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Old Apr 10, 2008 | 04:13 AM
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I have recently come up with a rodent problem. Monday when I drove the vette for the first time in a while, I noticed a little furry creature run out from under the dash on the passenger side. Ran under the seat, then ran back under the dash. Anybody have any ideas on how to get him out ? He needs to find a new home.
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Old Apr 10, 2008 | 04:24 AM
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Plastic sheeting, and a mousetrap on the passenger floorboard.


The plastic is incase it goes *squish*
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Old Apr 10, 2008 | 04:39 AM
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One of those cardboards with the sticky stuff on it. You won't kill it and you can pull him off and clean up his feet and set him free in your neighbors garage
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Old Apr 10, 2008 | 04:48 AM
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You won't kill it and you can pull him off and clean up his feet and set him free in your neighbors garage
After you find out what its been doing in your dash, you'll want to kill it.
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Old Apr 10, 2008 | 06:04 AM
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You need one of these.......He'll bring it to your doorstep after he gets it.

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Old Apr 10, 2008 | 07:30 AM
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You need one of these.......He'll bring it to your doorstep after he gets it.

They pee on everything , some people call it marking
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Old Apr 10, 2008 | 09:00 AM
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You need one of these.......He'll bring it to your doorstep after he gets it.

My cat does a great job of keeping rodents away from the vette. Baby birds, another story.
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Old Apr 10, 2008 | 09:10 AM
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Plastic sheeting, and a mousetrap on the passenger floorboard.
The plastic is incase it goes *squish*
I agree - I get a wharf rat in my house about every 4-6 months, and on time the trap caught him across the head instead of the neck - I have the pics - pretty messy.

Use peanut butter for bait. If they seem to be eating the peanut butter off without springing the trap, try just smearing a tiny bit of peanut butter on it - then they have to work harder to get it off.


Originally Posted by 85L98-84L83
One of those cardboards with the sticky stuff on it. You won't kill it and you can pull him off and clean up his feet and set him free in your neighbors garage
Not sure if this is just urban legend or not, but I've heard of people finding those sticky traps with nothing but mouse feet stuck to them and a trail of mouse blood leading away...
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Originally Posted by aboveaveragejoe
Not sure if this is just urban legend or not, but I've heard of people finding those sticky traps with nothing but mouse feet stuck to them and a trail of mouse blood leading away...
TRUE TRUE TRUE!! I have firsthand knowledge
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Old Apr 10, 2008 | 10:58 AM
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Don't think I want to do the sticky strips, I have heard of them chewing a leg off before. I guess gives new meaning of "CAUGHT LIKE A RAT IN A TRAP".
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Old Apr 10, 2008 | 11:19 AM
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We have used the sticky boards for years to catch the mice in our garage. They are always hammered to the pad and we have never seen any mice feet left behind on them.
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Old Apr 10, 2008 | 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by aboveaveragejoe
I agree - I get a wharf rat in my house about every 4-6 months, and on time the trap caught him across the head instead of the neck - I have the pics - pretty messy.

Use peanut butter for bait. If they seem to be eating the peanut butter off without springing the trap, try just smearing a tiny bit of peanut butter on it - then they have to work harder to get it off.




Not sure if this is just urban legend or not, but I've heard of people finding those sticky traps with nothing but mouse feet stuck to them and a trail of mouse blood leading away...
Heat the metal on the trap with a match, then while its still hot, put a little piece of chocolate on it. The chocolate melts to the metal, and when they have to scratch at it, SNAP, the rascal is finished. They LUV chocolate. Hope he didn't chew up your wiring, or have a litter in your air ducks. Then again, a mouse coming from under your dash, is better than a snake. I think I would have a heart attack if that happened.
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Old Apr 10, 2008 | 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by jackdk
Heat the metal on the trap with a match, then while its still hot, put a little piece of chocolate on it. The chocolate melts to the metal, and when they have to scratch at it, SNAP, the rascal is finished. They LUV chocolate. Hope he didn't chew up your wiring, or have a litter in your air ducks. Then again, a mouse coming from under your dash, is better than a snake. I think I would have a heart attack if that happened.
Man I never thought of that, now I'm really going to be paranoid. I live in the country........
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Oreo inside one of those humane trap thingys. Works every time....... Good luck on finding the damage the little bugger might have done.
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Originally Posted by Bill Cude
Don't think I want to do the sticky strips, I have heard of them chewing a leg off before. I guess gives new meaning of "CAUGHT LIKE A RAT IN A TRAP".
Yeah but they won't climb or run fast anymore.
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Cheap wooden snap trap and some peanut butter
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Originally Posted by welsh_gal
Oreo inside one of those humane trap thingys. Works every time....... Good luck on finding the damage the little bugger might have done.
And drop him off at your ex wife's or ex girlfriend's yard.
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EXTERMINATOR here: Use a snap trap with a little penut butter smearned into the lip. He'll work hard at getting it out. Mice carry disease... Don't just let him loose, "He'll come back". Set a few more up in the garage, where there's one - there's more.
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