I live in the mountains and when fall comes those little critters try to nest everywhere. HAS ANYONE TRIED PUTTING ONE OF THOSE ELECTRONIC MICE CONTROL UNITS IN THEIR CAR ????

 

We use them in our shop and offices here, and believe it or not they seem to work................
or you could invest in one of these

 

totally cool

 

I have several friends that own islands they close for the winter. They all use the same system and it works great and doesn't need maintanance.

You'd have to google it for pictures but you need..
1 5 gallon bucket
2 gallons of RV antifreeze (rad anti OK if there is NO way a cat/dog etc can access it)
1 board, about 4" wide and 24"-35" long
1 coat hanger
1 empty small water bottle (personal size, with cap)
2 table spoons peanut butter.

You drill a hole in the bottom and the cap of the water bottle just a bit bigger than the coat hanger wire. Use the coat hanger wire to make an axle for the bottle so it spins freely and bend the wire to clip on the top lip of the bucket. Place your board like a ramp from the ground to the edge of the bucket where one end of the coat hanger is sitting. Slide the water bottle so it is about 1" from the end of this 'ramp' and cover the center of the bottle with a band of peanut butter. Put the RV antifreeze in the bucket.

They smell the peanut butter, climb the ramp, try to crawl out on the water bottle, it spins and they drop in and drown. Since it's antifreeze, it stays fluid and since it is also a preserative, they don't stink and rot.

The guys with the islands will have 20 or 30 in the trap by the end of winter and no nesting or damage in the cottage.

 

Wait till PETA heres about this..Sounds like cruelty to mice if you ask me...They will be in touch.....WW

 

I don't think it's cruel, if they're good, they get a good meal of peanut butter just before getting hammered on the alcohol in the antifreeze!

 

Maybe it might work on the Peta P.O.S............ BONUS!!

 

Bigger (much) bucket and in place of the peanut butter, place a mouse caught in a conventional mouse trap!

 

Man, I've got to try this. I live in the country with corn fields all around and mice like to visit my garage. Been using mouse traps. I feel a project coming on...

 

Mice are one thing. I have groundhogs tunneling under my buildings. Only thing that seems to work with them is a bullet.

 

If you don't like the idea of snuffing out Mickey and Minnie, you can use the peppermint oil treatment. Get some peppermint oil extract (try fleabay or vitamin store) and add a few drops to a shop rag or two. I put one rag in the cockpit, another in the engine bay, and one more in the trunk (of my MGA). Refresh the rags every month. The mice hate the smell and will leave your car alone as long as the scent is there. The peppermint smell doesn't hang around very long after you remove the rags.

 

A lot of guys say dryer sheets work. Last winter I put a bunch in the car and the engine area, didn't see any signs of mice. Of course I don't know if it worked or there just wern't any mice this year.

 

You can buy cyanide bombs at a farm supply (at least you used to be able to). Make sure the critter is home, fill in all the holes except one. Light the fuse, stuff the cartridge down the one remaining hole, and quickly fill THAT. Mr. Woodchuck wakes up dead.

 

Man, I wish I could say I have several friends who own islands.I consider a weekend without: do you have bail money?: phone calls a winner.

 

No one has mentioned the oldest remedy of all ......THE CAT!!!!...WW

 

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I agree with this! I've put out traps with peanut butter, but I also saturated cotton ***** with pure peppermint oil (available at health food stores) and put one each in the wells of the headlights, and a few in a plastic cup (like a deli cup) with holes in it. the car smells wonderful (if you like peppermint oil) and this winter IT REALLY WORKED!!! I had BAD mice problems the previous winter, but this made ALL the difference in my part of the world.

 

I put my car away on a farm in an unattached outdoor garage. Of course it's mouse city and always had problems with nests, especially in back of the radio.
2 years I came across this stuff
After 2 years using it, I'm sold on it.
You can tell the mice have done a drive through (just a few droppings), but they didn't stay. No damage and NO nests.

 

See post 2

 

Dryer sheets, Fresh Cab, the damn cat and Peppermint oil did not work for me! The only thing that worked for me this winter was a constant supply of Decon and snap traps! Hate those @#$% things!!!!

 

Oh, I thought you were referring to the gun he was holding, not the cat itself.......WW