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Old Jan 1, 2008 | 10:15 PM
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Driving my DD two weeks ago I had one come up from the hood at 50MPH onto the windshield by the wipers. Couldn't believe it, brazen little sucker. Put the green candy in the garage, my POS truck, shed, over the garage storage. Already gone thru 6 trays. I want to get rid of them, but not the neighborhood cats. So I guess I'll have to switch to traps.
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Old Jan 2, 2008 | 12:28 AM
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Originally Posted by HeadsUp
Driving my DD two weeks ago I had one come up from the hood at 50MPH onto the windshield by the wipers. Couldn't believe it, brazen little sucker. Put the green candy in the garage, my POS truck, shed, over the garage storage. Already gone thru 6 trays. I want to get rid of them, but not the neighborhood cats. So I guess I'll have to switch to traps.
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You made my night!! That was funny as hell That had to be a sight!!!!!!!!!!!

Hea,,were practly neghibors! If you ever need any assistance, just let me know. Billdog350 and Steve Doten live in your area! Keep in touch!

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Old Jan 2, 2008 | 01:03 AM
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I still live by Big *****'s abilities. My garage has multiple opening. In 7 years, there's been 1 mouse. It had 4 nice little holes in it's sides that perfectly lined up with Big *****'s canine teeth.

Big ***** rules the roost in my garage and house. Mighty Mouse and Speedy Gonzales both sold their properties and moved out when I moved in.
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Old Jan 2, 2008 | 06:03 AM
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I wish i could have a few outside cats.But with my 7 year old dog thats not happining soon.
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Old Jan 2, 2008 | 07:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Bill Curlee
Gary

You made my night!! That was funny as hell That had to be a sight!!!!!!!!!!!

Hea,,were practly neghibors! If you ever need any assistance, just let me know. Billdog350 and Steve Doten live in your area! Keep in touch!

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Billdog350 and I really are neighbors. I'm in the next town, East Hampton. Thanks for the offer. Now that I've got two little ones at home, the wife and I don't take the Vette out too much. I only get to drive to/from work. Guess that's better than nothing.

At first I thought it was a leaf, but then I saw its fuzzy little nose. It wasn't the best start to the morning.

I've got the Vette in storage with moth ***** under the hood and in the cabin. I really don't want to have the smell in the car come spring. Any better ideas? I've heard mice really don't like the smell of mint. Can anyone confirm/deny? Much better smell than moth *****.

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Old Jan 2, 2008 | 08:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Bill Curlee
They seem to like the HVAC Fan!!



I started the car and the fan was on HIGH! Look what I caught!!!



Yea, he didnt survive the 1700 rpm carnival ride!! Little bastards feet stuck through the fan and made a tink tink tink..... sound when the fan coasted down!

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Thats one hell of a Carnival Ride for the freaking mice! !

They deserve that! !
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Old Jan 2, 2008 | 08:53 AM
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I've never had mice in my Vette (I've probably just jinxed myself), but I did recently find mouse droppings on top of the plastic engine cover on my TrailBlazer SS. I put out mouse traps and caught 11 of the little buggers in one day.

I've put bars of Irish Spring soap inside my Vette and in the engine compartment for years and it's worked for me.
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Old Jan 2, 2008 | 09:05 AM
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Originally Posted by DevilDog II
I've put bars of Irish Spring soap inside my Vette and in the engine compartment for years and it's worked for me.
Either that or the critters are partial to suburbans! What I'm wondering is if mice follow the roach rule where if you see 1, you probably have 50.
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Never had a mouse in the vette during six winters of storage. I use traps baited with peanut butter. They're suckers for Jif Extra Crunchy.
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Old Jan 2, 2008 | 10:11 AM
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Originally Posted by R Devil
Never had a mouse in the vette during six winters of storage. I use traps baited with peanut butter. They're suckers for Jif Extra Crunchy.
Never had a problem until this year!! I think it's b/c there is a baby in the house now and the sh!tty diapers that are in the garage until the trash comes!!

I caught one with p.butter in the trap so far...
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Old Jan 2, 2008 | 10:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Junkman2008
Sounds like a job for...



Big *****!

Being the Sopranos is off the air, he ain't got much else to do...
That is awesome! That is how i keep the rodents away. I have two cats that live in my garage/outside. They average about 3-4 rodent kills a week that they leave for me to clean up. Most of them are moles, but they get their fair share of mice. Needless to say I don't worry about them too much. Thankfully my cats hate the vette too so they don't get on it.
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