Nizm0Zed Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 leave their dead corpses lying around the shed as a warning to others from entering. I tried it once with mormans, and Mr Po-po-50 came knocking on my door. as a side thought. the other thing you could try is building a moat around your shed. would need to be at least 2 foot wide though, and about a foot deep. Fill it with water, and keep leaf and crud build up out of it. line the shed side with a slippery surface, even just laminated plastic sheet would do, they cant climb it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cygnusx1 Posted November 27, 2007 Author Share Posted November 27, 2007 Here is the score for the main garage mouse war. Trap on the garage floor: 10 mice + 1 tail (he chewed his tail off to get away!) Trap in the Z passenger floor: ( I left the hatch and windows open for them to enter at their own risk ) 3 mice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil280zxt Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 Wow, did you bring them into the garage with the Z? or were they already residents? If they were prior garage residents, your Z sure atracts them!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavyZ Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 ... your Z sure atracts them!! Yes, the mice have very good taste apparently. I think a plastic car bag could work. Cloth would be a no no since they might shred it to make a nest. Plastic doesn't taste like anything or smell like anything, so I'm not sure they would chew it. A plastic car bag covered in the oil from jalapeno pepper skin would probably do wonders in keeping the bastards at bay. Davy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PETEW Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 Mice will chew anything that they want. I have seen nests made from all kinds of things that would make a mule puke. My KX250 filter was the last thing I saw them in. It was the foam filter with oil in it and they made the nest out of it. Yuck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cygnusx1 Posted November 28, 2007 Author Share Posted November 28, 2007 I know there were mice living in both my shed and my detached garage. The Z gets stored in the shed long term. I brought the Z down to the detached garage for a clean up and de-mousing. I don't know how many were in the Z or where they came from. They will all die. Eventually I will have all locations clean and mouse proofed as much as possible. I am sick of them. Score updated. I took the Z for a ride tonight and no mice jumped out at me. I actually taped the traps into place because the mice were dragging them around and I had to search for them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughdogz Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 Hi Cygnus, have you tried one of those ultrasonic things yet? Just a thought... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cygnusx1 Posted November 28, 2007 Author Share Posted November 28, 2007 Not sure they really work. Did Mythbusters ever test those things? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cygnusx1 Posted January 13, 2008 Author Share Posted January 13, 2008 Annnnywaaay, here is an update on MouseWars 2008. I have nailed roughly 40-45 mice since I began the battle. The traps have sat mouse free for about a month now which tells me I am in the lead. I have two traps in my basement, two in my garage, two in the Z storage shed, and one inside the Z. I pulled five critters out of the Z so far. Since the weather was nice this weekend, I took the opportunity to shake out the Z and super-seal the shed. I locked myself in the shed after taking everything out of it and looked for light penetration. Then I cut blocks of wood and nailed them over all of the openings that showed any amount of light. I found some large gaps that are now tight. I also put a metal screen over the fresh air intakes on the Z so that the mice can't travel into the HVAC system. For now. I have won the war. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woldson Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 This list dose not include the mice you have enlisted in your "airforce"?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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