I did put poison in wood shed . Maybe that had something to do with it. But I think I do that every year. Nature is funny. Very Strange
What kind of posion did you use. I would be kind of worried may be a big foot took up camp near by, lol
Now that you mention it mouse traffic in our feed shed has been pretty slow too. Usually 2-3 a month but not one for the last 5-6 weeks, gonna have to go dust off the traps. Been a hawk hanging out at the barn for a few months now, guessing it's the reason. Mikey
Got 10 so far, but that is lower than lst year. Squirrel and chipmunk populations were high this year, so I thought that mice would be also.
I’ll share a tip with everyone now that has been working for me for the last two years ... urine ! I live out in the country and have plenty of critters running around . Had my truck wiring nibbled on a few years ago and since then have been on a mission to seek and destroy. If you have your car in a garage it’s not that pleasant of a smell at all but if it’s under a carport or in a barn it’s not so bad. I just pour it under and around my trucks and the carport . Also around my firewood stack and house . Haven’t seen or caught a mouse or rat in two years and have no evidence of them even being around . I check under the hood and around any wiring regully and nothing . It worth a try if you are able to do it
The pee makes sense, they may think its a predators urine and avoid it. A friend is an outstanding bowhunter, has several bowhunting videos on the market. One of his tricks , he keeps his hunting boots in the rabbit hutch , right in the rabbit poo and urine . Claims the deer know what the smell is and are not threatened by it. Just a lil bunny. Dats all, nuttin to be concerned with. I have snap trapped about 10 fieldmice this fall so far in the basement and garage , and like others, I expected more. JIM/Rott
I remember a thread online some years ago where a guy couldn't seem to get rid of ground hogs in his yard. I think they were under a shed and starting to burrow next to the house. Tried all sorts of ideas, finally out of frustration he peed on the hole and they moved out. Same theory then- that they thought it was a larger / unknown predator.
Best mousetrap ever I use a 5 gal pail. Half fill with water. Drill a couple of holes just below the top rim. Run a coat hanger thru one hole. Then thru a beer can and then thru the last hole in the pail. Spread some peanut butter on the can and provide a method for the mice to get to the can. The can should rotate freely. The mice go after the peanut butter fall in the bucket and drown. This will take care of any and all mice in one or two nights guaranteed. No need to bait and reset traps
I did the bucket trap thing years ago (worked well), but I prefer to block entry. Just took down some 2 cardboard boxes of used parts/misc off a shelf 6-ft in the air, both had old, large mouse nests made with car seat stuffing. Non-repro'd firewall bulkhead grommet was heavily gnawed (still usable, thankfully). Bastards. One box you could see the dirty pathway their filthy feet always leave. Looks like dried blood. Blech. I also was using snap traps this past spring. Caught 1 mouse, reset it in same spot near back wall. Caught mouse #2... but didn't remove the trap that day. Next day went out to empty/reset the trap and it was GONE. I looked all over in a 10-ft radius- the mouse & entire trap was gone (no other people in the building). Couldn't figure it out, but set up a larger snap trap. #3 caught the bar with his skull... but wasn't a mouse. Had to google it- a shrew. Carnivorous. 2 weeks later found the other trap under my band saw, right about 19 feet from where it was, only a partial hind leg was left of the mouse. Shrew dragged a dead mouse AND the trap 19 feet away to eat it. Double blech. Did this this fall: used a washer for spacing. Less than 1/8-in gaps around the doors now. Also have an inner concrete 'curb' around the perimeter of the building to stop all entry points there.
If you had the Lab/Shepherd mix that we had some years ago, Woodchucks (we called them Groundhogs in New England) would not be a problem. Sandy loved hunting them just about more then anything. He cleared them off our 3 1/2 acres an just days. A great dog; he was about 105 lbs and lived to 15.
The pee thing is something an old guy told me about years ago when I was looking at a boat in a barn. The guy said he always pees in a gallon jug and saves it for pouring around for mice and down groundhog holes. The place reeked but I guess it worked....I left in a hurry.....
I’m out in the yard. In my underwear watering flowers. My neighbor bangs on the window. She don’t care. It’s all good . But peeing outside. Nothing better
Less mice here too, but more snakes. Had a ground hog problem and tried filling the holes-no good. Tried smoke bombs and fire- no good. I finally started throwing the dog poop in the hole instead of the garbage and no more ground hogs.
