .

[doebuck1234]

I know the feeling.opened my small bench top drill press in garage this past winter and wtf!

[doebuck1234]

The mess under the hood of the fiancée car was the worse last year.made a nest under intake manifold and chewed the wires to the knock sensor,pain In The arse fix but got it done and the car no longer gets parked in the garage!!!traps and decon got em all I think

[G-Man]

Leave  hood open..

[Paula]

I have traps out there and I haven't got anything lately. I am going to buy the sticky traps tomorrow. 

I will keep hood open to see how that works. 

I just cleaned a nest out from around the air filter. 

There are stinking cats all over here. They are using grass, rabbit fur and chicken feathers for nest

[Five Seasons]

worst I ever had was my wife's daily driver. A 1 year old brand new explorer but parked outside near an oak tree. One day before our trip home to NY I popped the hood to check it all over and a squirrel had made a nest in the engine bay. Chewed a bunch of the foam engine cover and through a rubber line (they're now made with bio-oils and attract critters). I was terrified as I know there aren't extra hoses that don't have a reason and was thankful to find it was to the rear washer fluid. I could never repair it because it was right at the firewall of course and would have required me to take the whole glovebox and trim out. screw it and we traded it in 2 years ago.

One trick I use with success for my car and motorcycle during off season storage is dryer sheets. Put a few in spots that you WONT forget to remove. Keeps the mice away.

[GreeneHunter]

14 hours ago, Paula said:

I have traps out there and I haven't got anything lately. I am going to buy the sticky traps tomorrow. 

I will keep hood open to see how that works. 

I just cleaned a nest out from around the air filter. 

There are stinking cats all over here. They are using grass, rabbit fur and chicken feathers for nest

We keep up with the mice using traps with Peanut Butter ! Works like a charm , you need to freshen your Peanut Butter every few weeks !

[Waterfowler]

Make one of those bucket traps. The ones where they climb up try to get peanut butter off spinning bottle and drop in bucket. Works really well, and catches a lot without resetting 

[Paula]

I didn't buy the sticky pads. I set up the bucket method. 

The peanut on the traps stopped working for me for some reason

[Daveboone]

My storage shipping container gets the little jerks. Multifront attack  Bucket trap, sticky pads, old fashioned mouse traps, sticky pads AND poison. The newer stuff is junk. Good old Dcon worked good, but you cant find it any more.

Traps catch the jerks in the process. Buckets work over a longer time, Dcon kicks off the mom and dad, and the local population. I have been known to settle down on the lawn chair with a pellet gun to zap the jerks when they show their heads, too.

[Paula]

Surprisingly not one mouse this morning

[fasteddie]

I had mice in my lawn mower and also my ATV . They chewed some wires in the ATV . I save the 18 oz. PB jars . I drilled several holes in a couple and put moth balls in each one . One goes under the hood of the mower . Another goes under the seat of the ATV near the battery and wires . So far , so good . 

I have caught mice , moles , shrews , chipmunks  and even slugs in the traps . Sometimes nothing and the PB is gone . A few traps have come up missing so something has carried some off . Now I stake them so they don't go missing .

[Paula]

SLUGS, there are some bigs one out there. I think that is what took the dog food and peanut butter out of my traps. 

[Five Seasons]

On 8/12/2022 at 5:00 PM, Paula said:

I didn't buy the sticky pads. I set up the bucket method. 

The peanut on the traps stopped working for me for some reason

i'm convinced that they've evolved and know how to lick the pb off w/o setting off the traps lol