Mice, Mice everywhere..

BarryRanch · Sep 2, 2015

So a few weeks back I saw a series of mice post, well I shoulda read through them more carefully. This morning I caught a mouse, outta the corner of my eye, running through the house. Damn it.
I throw bar bait out every two weeks down by our corn and cattle. But up here by the house we're surrounded by grass and feilds and all sorts of great hiding places for mice. But becuase of the dog and chickens, I cant throw much bar bait out by the house. In those other mice posts I saw something about a water bucket trap, but I cant remember much about it.
Any advice would be helpful, sick of all these mice and rats around here.

old · Sep 2, 2015

Mice is the reason I have cats both inside and out side they help a whole lot. By the way a mouse in the chicken pen will not last long if seen by a chicken they will flat out destroy a mouse

Steve@Advance · Sep 2, 2015

Keeping them out is easier than getting them out!

Keeping the grass mowed short around the house helps. They don't like to be out in the open. Keeping a "short grass/bare ground" moat around the house will help. Overhanging trees touching the house are also an invite for them. Any place they can nest close to the house, like wood piles, old equipment, etc. will give them a staging area to make their move when the weather gets cool.

And seal up any cracks, holes, anywhere air can move from inside the house to outside, they sense the air movement and all it's delicious smells, know right where to chew their way in! Pest block expanding foam works great. If you have vent holes around the bottom of the bricks, fold a piece of 1/4" hardware cloth and slip it in.

David G · Sep 2, 2015

I think GOOD cats really thin them out.

BushogPapa · Sep 2, 2015

I get "Havoc" at the local Mill and it is superior to any other I have found..

I toss it in the attics every Fall.

I buy a Bucket of it every year..

Moth Balls are effective at keeping mice away from areas..I use them on and around ALL air-cooled engines every winter..

Ron..

phil_n · Sep 2, 2015

We had mice in our factory once, eating peoples lunch and stuff. One day I went in early and there was a wild cat sitting on top of a press. Two weeks later there wasn't a mouse to be found and the cat moved on.

JF in MI · Sep 2, 2015

The 'water bucket' trick is a 5 gallon plastic bucket with about 6" of water in the bottom (preferably old antifreeze) With a stiff wire or thin rod fixed across the top. Punch the rod through (length wise) a couple of soda cans so they roll easy. Put a dab of peanut butter in the center of the cans and a board leaning against the bucket so the mice can get to the cans. You'll have a bucket full of drown mice in no time.

rustyfarmall · Sep 2, 2015

Use the bar bait in the house. Yes, a dead mouse does stink, but only for a day or so. I would much rather smell a DEAD mouse than put up with a large family of LIVE mice.

Steve A W · Sep 2, 2015

Here's a couple youtube video's;
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another

CenTex Farmall · Sep 2, 2015

Truckload of snakes?

Married2Allis · Sep 2, 2015

Bucket of anti-freeze with a diving board.

NoNewParts · Sep 2, 2015

sunflower seeds in the shell (they float), covering the water surface works good too, even without the spinning can.
works on rats, chipmunks, red squirrels, as well as mice.

Charlie M · Sep 2, 2015

The mice are easy to get rid of - snap trap and a little peanut butter. If you put one near where a mouse is you won't hardly get out of the area before its in the trap. Rats on the other hand are a real problem. A big snap trap will get them but it takes time before they will go near it.

Dick2 · Sep 2, 2015

There are also sticky traps that work pretty well if you place them where the cats and dogs can't get into them. Neighbor used the sticky traps in his shop to catch packrats 'cause the King Snake wondered off somewhere.

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