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They get in my trailer house, chew tractor wires, etc. I use a lot of poison.
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Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley Rancher and Farmer Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP
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I've got the engine shrouding removed off of a Kohler V-twin right now, in order to clean out the mouse nest that was constructed over the winter. Air cooled engines don't appreciate it when the nest debris obstructs the air flow over a cylinder head. Bad things happen to the valvetrain.
"Forget pounds and ounces, I'm figuring displacement!"
If we accept that: MBG(+)FGSF(=)HBG(F1)
And we surmise that: BG(>)HBG(F1) while GSF(<)HBG(F1)
Would it hold true that: HBG(F1)(+)AM500(x)q.d.(=)1.5lbGRWT?
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I've had rats make nests in my tractor a few times. Once I felt the "breeze" as it ran past my ankle when I started it up. The next time, she ran forward instead through the fan but not successfully. After that, I started lifting the hood every time before I started it.
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The mice like the air filter compartment of dirt bikes too.
Bastagees.....
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I used to poison the hell out of the mice around the farm (no real issue with chipmunks...the dog resolves that for me).
And I found what was posted earlier....they seem to get wise to the poison. So I went the 'all natural' route and got some farm cats. I've noticed a significant drop in the number of nests I have to clean out of tractor air cleaners, mower decks, etc.
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Many people I work with have tried the "bucket" method to eliminate them. Fill the five gallon bucket half full of water, and cover the water with sunflower seeds. Lean a 2 x 4, or any "ramp" they can climb from the ground to the bucket rim, with a cleat to hold the board to the bucket, and line the board with a few seeds. They WILL jump in the bucket. They have been catching dozens a day. Hope it helps......
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Many people I work with have tried the "bucket" method to eliminate them. Fill the five gallon bucket half full of water, and cover the water with sunflower seeds. Lean a 2 x 4, or any "ramp" they can climb from the ground to the bucket rim, with a cleat to hold the board to the bucket, and line the board with a few seeds. They WILL jump in the bucket. They have been catching dozens a day. Hope it helps...... Never thought of that! Sounds good Mike!
"Forget pounds and ounces, I'm figuring displacement!"
If we accept that: MBG(+)FGSF(=)HBG(F1)
And we surmise that: BG(>)HBG(F1) while GSF(<)HBG(F1)
Would it hold true that: HBG(F1)(+)AM500(x)q.d.(=)1.5lbGRWT?
PB answer: It depends.
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Bucket methods work pretty well on mice.
A neighbor set one up for me that consisted of a 5G bucket, some bailers twine and peanut butter.
Bucket was over half full of water.
Over the top was a tensioned length of bailers twine spanning the bucket. Peanut Butter was smeared on the twine over the center of the bucket. 2 lengths of twine were draped over the side of the bucket.
Mice can climb the twine on the side of the bucket quite easily, but they really suck at walking the Tight Rope. Splash!
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I like the sound of this bucket trick. I got a remote cabin where we wage war with mice. I always feel like they are winning. I don't think they are ready for the bucket though!!!!!
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I've heard good things about the electric traps.
Bucket, electric, or whatever trap. If you're not there to dispose of the carcases on a timely basis, it could get ugly.
One year I had some Blue Racers move in under my shed, and they kinda cleaned up for me.
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I don't remember the movie, but a poorly paraphrased line in it was pretty accurate....we spend about 5 minutes trying to figure out how to get rid of rats (mice)...they spend all their life thinking how to mess with or avoid us....
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Two things -- 1. I think that a Minnesota Pond Boss friend, and a few others, should pitch in and get Sunil some electroshock and other therapy treatment so he will to accept cats as friends. There are plenty of homeless cats in shelters in his area that need homes. They could quickly take care of his chipmunk issues. 2. If Dwight our Minnesota friend is unsuccessful, maybe we can find somebody, probably from a place like Nebraska, who loves to cook, and who knows a little bit about explosives. Those types usually also love to plan cookouts. Maybe we could have such a cookout at Sunil's place. It could be a real blast. I've never had it, but I can only imagine how good pre-shredded chipmunk shish kabob could be. I wouldn't even think about doing this without Rex being involved. If the brainwashing and fireworks don't work, we could disguise the chipmunks as pieces of PVC pipe. We might all get arrested, but ... And friends, somewhere in Washington enshrined in some little folder, is a study in black and white of my fingerprints.
And the only reason I'm singing you this song now is cause you may know somebody in a similar
situation, or you may be in a similar situation, and if your in a
situation like that there's only one thing you can do and that's walk into the shrink wherever you are, just walk in say "Shrink, You can get anything you want, at Alice's restaurant.". And walk out.
You know, if one person, just one person does it they may think he's really sick and they won't take him. And if two people, two people do it, in harmony, they may think they're both faggots and they won't take either of them.
And three people do it, three, can you imagine, three people walking in singin a bar of Alice's Restaurant and walking out. They may think it's an organization. And can you, can you imagine fifty people a day, I said fifty people a day walking in singin a bar of Alice's Restaurant and walking out.
And friends they may thinks it's a movement.
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