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I've also had far less woodpeckers installing acorns in the shop door gaps.
Mice, Rats, Beavers, Marmots. Snakes, Cats. Rant / Questions
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I use Irish Spring soap. Shave it into flakes and put some in a nylon stocking (just to keep it from getting all over the place). I put some under the hood, under the seats 7 dash, and in my trunk and have had no problems since.
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I use Mothballs but I don't mind the smell. It just reminds me of my grandparents house. No mice in the cars.
I also have a noisemakers by Black and Decker that I leave running in my barns when I am not out there and our place on the lake. So far it seems to work. Our St Bernard won't even go in there until I shut it off. They were about $10 ea at Menards a couple years ago on sale.
http://www.menards.com/main/outdoor...eavy-duty-pest-repeller/p-2128400-c-10120.htm
I also have a noisemakers by Black and Decker that I leave running in my barns when I am not out there and our place on the lake. So far it seems to work. Our St Bernard won't even go in there until I shut it off. They were about $10 ea at Menards a couple years ago on sale.
http://www.menards.com/main/outdoor...eavy-duty-pest-repeller/p-2128400-c-10120.htm
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I had mice/rats in my shed.....lots of them....so many, that snakes started living in there.....and around here, some of them snakes will do ya in 15 minutes.....so I started puting down poison.....everyday the piles would be gone, so I'd put more down.....this went on for about 4 months.....then all of a sudden, the piles were still there, and no mice/rats.
Unfortunately, I still have billions of Crickets....there are no windows or skylites in my shed, so when the doors are down, it is very dark.
Unfortunately, I still have billions of Crickets....there are no windows or skylites in my shed, so when the doors are down, it is very dark.
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Funny story about mice. I was doing maintenance on a DC-3 much like the one in the pic. It had sat for a couple weeks. When I opened the upper instrument panels for inspection dog kibble poured out of all of them. They were jam packed!
I figure they were getting in through the tail wheel. There was all kind of space they could have used but they put in all up in the panels.
I went searching for the dog food source and finally found it in a warehouse about 400 yards away. Can't deny they are hard working determined little critters.
I figure they were getting in through the tail wheel. There was all kind of space they could have used but they put in all up in the panels.
I went searching for the dog food source and finally found it in a warehouse about 400 yards away. Can't deny they are hard working determined little critters.
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Wow. unreal. Highly motivated and goal oriented friggin mice to load a DC3 with dog food from hundreds of meters away. Good story!
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I'll never forget that one. They were big kibbles, I doubt a mouse could stuff more than one in each cheek. Then the pathway through the underfloor, through a maze of bulkheads, all the way to the cockpit, then climbing up somehow into those panels. I almost felt bad destroying their efforts. Almost 
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What in the heck would motivate them to locate their stockpile in the cockpit rather than simply anywhere else on the plane? Or, is it possible that there were many areas stuffed with dog food? Friggin amazing things animals will do.
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I checked for other stockpiles for safety sake and found nothing. Totally baffled me!
We thought of pilots as having an addictive illness. Perhaps a mouse got the disease.
We thought of pilots as having an addictive illness. Perhaps a mouse got the disease.
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Funny story about mice. I was doing maintenance on a DC-3 much like the one in the pic. It had sat for a couple weeks. When I opened the upper instrument panels for inspection dog kibble poured out of all of them. They were jam packed!
I figure they were getting in through the tail wheel. There was all kind of space they could have used but they put in all up in the panels.
I went searching for the dog food source and finally found it in a warehouse about 400 yards away. Can't deny they are hard working determined little critters.
A similarly amusing story...years ago my brother bought a work-in-progress '73 Jeeps Wrangler with a v-8 and side pipes. It had sat outside under a car port for a few years before he bought it. We finished the wiring and got it ready to start it. After messing with it, it finally kicked over and started. We were ducking for cover because something was happening all the sudden and it wasn't good. Turns out we were getting pelted by dog food that had been packed into the side pipes and was now getting blown out at high velocity.
As for mice deterrents...I tried the Irish Spring thing. The mice actually chewed on the bars of soap I had put under the seats and in the trunk.
My duster on the rotisery has mouse nests in the rocker panels. The only way in that I could find was the drain holes. I can't get a pencil through those holes. No rust holes in the rockers.
How about stink bugs! I have a problem with them as well!
I have read all of this and went to buy some moth balls and the ones we have here are the size of marbles! They must use moths from the rain forests....never saw any moths that big around here.
I have read all of this and went to buy some moth balls and the ones we have here are the size of marbles! They must use moths from the rain forests....never saw any moths that big around here.
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I recently bought some "fresh cab" stuff from the local hardware store. It's expensive. I put 2 packs in cab, 2 in trunk. Makes a nice car freshener, smells like pine. Did not see mice evidence in the car for a few months. Additionally I have been putting about half a box of mothballs under the hood about every 4-6 weeks in every place they will not fall out of. I also placed half a box scattered all under the car too.
The great thing about moth balls is they leave no residue. The solid turns directly to vapor. You can supposedly store grain with them directly in with. Once you spread the grain out and let it evaporate, no chemical residue.
My stereo at half volume playing classic rock FM station has done a great job in and around my shop. We will see how the winter goes when the bastards start moving in from the fields.
The great thing about moth balls is they leave no residue. The solid turns directly to vapor. You can supposedly store grain with them directly in with. Once you spread the grain out and let it evaporate, no chemical residue.
My stereo at half volume playing classic rock FM station has done a great job in and around my shop. We will see how the winter goes when the bastards start moving in from the fields.
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