Keeping mice from above the headliner

If you store your car inside a building like a garage you can make it mouse proof by making sure that there are no access holes or cracks any where. Hard to do in the average house but I have to say that I have been 95% successful. There rest is to always have traps around as backups, either spring or sticky will do. You can monitor your progress by checking the traps daily, no changes.....no mice. It's a fight which goes on forever but you can win it. Like anything important it has to be looked after constantly.
 
William Kelchner said:
C A T. I, as many here, have done battle with the rodents. If moth balls do not work you are facing some battle hardened mice. Squirrel, chipmonk or something ate the wiring harness in my old Maxima and P/U. I purchased a electronic animal chaser which appears to be working believe it or not. Believe there are some new products out to repel these critters, some humane some not. Or you can build a device (cheap) and put them around the car as follows -- 5 gallon bucket with 2 gallons of water in the bottom. Plastic coke bottle or any round plastic bottle, run a rod through the bottle lengthwise, set on top of the bucket, coat the center of the bottle with peanut butter. Stack some wood to entice the mice to get to the bottle and when they run to the peanut butter the bottle spins and the mouse is no longer a problem - eventually you will prevail through attrition.
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Bill,

What brand and model number?

Neighbor feeds the G. D. squirrels and it is just a matter of time before they find the red wires inside my "modern car".

He runs a "pot" business and I think that sometimes they get some of his leftover brownies and cookies!

Thanks
 
The trouble is, cats cause damage as well! They slept on top of our A (canvas/cloth top) and I still don't have it clean. If you spend enough time under your A with black colored silicone caulk, you should be able to seal it up so they don't get in.
 
Benson said:
Bill,

What brand and model number?

Neighbor feeds the G. D. squirrels and it is just a matter of time before they find the red wires inside my "modern car".

He runs a "pot" business and I think that sometimes they get some of his leftover brownies and cookies!

Thanks
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Aspectek Yard Sentinel - got it off Amazon...
 
Don’t like to use poison because the mouse dies in some unknown location and stinks up the place.
Don’t like to use cats because I don’t want cats around.
Don’t feel sorry for the neighbor’s cat that gets caught in the trap because it shouldn’t be roaming free at night eating birds, especially in MY yard !
Don’t use peanut butter inside any more because although it works, it also invites the mice in for lunch.
Don’t like to use a tray of drain oil for the mice to drink because although it works, I always seem to be stepping into it too!
Don’t have confidence in traps unless I can rework the release mechanism to remove all the stamping burrs and polish and oil the contact surfaces so they release with just the slightest pressure. Kind of like I do to my revolvers. But I don’t use them to get mice; it is too tough on the walls.

But I do like other things, like a cloth packet of mint leaves hanging in the car. Grow a peppermint plant in a bucket and it will keep away most critters including deer. It spreads from the root system so be sure to contain it in a bucket or it will take over.
Do like mothballs but they have to be the “old fashioned” ones that still have the sulphur and napthalene because those two ingredients do drive away the mice and most other critters too. Including snakes and bats!
Do put mothballs just inside the corners of the doors where the gaps usually are so the mice don’t come in at all.
Do like aluminum foil under the tires because it works.
Do like a 6” wall around the car that is made of aluminum flashing because it works.
Do like to put a string of Christmas lights across the floor just inside the overhead door because mice don’t like to come out of the closet into the light.
Do like to use a BB gun because it is extremely effective and a whole bunch of fun. You do have to be patient. The down side of the BB gun is that it does tend to damage things like the porcelain on a stove when you are chasing down a mouse and it ducks into the kitchen stove vent at the last second and you let go an errant shot. Then you find out the meaning of “If Mamma ain’t happy, ain’t Nobody happy”……
 
leo said:
If you store your car inside a building like a garage you can make it mouse proof by making sure that there are no access holes or cracks any where. Hard to do in the average house but I have to say that I have been 95% successful. There rest is to always have traps around as backups, either spring or sticky will do. You can monitor your progress by checking the traps daily, no changes.....no mice. It's a fight which goes on forever but you can win it. Like anything important it has to be looked after constantly.
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Leo,
Mice chewed around a friend's kitchen sink drain pipe to get in. He plastered it up with plaster of Paris 3 times, they ate it out! He then added STRYCHNINE in the next batch, CASE CLOSED! Bill W.
 
I've always used a mouse poison called "Just One Bite" available from Home Depot. This stuff comes in chunks and really controls those nasty little critters! Put some pieces in corners where dogs or cats can't get to it but where the mice can and soon your garage will be free of unwanted little Mickeys and Minnies!

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We have a big Tom cat he is the best thing that happen to us, he catches and eats about 3 mice a day if he finds them. he came to me from a farm down the road after getting his tail caught in a piece of farm machinery. The farmer said he really misses him becuase he killed a lot of rats on the farm.
one day I was hauling dirt in the Bob Cat when he came out of the alf alfa field and had left me about a good half a dozen mice next to the dumpster.
I stopped the Bob Cat and he walked over to me and the rest is history. I never had an animal attached to me like Ollie. he rides back and forth from shop to home on my shoulder in winter and just hangs around like a dog. He is not your normal cat he only sleeps about 8 hours a day.
 

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I have had decent luck sealing up entry points in buildings with pre-mixed concrete patch. Comes in small plastic containers at Home depot or most hardware stores. The critters will chew through most other materials.

However, they are quite persistant little buggers and once inside a building reproduce at an amazing rate. :eek: Get them under control ASAP whatever it takes
 
He is a big boy. Keep him he is a treasure. Just don't let him sleep on your pillow at night or you may end up with a bed full of hunting trophies.
 
I know this is not the most popular option for rodent control, but there is a large (4 feet) chicken snake that lives in my barn. I've never seen the snake but every so often I find his old skin when he sheds. The snake is zero maintenance and must do a good job because I never see any sign of mice or rats but Good Lord if I ever reach up on a shelf for something and grab that snake I'll have a stroke for sure....:eek:

P.S.
I would much rather have Bill Stipe's cat. At least the cat don't shed all his skin at once, just a little fur now and then.
 
Meatball here (Dog)
Stickwith Buster T advice: Ol'Clemintine ate the mouse, now she walks like this...:eek:
 

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I use a few traps effectively around the car, but bait them with common white flour and check them often. Easy and doesn't dry out or get rancid like peanut butter.
 
There is one trick to keep critters out of the shop. Most overhead doors have a small opening in the corners where the door meets the floor. Take some Vicks VapoRub and put a small dab there. Will keep out the critters for about 4 months, then re-apply.
 
Glue boards are usually very effective. If you can find them at a big box, exterminators should be able to help.
 
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