| Mice in Storage Shed [message #263652] |
Tue, 07 October 2014 01:57  |
Bruce Hart
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I have been setting up traps for mice in the GMC's storage shed for the last two weeks.
The first week I tried the the five gallon bucket with the rotating bottle.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D47P1TgZ7ZE
The mice were eating the peanut butter but were not captured.
I than hooked up a board that would pivot and drop the mouse into the bucket.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64zy03Z2rHE
I had caught one mouse this way. Left the mouse in the bucket to dispose of later
but I came back the mouse was gone. Was it able to climb the side of the bucket
to get out. I don't know. I did not put any water in the bucket so that could explain
why the mouse was able to get out.
As of a week ago Monday I started to use the old snap type mouse trap, four with peanut
butter and two with cotton. After a week I had killed 18 mice with the snap
traps and found four dead mice from poison that had been put out a month ago.
The cotton traps seemed to work far better than the peanut butter as mice were able to
sometimes eat the peanut butter without springing the traps.
I would like to thank the member who had suggested the use of nesting material in the traps
in an earlier post.
Bruce Hart
1976 Palm Beach
1977 28' Kingsley
La Grange, Wyoming
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| Re: Mice in Storage Shed [message #263663 is a reply to message #263652] |
Tue, 07 October 2014 06:00  |
midlf
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That may have been me.
Another thing I do is make enhanced trigger mouse traps.
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/miscellaneous-pictures/p26891-enhanced-trigger-mouse.html
These traps don't need bait. Just put them near a runway like against the wall or next to a bait block.
For the five gallon traps to work they need liquid. Water if you don't freeze. Antifreeze if you do. If you have any animals you care about use RV antifreeze. Auto anitfreeze will kill any animal that drinks it and the sweet taste and smell attracts them. It is a painful death.
Now you are catching them in your shed. The next step is to get them before they get in.
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/miscellaneous-pictures/p22783-mouse-quot-feeders-quot.html
The 7" length on the "T" does allow racoons and possums to get at the bait. I let them. If you don't want them to get the bait use 10" for the length of the "T" sections rather than 7".
I place these around the buildings where I think the mice get in. At least one on each side and I place one on each side of the doors to my barn.
My next step, not instituted yet, is an additional ring of feeders around the house and barn. About 25' or so out.
The feeders need to be staked to the ground or otherwise secured or the racoons will drag them off trying to get the bait blocks out.
Steve Southworth
1974 Glacier TZE064V100150 (for workin on)
1975 Transmode TZE365V100394 (parts & spares)
Palmyra WI
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| Re: [GMCnet] Mice in Storage Shed [message #263674 is a reply to message #263663] |
Tue, 07 October 2014 07:44 |
Bruce Hart
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Steve,
My storage shed use to be a grain storage shed 50' x 336'. It has seen
it's better days and there are literally a hundred entry points or more.
But I keep the Motor Home out of the weather.
On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 5:00 AM, Steve Southworth
wrote:
> That may have been me.
>
> Another thing I do is make enhanced trigger mouse traps.
>
>
> http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/miscellaneous-pictures/p26891-enhanced-trigger-mouse.html
>
> These traps don't need bait. Just put them near a runway like against the
> wall or next to a bait block.
>
>
> For the five gallon traps to work they need liquid. Water if you don't
> freeze. Antifreeze if you do. If you have any animals you care about use
> RV
> antifreeze. Auto anitfreeze will kill any animal that drinks it and the
> sweet taste and smell attracts them. It is a painful death.
>
> Now you are catching them in your shed. The next step is to get them
> before they get in.
>
>
> http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/miscellaneous-pictures/p22783-mouse-quot-feeders-quot.html
>
> The 7" length on the "T" does allow racoons and possums to get at the
> bait. I let them. If you don't want them to get the bait use 10" for the
> length of the "T" sections rather than 7".
>
> I place these around the buildings where I think the mice get in. At
> least one on each side and I place one on each side of the doors to my barn.
>
> My next step, not instituted yet, is an additional ring of feeders around
> the house and barn. About 25' or so out.
>
> The feeders need to be staked to the ground or otherwise secured or the
> racoons will drag them off trying to get the bait blocks out.
> --
> Steve Southworth
> 1974 Glacier TZE064V100150 (for workin on)
> 1975 Transmode TZE365V100394 (parts & spares)
> Palmyra WI
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| Re: [GMCnet] Mice in Storage Shed [message #263680 is a reply to message #263652] |
Tue, 07 October 2014 08:56 |
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Bruce,
This is how I build my mouse traps.
I have been setting up traps for mice in the GMC's storage shed for the last two weeks.[/color]
> The first week I tried the the five gallon bucket with the rotating bottle.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D47P1TgZ7ZE
>
> The mice were eating the peanut butter but were not captured.
> I than hooked up a board that would pivot and drop the mouse into the bucket.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64zy03Z2rHE
>
> I had caught one mouse this way. Left the mouse in the bucket to dispose of later
> but I came back the mouse was gone. Was it able to climb the side of the bucket
> to get out. I don't know. I did not put any water in the bucket so that could explain
> why the mouse was able to get out.
> As of a week ago Monday I started to use the old snap type mouse trap, four with peanut
> butter and two with cotton. After a week I had killed 18 mice with the snap
> traps and found four dead mice from poison that had been put out a month ago.
> The cotton traps seemed to work far better than the peanut butter as mice were able to
> sometimes eat the peanut butter without springing the traps.
> I would like to thank the member who had suggested the use of nesting material in the traps
> in an earlier post.
>
>
> --
> Bruce Hart
> 1976 Palm Beach
> Milliken, Co
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| Re: Mice in Storage Shed [message #263693 is a reply to message #263652] |
Tue, 07 October 2014 12:47 |
JohnL455
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I've got Tomcat live traps coming. On Youtube they were best ( on line so must be true). I've got plenty of far away land to catch and release.
John Lebetski
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| Re: [GMCnet] Mice in Storage Shed [message #263723 is a reply to message #263693] |
Tue, 07 October 2014 18:52 |
Bruce Hart
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John,
That is the brand I am currently using. I have had the Tomcat traps out
now for a month with little results. It wasn't until I used the Victor
mouse trap that I actually started to get the mice in numbers.
On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 11:47 AM, John R. Lebetski
wrote:
> I've got Tomcat live traps coming. On Youtube they were best ( on line so
> must be true). I've got plenty of far away land to catch and release.
> --
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> 77 Eleganza II
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| Re: [GMCnet] Mice in Storage Shed [message #263747 is a reply to message #263725] |
Wed, 08 October 2014 03:56 |
Bruce Hart
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Mark,
That would be the ultimate brand
On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 6:08 PM, A. wrote:
> Bruce Hart wrote on Tue, 07 October 2014 18:52
>> John,
>> That is the brand I am currently using. I have had the Tomcat traps out
> now for a month with little results. It wasn't until I used the Victor
>> mouse trap that I actually started to get the mice in numbers.
>> --
>> Bruce Hart
>> 1976 Palm Beach
>> Milliken, Co
>> GMC=Got More Class
> This is the brand I use. I don't actually have any of my own, but between
> the neighbors and the jack@$$E$ that drop them off on the side of the
> road,
> I usually have one to four around all the time.
> http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/cfperron/cats/images/thumbs/cat8_tn.jpg
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| Re: [GMCnet] Mice in Storage Shed [message #263760 is a reply to message #263674] |
Wed, 08 October 2014 09:47 |
midlf
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Bruce Hart wrote on Tue, 07 October 2014 07:44Steve,
My storage shed use to be a grain storage shed 50' x 336'. It has seen
it's better days and there are literally a hundred entry points or more.
But I keep the Motor Home out of the weather.
If no animals you care about can get in the shed then I would do this. Put out a lot of bait blocks at the sides of the building and more about 10 or 15' in front and back of the GMC. Then I would get rat glue traps and put 2 or 3 around each tire or tire pair. The theory on the blocks is it causes them to hemorage internally and die. Before death they supposidly are thirsty and will search for water, outside. The Glue traps are to get any that become too familiar with the location of your GMC. I would use rat traps as the mice can drag off the mouse glue traps. Also if any mice get trapped and die on the glue others may be attacted to eat their buddy (hey food is food) and get trapped on the glue traps. Inspect the "system" every week or so. I have not tried this exact system but, if given your situation, that is what I would try. The "U'per" mouse traps are also effective if constructed properly.
Steve Southworth
1974 Glacier TZE064V100150 (for workin on)
1975 Transmode TZE365V100394 (parts & spares)
Palmyra WI
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