BajaNomad - Mice, Mice and More Mice

Mice, Mice and More Mice

Gypsy Jan - 6-30-2014 at 12:35 PM

In all our years of living here we have never had the mice infestation problem we have now.

The dogs are too well fed ("Cough" - too lazy) to go after them inside the house, they just look at them as entertainment.

We put out sticky traps and there is always a mouse or two on them in the morning.

The newly arrived Baja kitty is busy earning her kibble by chasing them down outside.

Martyman - 6-30-2014 at 01:25 PM

Sometimes we have them and sometimes we don't. Probably has to do with the rainfall and the vegetation (food) that follows?

Jumping Around and Screaming Out Loud

Gypsy Jan - 6-30-2014 at 02:01 PM

That is what I did when the mouse lunged up at me irom nside the pot I was going to clean.

I am now a stereotype...

SlyOnce - 6-30-2014 at 02:28 PM

We are having

"la guerra de las hormigas"

in our Baja apartment these days.

Gypsy Jan - 6-30-2014 at 02:49 PM

Ants are Nasty.
And you can sprat them witout remorse.

Feathers - 6-30-2014 at 04:40 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Gypsy Jan

I am now a stereotype...

fandango - 6-30-2014 at 05:16 PM

Sisters house next to me had mice. We set 4 traps in the house and 10 traps in the ceiling. We used peanut butter and the mice took the bait from every trap, twice. They didn't even snap the traps.

We tried pieces of peanuts jammed in the little indentation and they cleaned that up too without snapping the traps.

She set off 3 bug bombs for termite control. The bug bombs took care of the mice as well.
It's been over 3 months and no evidence of the mice returning.

Good luck with yours gypsy jan.

tjsue - 6-30-2014 at 08:30 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by SlyOnce
We are having

"la guerra de las hormigas"

in our Baja apartment these days.

Use Terro Ant Bait, it works wonders.

mrfatboy - 6-30-2014 at 08:40 PM

Get the rat zapper. Works great. Clean and fast.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B002665ZTC?pc_redir=1404050051...

BajaBlanca - 6-30-2014 at 09:08 PM

We had them in the garage and Les figured out a way to put the food so that they would snap the trap.

In his pre Blanca life, he tells the story ( truth is his kids told me) of somehow getting the mice to die inside the walls of his garage and in a spot that he could not get to. Ughhhhhh

Reeljob - 7-1-2014 at 05:37 AM

Put mothballs in a jar, cut holes in top of jar. Place in Garage, atic etc. They will leave.

boe4fun - 7-1-2014 at 07:53 AM

Ever smelled mothballs? How do you get their legs apart?
:lol:

Bwana_John - 7-1-2014 at 01:31 PM

5 gallon plastic bucket with an oil change in it, a piece of carpet against the bucket to make a ramp up the outside of it, and a line of peanut butter smeared around the inside of the bucket below the rim and above the motor oil.

The oil keeps it from getting stinky as you create your own little "Tar Pit"

bajaandy - 7-1-2014 at 02:31 PM

Like Bwana_John said, only poke a hole in the top and bottom of an empty Tecate can and string it on a piece of wire across the top of the bucket. Smear the peanut butter on the Tecate can. Mice will jump to the can only to roll off and into the "pit". Works every time.

bajaandy - 7-1-2014 at 02:37 PM

Oops. Did I say Tecate? This must be the Pacifico model.
Note the rope ladder for the little critters to climb up.
Water is nice because you can just pour it out and start over.

[Edited on 7-1-2014 by bajaandy]

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DawnPatrol - 7-3-2014 at 12:44 PM

I like the bucket idea!
We used the same thing to kill ground squirrels....

except on the top of the water you cover with unsalted sunflower seeds... make a small "diving board" stick halfway over the rim of the bucket...

Voila! We drowned 12 in two days that had infested a wood pile on our property line

Alan from SD

805gregg - 7-3-2014 at 04:28 PM

You just have the wrong dogs for the wrong rats, Get a corgi it will rid you of all rats, squirrels, gophers etc. breed for that and live to do it. My friend has one he told me he saw it catch a gopher toss it in the air catch it again and then eat it

Jan

huesos - 7-3-2014 at 04:32 PM

I hate to say this but if you have mice inside your house, you need to find the point of entry and stop it from the out side. This is not complicated and mice are dangerous. They carry an array of virus some of which are not clearly known spread by droppings becoming air born in the form of fine dust. If you can not find the point of entry, find some one who can. Trapping the ones inside is only a part of the final cleanup, not a solution.

micah202 - 7-3-2014 at 10:13 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Bwana_John
5 gallon plastic bucket with an oil change in it, a piece of carpet against the bucket to make a ramp up the outside of it, and a line of peanut butter smeared around the inside of the bucket below the rim and above the motor oil.

The oil keeps it from getting stinky as you create your own little "Tar Pit"

....you used to work for the cartel?? :cool:

wetto - 7-4-2014 at 07:32 AM

great ideas, setting up the pacifico model today.

Thanks

Thanks For All the Helpful Info

Gypsy Jan - 7-5-2014 at 10:17 AM

We tried the "Beer-in-the-Bote" solution.

The dogs drank the beer,

But, things are quiet around the house for the last few days and a friend commented yesterday, "Your cat is getting fat."

woody with a view - 7-6-2014 at 07:43 AM

The Modelo model (sorry, i stutter sometimes!) works exceptionally well along the coast that shall not be named.....

[Edited on 7-6-2014 by BajaNomad]

bajabuddha - 7-6-2014 at 10:50 AM

Jan, another point of consideration is, are you policing your dog food? I'm sure you're on top of it, just that mice love the stuff; a good sealing large garbage can for the bags, and don't leave 'snacks' in the bowls.

When I used to 'palapa-camp' on the beach i'd look in between the palm fronds inside the palapas, and you could find about 10 lbs of dog food stashed in each palapa from people putting out their doggie bowls, filling them and just leaving them for the pooches to feed at their leisure. Then i'd have mouse problems in my trailer with them coming up the plumbing openings on the undercarriage; d-con was the trick. Good luck.

Thank you, BB

Gypsy Jan - 7-6-2014 at 11:01 AM

Please excuse, I am laughing while trying to type.

No mice to be found right now.

Thanks, again.

volcano - 7-7-2014 at 06:09 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by huesos
I hate to say this but if you have mice inside your house, you need to find the point of entry and stop it from the out side. This is not complicated and mice are dangerous. They carry an array of virus some of which are not clearly known spread by droppings becoming air born in the form of fine dust. If you can not find the point of entry, find some one who can. Trapping the ones inside is only a part of the final cleanup, not a solution.

Mice come in to my house through the palapa roof. Have thought about screening the underside. Any ideas or anyone seen a good plan to mouse proof a palapa ceiling?

vandenberg - 7-7-2014 at 06:38 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by volcano
Mice come in to my house through the palapa roof. Have thought about screening the underside. Any ideas or anyone seen a good plan to mouse proof a palapa ceiling?

Maybe a twelve gauge?? :biggrin:

reneske - 7-7-2014 at 03:13 PM

I put in the plug-in Sonic Traps that you can get on the mainland at Lowe's or Home Depot. They put out some kind of a sound that we cannot hear, but the mice and rats do not like it. So far, they have worked. I have only been using them for about 5 years, but been very lucky so far. Lets hope my luck hold up.

volcano - 7-8-2014 at 05:58 AM

great idea...will look into those

watizname - 7-10-2014 at 09:49 AM

I've found that mice and rats can get the bait out of the traps with the tin triggers. The traps with the yellow plastic triggers seem to be slippery-er, and work much better. Sometimes, they go off just setting them down. :cool:

bledito - 7-10-2014 at 09:15 PM

buy a bottle of alkaseltzer crush up the pills mix in peanut butter and feed the lil critters their lil tummies will explode. works for unwanted pidgeons too.

liknbaja127 - 7-16-2014 at 07:22 PM

Bajaandy, My buddy uses that trap, It works great! He then takes his catch
and feeds them to his large Bass fish, in his pond!!

BajaLuna - 7-17-2014 at 11:40 PM

we are trying the sonic ones too but in our motorhome, the mice moved into it this past Spring and so we are trying this method, and so far, dare I say it?, they have cleared out.

Phil S - 7-19-2014 at 09:10 AM

I first saw that bucket, wire beer can trick years ago at a Canadian hunting & fishing lodge on Trembler Lake. Out of Fort St. James. B.C. Was called Willo-Win Lodge. A frames. Fishing was incredible. Was run by a couple named Jim & Myrtle Farleigh from Bend Oregon area during the summer. They had endless mice problems there, and the b/w/bc worked 24/7. Only required baiting & removing once a day. I was there once for two weeks. They never figured out a way to make a meal with the 'catch'. Too many fish I guess. Their bed was even hung from the ceiling with chains to keep the mice away. Aahhhhhh great memories of "days gone by"/

Floatflyer - 7-20-2014 at 03:44 PM

The Ultimate mouse protection: (Tnx DK)

[Edited on 7-20-2014 by Floatflyer]

Again, I Have Completely Ruined My Street Cred

Gypsy Jan - 7-20-2014 at 05:16 PM

I bent down to into the the dog food bag with a serving bowl and brought up a dead, dessicated mouse, sticking up out of the bowl like a swizzle stick.

I screamed and ran away.

[Edited on 7-21-2014 by Gypsy Jan]

bajabuddha - 7-20-2014 at 05:21 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Gypsy Jan
I bent d9wb and reached into the the dog food bag to fill bowls and came up with a dead, dessicated mouse sticking up out of the servining bowl like a swizzle stick.

I screamed and ran away.

BINGO! Dawg Fud. Learnt my lesson winter of '71: sealable big garbage can. (I figgered out the 'd9wb' btw) :coolup:

tjsue - 7-20-2014 at 07:44 PM

Yep, always keep dry dog/cat food in sealed containers, this way "critters" can't get into it.

Our Dog Food Bags Are Always Stored in a Sealed Plastic Garbage Can

Gypsy Jan - 7-21-2014 at 12:31 PM

That we bought clean for that very purpose.

I saved and inspected the bag the mouse came out of and it had no holes in it.

If anyone has a recommendation as to how to get rid of my nightmares...I am listening.

bajabuddha - 7-21-2014 at 12:51 PM

Very simple. Use the same tried-and-true method for getting rid of Morning Glories....

MOVE.

Moving is Not an Option

Gypsy Jan - 7-21-2014 at 01:01 PM

The dogs say, "STAY".

What can you do? :lol:

[Edited on 7-21-2014 by Gypsy Jan]

Bob H - 7-21-2014 at 03:37 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by bajaandy
Oops. Did I say Tecate? This must be the Pacifico model.
Note the rope ladder for the little critters to climb up.
Water is nice because you can just pour it out and start over.

[Edited on 7-1-2014 by bajaandy]

A buddy of mine said they would put radiator coolant in the bucket and could leave for weeks, and the coolant would just preserve the mice until you got back to dump them out.

blackwolfmt - 7-21-2014 at 05:01 PM

After growing up in southwest Colorado where Hantivirus makes occasional appearances we learned to always have these stashed anywhere your pets can't get to them before long the mice and rats become extinct

[Edited on 7-22-2014 by blackwolfmt]

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