CEL lights up on my 2009 Jetta, reader says it's all 5 O2 sensors. Dropped it off at my buddy's shop where they found a low voltage reading to the sensors. Back tracked, removed panels and found a nest and the little bastard still at home! WTF? The car is driven every day!
The Tech scooped out the nest while the varmint ran into his store room.
I understand mice follow a scent left by predecessors so how do I remove any trails that would invite relatives? My garage is clean (free of food stuffs anyway) now what?
Thanks, Dan
This method has always worked for me. Bait with peanut butter.
Drill a hole in the end opposite the bait, tie a string to it and to something solid. Sometimes the mouse tries to run away with the trap. This usually results in a dead mouse stuck in an inaccessible place.
Well, there's cayenne. This link has a recipe for mouse-repellent spray involving cayenne, horseradish, and garlic. It might repel you as well.
jharry3 said:
This method has always worked for me. Bait with peanut butter. Drill a hole in the end opposite the bait, tie a string to it and to something solid. Sometimes the mouse tries to run away with the trap. This usually results in a dead mouse stuck in an inaccessible place.
you must have much tougher mice then I get. Over the past 2 weeks we've caught 2-4 mice a day until we found the hole in the wall they were coming in at (and still killing the ones already inside after the hole was filled) and every one of them showed no sign of trying to drag the trap, pretty much insta-dead.
You just need a small coolant leak
Do a search, n00b! (Jokes)
The little plastic houses with the green poison chunks are the answer. Period. End of story.
We've had meece problems this year and have not caught a single one, even with several traps baited with PB. I'm going back to cheese.
I have had some eat Tom Cat bait out of stations placed outside.
jharry3 said:
This method has always worked for me. Bait with peanut butter. Drill a hole in the end opposite the bait, tie a string to it and to something solid. Sometimes the mouse tries to run away with the trap. This usually results in a dead mouse stuck in an inaccessible place.
Very true. I've had traps disappear completely. But I've also had mice chew off their own legs and leave a bloody trail for a few inches.
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12/11/18 12:30 p.m.
You want to secure those traps with a wire so they can't drag it away
No cat, I guess
I've had the traps disappear also. Hey, how about GLUE TRAPS? Yeah, moar GLUE TRAPS. That's what we need.
No meece problems here...
In reply to GameboyRMH :
Our cats will happily chase small mammals, catch, kill them outside and leave them on the door step for us (they love us and are good providers). But I don't think they've ever caught a single one inside. They seem to think once it's inside it's part of the family or something and leave them alone.
I bought some stuff called Shake Away Mouse Repellant. It's a bag full of smaller bags that look like a big piece of candy or throat lozenges. It's full of mint and all kinds of stinky plants, put them where you don't want mice; like under my hood.
I'm waaaaayyyy better off than my friend Hilton. He has a new Tundra 4-door long box and his wiring harness has been replaced twice. Because of tree huggers or costs, Toyota replaced its plastic coated wiring with a soy based product. Buffet line!
Mothballs will deter mice. Raid also works as a animal repellant. I have used it to get raccoons out of things and they tend to stay gone. Re apply a couple times every second or third day and the critters seem to move on.
