I may have to try something like that. Not sure how yet but will be thinking on it. The dogs are both inside dogs, may try this as soon as my Daughter has her first surgery. The dogs will want to stay in with her and we will have help here to keep an eye on them when they must go out.
I may have to try something like that. Not sure how yet but will be thinking on it. The dogs are both inside dogs, may try this as soon as my Daughter has her first surgery. The dogs will want to stay in with her and we will have help here to keep an eye on them when they must go out.
Anybody want to loan me about 6 cases of dynamite?
The little bastiges have invaded my $1800 double oven glass cooktop range. I turned the oven on yesterday to season a new iron pan and had to turn it off. Blechhhh!
It was so bad I dragged the damn thing out on the patio, tore it completely apart, cleaned it, and sprayed lysol on all the insulation I could get to. Then I rigged up a 240V cord and am running it on my generator doing an oven self clean. I'll probably do another cycle or two on each oven. What the heck, I'm looking at buying a new one if this doesn't burn the smell out because there's no way it's going back in the house smelling like this! I've never had mice in this house in over 25 years. Traps and bait are everywhere and I rarely get one trapped and they ain't hitting the bait. They're conniving little bastiges now days.
The little bastiges have invaded my $1800 double oven glass cooktop range. I turned the oven on yesterday to season a new iron pan and had to turn it off. Blechhhh!
It was so bad I dragged the damn thing out on the patio, tore it completely apart, cleaned it, and sprayed lysol on all the insulation I could get to. Then I rigged up a 240V cord and am running it on my generator doing an oven self clean. I'll probably do another cycle or two on each oven. What the heck, I'm looking at buying a new one if this doesn't burn the smell out because there's no way it's going back in the house smelling like this! I've never had mice in this house in over 25 years. Traps and bait are everywhere and I rarely get one trapped and they ain't hitting the bait. They're conniving little bastiges now days.
Man, that really sucks getting into the oven. Got to be a terrible smell.
Oh dang that sucks. I better check my dryer vent hose and any other possiblity for the suckers.
I have caught 8 in my garage, they can not resist peanut butter in a trap!
I have lost count, got 4 more yesterday which makes 26 or 27 something like that. They had a ready food source with dog food and treats we keep for our mutt and must have been breading like rabbits. Discovered a piece of dry dog food stuck in the center of a sticky trap really works well. Have had as many as 3 stuck in a single trap. Now we are catching adults so may be on the down side of our mouse problem.
Is there a way to keep from killing them with glue traps? I use regular traps but they not working as well as I'd like...If I caught them alive I'd prob dump them for hawk food in the field near my house where the coyotes also live.
They come back pretty quick too.
You can pull them off the glue traps if you work slow (wear gloves), have had a couple stuck between two traps and wanted to save the one trap that had less of him stuck. If you catch two in the same trap close enough to each other they start fighting and chewing on each other. Pretty sure they think the other mouse is what's holding them down and it can get gory if left for any length of time.
I wouldn't put the trap out side, may be funny to see a coyote try to get free of one but would be kinda cruel even to a coyote much less the neighbors cat or dog.
Well the stove is all good now. 2 self cleaning cycles and whatever residue was left is incinerated. These self cleaning ovens get some kind of hot on their cleaning cycles, this one locks the doors while it's on and they remain locked after it turns off until the oven gets under 500 degrees and then they'll unlock. Did some reading and they generally go to about 600 degrees celsius. I ran each oven through a 2 hour cycle and the smell was gone. Then I did it again.
My generator got some good exercise out of the deal. I'm stuffing steel wool in all the holes and slots I can find. These little bastards ain't getting in again if any are left. I've went completely medieval on their a$$. Every kind of trap there known to man and baits are all over my house, garage and even the shed in the back yard. I'm baiting the traps with all natural peanut butter and my dog's food. Can't tell that any of the baits have been touched. I've had some traps out for about a month now and all I've got are about 7 so far. Hopefully there ain't many more.
My generator got some good exercise out of the deal. I'm stuffing steel wool in all the holes and slots I can find. These little bastards ain't getting in again if any are left. I've went completely medieval on their a$$. Every kind of trap there known to man and baits are all over my house, garage and even the shed in the back yard. I'm baiting the traps with all natural peanut butter and my dog's food. Can't tell that any of the baits have been touched. I've had some traps out for about a month now and all I've got are about 7 so far. Hopefully there ain't many more.
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