Another not exactly pond related question, but since many of us have storage buildings on our pond property I thought this would be a good place to ask this question. I have a couple of pole barns that have become havens for mice over the winter. I've had added, DeCon, traps, moth balls, dryer sheets, etc. but still have mice. I am thinking about adding some of the electronic "ultrasound" devices I see advertised. Does anyone have experience into whether they work or not. Or do you have any method you of getting rid of these rodents.

Bing

I use a glue trap with a single Aquamax pellet in the middle. Gits'em every time.

I agree with Bruce, those sticky traps are very effective. I tried the ultrasonics but my mice must have marched to the beat of a different drum. I have not added pellets, but I will.

mouse thread

Theo, new species of "Cat Fish"?

I've had great resulsts with the green poison stuff they sell at tractor supply. I failed with other brands, but this stuff was eaten up real quick and then nothing. I found one dead mouse in an outside storage area, but know i had a dozen or more. It was pretty bad. The remaing pieces of poison are still sitting there and it's been almost six months without any moust sitings or turds.

Quick, simple and effective!!!

Eddie

What's that cat's name?? Indira or something like that? Isn't that cat the famous Bollywood actress? I seem to recall a red dot on her forehead.

For $20 I can get you an autographed photo, Sunil.

complete w/ nose ring....nice touch

i was in a grumpy mood this morning til read this thread....funny stuff.

regular traps w/ peanut butter in garage, a minituare lion for outside (at least he thinks he is), and a useless bag of furry flesh that lies around all day for inside (i.e. my wife's cat).......but never have mice inside, and only occassionally in garage or sheds...

Just got back from the farm and checked the glue traps. Got three more to bring the fall total to thirteen mice.

...so, when you guys went to Bruce's farm when he hosted the PB mini meeting this past Spring, did ya'll partake of the Condello BBQ?

Brettski,

That’s either a large (pen raised) gopher, or a small prairie dog? Both delicious! :p

Or it's a badly deformed Baby Ruth candy bar.

Edward wrote:
Sunil wrote:
Either way, I bet any rodent on a stick still tastes just like chicken. :p

Bruce didn't even BBQ that himself - it's takeout from Rat in the Box.

shorty and theo..... thanks for helping keep my morale up today.

is it just me or has anyone else noted sunil's obssession w/ baby ruth bars? perhaps it was that rohrschack (sp?) test he was forced to take as a child?

What a demented group.

DIED, the Baby Ruth thing was from Caddy Shack, I thought??

DOOTIE!

Could that be a can of Alpo that someone threw out back in the 3 degree chill factor and later stuck a stick in it to see if it was alive.

I always try to restore a thread back to the original topic

Russ - Credit for the new terminology: “fur head wheel chock” FHWC

I have learned after 30 odd years on our acreage that a few FHWCs lurking around the outside of your buildings will keep the rodents at bay. Fear of being swallowed whole, head first seems to be highly effective deterrent.

Now I have figured out the relationship between Theo and Dwight. Dwight's FHWC and Theo's famous Bollywood actress are calico sisters.

Actually being swallowed whole, head first is even more effective.

Ewest – It is more than the Calico Sisters! Theo seems to be tilted slightly into the edge of the fourth dimension. Since I have seen him there, I may be too. There are others out there lurking about, and you know who you are!

Theo Gallus - That is a fact! We have 5 outside Mousers. The two Calicos are by far the most prolific hunters. I have seen Big Head Sally dragging a full grown cotton tail (that would be a rabbit) across the yard for family luncheon.

I wonder why being Calico would make them more aggressive and adept hunters?

Among cats females are often the best hunters (lions for example)and IIRC all three color house type cats (calicos)are female.

ewest - Does it then follow that a calico male would be lazy and a lousy hunter, but worth millions?

Could be. Such an animal would be an unknown genetic anomaly . IIRC it is a heritable result.

Please don't go to the zoo and get in the male lions cage to try and prove he is lazy and a lousy hunter. :p

ewest - I like a good anomaly. More research and experimentation to do this winter!