Rodents are looking for warm places to spend the winter… Old subject but a good time to revise it… and if you search the archives, you’ll find over 50 postings…
I have one car that has to stay outside and I put a “Rodent Repellent Light” in the light fixture above the garage door that also produces ultrasonic waves. And in the engine compartment, I installed two Ultrasonic Rodent Repellent units that also flashed LED Lights. It may be overkill, but since the last time, I’ve not had a repeat visit…
Good timing. I was in the attic today, heard a racket near the chimney, went outside and a squirrel poked his head out to say ‘hi’. Exterminator’s on the way…
Parents keep the garage doors closed for same reason. The squirrels have a nest nearby that they’re welcome to. Had a couple of surprise mouse appearances with one car. Mouse emerged from under the hood at the base of the windshield while we’re doing 60 on i5. Blown right over the roof if the car. That car had a mouse nest in the wiper transmission that just needed the parts snapped back in place. Dad fixed it Christmas eve in the garage.
I always keep the garage door to our attached garage. Yet, one cold night when we returned from.a wedding reception and.went out to the garage an hour later, a little black animal went streaking across the garage floor. I trapped the animal and it was a little black kitten. The only way the kitten could have gotten into the garage was to have ridden in under the hood of the car.
We advertised and nobody claimed the kitten, so she lived her 15 year life with us. She was a wonderful pet.
Just exercise some caution when deploying poison traps for mice, etc., because it will also poison the owls, hawks, foxes , cats, etc., that winter feed on the mice,
For a buck less the old snap traps will do the job or for a buck more there are electronic traps that do the job w/o the mess.
It avoids said poisoned mouse deciding to expire under your intake manifold, cabin intake or other less desirable places.
I use snap traps for this very reason. One thing I found that seems to work better as an attractant than even peanut butter is cotton b a l l s. They can’t resist it for nest building and it doesn’t get old, moldy or otherwise degrade over time…
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A few days ago, I found two dead Voles in my garage traps. Naturally, I baited two more traps. Between the traps, and spraying rodent repellant under the hood, I haven’t suffered any damage from these critters.
My go-to rodent bait is peanut butter mixed with dry oats. The oats provide enough consistency so that the peanut butter doesn’t melt on hot days.
I’m going to try your recipe. I already have the oats, we use them for the insect beds for our bearded dragon’s favorite food
The key for me is to start early. I put traps out in force just before it starts getting cold and they are looking for warmer digs. Some years we have a lot of rodent eating animals around; hawks, coyotes, bobcats etc and I don’t get many. That was this year. Other years, the predators move on and the rodent population rebounds and I get dozens just as they enter the garage. Say hello to my little friend But if I nip them in the bud early, then I get essentially none throughout the rest of winter. I want to try your concoction for the warmer months…
But if I nip them in the bud early, then I get essentially none throughout the rest of winter. I want to try your concoction for the warmer months…