I use a small portable tank sprayer and spray all around my foundation every 3 months with an anti insectiside, and little critters like spiders and even mickey mouse doesn't like the stuff!I bought it in the lawn and garden section at Walmart
But then again, we have a lot of neighbors with 4 legged "meows" that keep the neighborhood cleaned up.
to thosee thinking of using a fast locomotive with something stuck on the front, I found something that might be faster that the Athaern F7s and LL stuff. My U28B is insanely fast, at 1/2 throttle it will go faster than all of my other locos.
Now to get that athearn rotorary plow and make the blades spin faster for the ultimate tunnel clearing combo.
Vincent
Wants: 1. high-quality, sound equipped, SD40-2s, C636s, C30-7s, and F-units in BN. As for ones that don't cost an arm and a leg, that's out of the question....
2. An end to the limited-production and other crap that makes models harder to get and more expensive.
railroadnut675 wrote: Perfect,I can get my neighbors annoying chihuahua, AND the guy dating my girlfriend. Little sister a possibility.
Perfect,
I can get my neighbors annoying chihuahua, AND the guy dating my girlfriend. Little sister a possibility.
I thought a 12-gauge was the best solution.
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
railroadnut675 wrote: I have now encountered rodent problems.
Hmmmm....you obviously haven't watched "Caddyshack"......
Bill
"Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig"
Packer wrote: How do you get geckos off the ceiling???
How do you get geckos off the ceiling???
If you have a steady hand, 357 Hollow Points work well for me.
railroadnut675 wrote: DUSTBIN OF HISTORY??!!! How could you say such a thing???!!! P.S. I think the Lhs has a snowplow
DUSTBIN OF HISTORY??!!! How could you say such a thing???!!!
P.S. I think the Lhs has a snowplow
I never said any such thing! I only typed it.
Connecticut Valley Railroad A Branch of the New York, New Haven, and Hartford
"If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." -- Henry Ford
I once lived in a basement apartment and got invaded by the great killer mice! They pushed me too far when the raided my precious lucky charm cereal. Never disturb a man during breakfast. I poured a bowl and there was dark tapered "charms" floating in the milk. I was so that i went and bought the basic traps. I used cheese and the Iraqi ninja mice took the cheese with out a scratch. So I upgraded the bait to the golden chalice to all mice. Peanut Butter! I emptied the traps twice from the dead foul thieves and my lucky charms were never desecrated again.
I had a large wolf spider waiting at the station on my layout trying to get a ride to Memphis on the Southern Tennessean. He was removed by Shop-Vac security.
I never said I was original. Why waste a good thought by consigning it to the dustbin of History?
With a broom handle.
I live in the Northeast, and the little buggers (mice, not geekos) try to come in every year in October / November (as soon as we get a good frost). I have a dog (a schipperke -- very good at vermin elimination) AND a cat. While I do have the occasional issue with Catzilla storming through the layout, I have never seen a mouse inside the house, nor any evidence of their presence (droppings). It's the deterrent factor: the predators make coming into the house too risky, so they don't do it. The garage, however, is a different matter.
Good old Victor mouse traps, available everywhere at a cost of about $0.50 each, are a tried and true method. Bait them with peanut butter, as others have said, a very small dab on the trigger. Toasting it with a lighter or charcoal igniter works really well. Put the trigger end against an obstacle, so the mouse has to walk on it. Unless you see the mice, put the trap where the droppings are -- that's where the mice are going to eat. You can reuse these things several times. I use disposable latex gloves to dispose of the body (in the trash, otherwise the dog finds them, no matter how far into the woods I throw them).
However, they are not infallably fatal. I once found one (with a dead mouse in it) about 30 feet up the driveway. Since there was no evidence that the thing had been chewed on, I suspect the mouse dragged it there after being whacked. He was in the trap backwards, with his butt next to the bait.
And no, I have no sympathy for them, not even the one who managed to crawl 30 feet.
Packer wrote: I never had a problem with mice on the tracks in my garage. I have a trap in the crawl space under the house, and another in the attic; both with peanut butter. I also have two dogs that seem to like eating them. As for vermin, I used to have an anole (gecko) problem. It's not as bad as it used to be (one of my dogs thinks they are tasty ) but the ones that get on the ceiling end up dropping poo on the layout every now and then. How do you get geckos off the ceiling???
I never had a problem with mice on the tracks in my garage. I have a trap in the crawl space under the house, and another in the attic; both with peanut butter. I also have two dogs that seem to like eating them.
As for vermin, I used to have an anole (gecko) problem. It's not as bad as it used to be (one of my dogs thinks they are tasty ) but the ones that get on the ceiling end up dropping poo on the layout every now and then. How do you get geckos off the ceiling???
spatula with very long handle
yea my mom dont really like having them things in her Corvette while its not used in the winter.
they seem to like it in there
victor snap traps work best
In the house however we have 2 cats one is a small black one that wouldent catch a fly
however the other one named Cujo is a big orange cat that will catch and kill anything up to the size of a small squirrel he is inside in the winter and goes outside in the summer
railroadnut675 wrote:And where is space mouse.......
He's in the tunnel. Haven't you been reading the posts?
Dave
Lackawanna Route of the Phoebe Snow
DigitalGriffin wrote: Little bastiches were hiding out in my basement. So I put down 6 small mouse snap traps. I pushed the peanut butter as far in as I could, even on the trigger wire. The little bastards were so small they didn't set the trap off. I then went to Walmart and bought two Victor eletronic zappers. So far it's Me 3 Mice 0. The neat thing about these traps is they stay clean. There is no bloody mess or mangled carcus to seperate. You just flip open the top and let them fall into a plastic bag. Power off then power on the trap and you're back in business at the mouse motel. 4 AA Batteries should last 2->3 months.The electronic traps were $18 at Walmart.Hey has no one noticed Space Mouse has not put his 2 cents in...I wonder why... Side note: I did some reading online. Apparently the experts strongly recommend that you wash down the surface where the mice were with bleach water BEFORE you vacuum up their droppings. Apparently sucking up the droppings can release airborne viruses. <yipes>
Little bastiches were hiding out in my basement. So I put down 6 small mouse snap traps. I pushed the peanut butter as far in as I could, even on the trigger wire. The little bastards were so small they didn't set the trap off.
I then went to Walmart and bought two Victor eletronic zappers. So far it's Me 3 Mice 0. The neat thing about these traps is they stay clean. There is no bloody mess or mangled carcus to seperate. You just flip open the top and let them fall into a plastic bag. Power off then power on the trap and you're back in business at the mouse motel. 4 AA Batteries should last 2->3 months.
The electronic traps were $18 at Walmart.
Hey has no one noticed Space Mouse has not put his 2 cents in...I wonder why...
Side note: I did some reading online. Apparently the experts strongly recommend that you wash down the surface where the mice were with bleach water BEFORE you vacuum up their droppings. Apparently sucking up the droppings can release airborne viruses. <yipes>
Yes, do clean with strong soap or preferably a teaspoon or two of bleach per gallon of water. Most the REALLY bad viruses (hantaviruses) are localized to a corner of New Mexico, but more worrisome are some of the bacteria that are found in most mamallian ***....YUK! Anyway, a good suggestion.
Brian
I don't know if you have solved this problem because I have limited time to read all the replies to your mice invasion, but I do know how I keep them out of the office trailer that I use to house my layouts....Dryer sheets, you know the ones that you place into the dryer when drying your clothes.
For some reason they do not like the smell of these and since the sheets are dry there is no mess, I'd try putting them inside the tunnels, or strips of them along side the tracks or maybe a swatch taped to the top of the tunnel.
People have tried moth balls hidden in the box cars but they smell up the room.
You could roll up the dryer sheets and hide those in a box car and park it in the tunnels at night.
I hope this hint helps you in some way.
Good luck.
Don - Specializing in layout DC->DCC conversions
Modeling C&O transition era and steel industries There's Nothing Like Big Steam!
ShadowNix wrote: I recommend (as a pediatrician as well) the following:Works great on mice, rats, all rodents... if you (or a lil' one) trigger it, your arm will basically clench. On the other hand, it fibrillates (and kills) the rodents.... nice and safe. I have used it to kill a rat that decided to attack my grill (and poo all over it!)http://www.ratmousezapper.com/Brian
I recommend (as a pediatrician as well) the following:
Works great on mice, rats, all rodents... if you (or a lil' one) trigger it, your arm will basically clench. On the other hand, it fibrillates (and kills) the rodents.... nice and safe. I have used it to kill a rat that decided to attack my grill (and poo all over it!)
http://www.ratmousezapper.com/
I had this same problem in Nov/Dec... Mice in the house (and on the benchwork). I have a toddler so no poison or snap traps allowed. Went to the local Home Depot - Victor makes an electronic (electric) mouse trap... zapper, actually. Bought two at $19.99 each. No mice after about three days of emptying them and resetting. No mess, no smell, just open the top, dump expired mouse in trash can, and reset and replace. They have a build-in safety feature that will shut off the electrical discharge if the top is opened, so OK for little kids.
Still finding old "evidence" (droppings) of mice in places, but no new mice in traps since. Count me as a happy customer.