Keeping the mice out

setup Victor mouse traps with walnuts for bait. Also place decon around the garage.
 
I usually find a neighborhood cat, set him up with some food water and litter box and shut him in for the winter. Ha......just kidding...or am I ?
 
I've got a cat that loves to sleep in the garage. Also I've heard that a bunch of dryer sheets work as a passive deterrent but nothing beats a mousetrap for the final solution.
 
Put a pad of steelwool in your exhaust...at least that will keep them out of your exhaust system and motor. I started mine up this spring after doing a brake job over the winter, and it started firing nuts out the exhaust. When it was through, I gathered up about two dozen small nuts. I guess they made there nest in the muffler. As far as the rest of the car I just put out some poison, as long as the pets can't get to it. Good luck.

Stan
 
Peter J said:
I've got a cat that loves to sleep in the garage. Also I've heard that a bunch of dryer sheets work as a passive deterrent but nothing beats a mousetrap for the final solution.
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My cat also loves to sleep in the garage and I have never had a problem with mice. Does anyone have sugestions for getting the sag out of a roadster top?

Charlie Stephens
 
I've stored many cars as well as Motorhomes and have never had a problem. Clean them out of all consumables (food crumbs) and loose items that don't need to be in there, first. Then place lots of "Bounce" dryer sheets (the generic brand doesn't seem to work as well). Place them in the trunk, under the hood, under seats and in any crevices that you can find. Not only does this keep out the rodents, it freshens the vehicle up quite nicely for the springtime. We live in ND where mice hibernating are quite an issue-never had a problem using this procedure. Good luck!
 
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Luck is sometimes bad.
That was our draw one year with our motorhome. It had been stored in the same cow shed for the previous five winters with no mouse problems. The fabric softener sheets worked!
Then, disaster. In the spring when I went out to bring 'er home, the smell when I opened the door took my breath away. That winter the softner sheets had not worked. Generations of mice had moved in and burrowed into the furniture. Sofa stuffing was all over the place. And the cabinets, which had been emptied and cleaned for storage, were packed to the very tops with soybeans. Opening the cabinets was like looking into a box of cereal.
That summer was the last hurrah for the GMC. After lots of elbow grease I could drive it without watering eyes. It went to Iola one last time, but that was it. My family drew the line. The motorhome "hit the road." Mouse kill.
Now, for the Model A's, I am back to moth balls -- plus those poison bars from Farm and Fleet. It's not unusual cruelty. It's payback.
 
Either the formulation for Bounce has changed or the livestock here has gotten used to it.The last time I used it they made nests out of it.I found perfumed mouse pee is worse than plain mouse pee.I use poison blocks,trays,and now the electric trap.That works pretty good,I am getting one a day right now in just one shed.When I stop getting them in there I will move it to another shed.They are coming in from the cold right now,so I put six blocks in the cellar last night,at different spots on top of the foundation.This morning all six were gone.Now I like the blocks because they have to nibble on them right there and not carry it back to the nest like the pellets.Either the mice are hungry,or I have some big critters down there.
 
Here is the bucket method.
 

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