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Posted by Overmod on Saturday, January 9, 2021 10:57 AM

richhotrain
That may or may not be true, but Batman's post is a heck of a lot easier to understand.

And his advice is a whole lot easier to follow.

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Posted by richhotrain on Saturday, January 9, 2021 12:11 AM

Overmod
 
richhotrain
LOL, I prefer Batman's three word answer. 

Yes, they amount to the same.  But some people might treat Batman's as an opinion. 

That may or may not be true, but Batman's post is a heck of a lot easier to understand.

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Posted by Overmod on Saturday, January 9, 2021 12:01 AM

richhotrain
LOL, I prefer Batman's three word answer.

Yes, they amount to the same.  But some people might treat Batman's as an opinion.

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Posted by gmpullman on Friday, January 8, 2021 11:59 PM

richhotrain
Looks like they are best friends.

It was actually a professional relationship. The mouse was in therapy after being turned down for a role in a Disney movie.

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Posted by richhotrain on Friday, January 8, 2021 10:51 PM

gmpullman

 Whoopie by Edmund, on Flickr

Looks like they are best friends.

Rich

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Posted by gmpullman on Friday, January 8, 2021 9:47 PM

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Get a cat!
 

Let me know how that works for ya' 

 Whoopie by Edmund, on Flickr

Negotiating.

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Posted by richhotrain on Friday, January 8, 2021 5:38 AM

Overmod
 
BATMAN
 
CRIP 4376 We found two things that work: D-Con pellets
NO! NO! NO!

To better substantiate this, read the relevant sections in the Merck Veterinary Manual.

In the olden days of red-squill extract and 'warfarin', there was relatively less danger of 'pet' toxicity -- but a very stupid (in my opinion) choice was made in the second-generation anticoagulants, particularly bradifacoum. Mercifully this was taken off the market a half-decade ago, but its replacement (a form of vitamin D3) has its own toxicities ... and perhaps tellingly, the Merck Manual says that 'relay toxicosis ... has not been documented.' 

LOL, I prefer Batman's three word answer.

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Posted by Overmod on Thursday, January 7, 2021 8:40 PM

BATMAN
CRIP 4376 We found two things that work: D-Con pellets
NO! NO! NO!

To better substantiate this, read the relevant sections in the Merck Veterinary Manual.

In the olden days of red-squill extract and 'warfarin', there was relatively less danger of 'pet' toxicity -- but a very stupid (in my opinion) choice was made in the second-generation anticoagulants, particularly bradifacoum. Mercifully this was taken off the market a half-decade ago, but its replacement (a form of vitamin D3) has its own toxicities ... and perhaps tellingly, the Merck Manual says that 'relay toxicosis ... has not been documented.'

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Posted by BATMAN on Thursday, January 7, 2021 6:12 PM

CRIP 4376
We found two things that work: D-Con pellets

NO! NO! NO! 

Poison kills rodent. Dog, cat, birds and any other animal that may like a meat treat eats rodent is killed by the poison the rodent ate.  Being married to a Vet that I have accompanied on many late-night emergencies only to have to watch a beloved pet die an agonizing death because it ate a dead mouse it found full of rodent poison.

One of our Golden Retrievers grabbed a dead mouse on a walk and swallowed it before we could get it from her and spent a week in intensive care clinging to life, she survived but it took its toll and she has never been the same.

How many times have you seen a bird eating a carcass of a dead rodent? Don't we do enough damage to this planet without poisoning the wildlife just because we are too lazy to empty a trap?  

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Posted by Overmod on Thursday, January 7, 2021 5:49 PM

WPinMD
Get a cat!

Read the original post.  He says he already has a 'mess of cats' but that it would be even more of a cat-astrophe if he let them into the layout room to love more than the meeses to peeces.

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Posted by WPinMD on Thursday, January 7, 2021 11:34 AM
Get a cat!
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Posted by SeeYou190 on Thursday, January 7, 2021 11:17 AM

Howard Zane
My pike looks like a hurricane hit it.

That is a tragedy. I hope it is all going to be quick and easy to fix.

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Posted by Howard Zane on Thursday, January 7, 2021 10:17 AM

I'm here and say thanks to all responses. I've been busy setting traps and building and planting new trees as my pike looks like a hurricane hit it. I do usually respond to my posts.

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Posted by Overmod on Thursday, January 7, 2021 8:39 AM

CRIP 4376
the Kness Mfg. Co. mouse trap.

It occurs to me that some designs of these traps are tailor-made to be lovingly enveloped in cardstock and styrene and strategically positioned as buildings around the layout.

Wouldn't John Allen have had fun naming the resulting 'establishments'?  Especially with the drowning attachment deployed (although the OP said he 'hated to kill them', others might be much less reluctant if the 'catch' were disposable...)  Designs by Ironside and Malone, classical neo-Georgian features with the efficiency of modern techniques ... say no more!  Know what I mean?

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Posted by CRIP 4376 on Thursday, January 7, 2021 8:18 AM

The first house we lived in was infested.  We found two things that work: D-Con pellets and the Kness Mfg. Co. mouse trap.  Get the drowning attachment for the Kness trap.

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Posted by zstripe on Thursday, January 7, 2021 3:39 AM

Mice can jump.......keep that in mind when planning traps.

 

''Mice have keen senses of taste, hearing, smell and touch. They are excellent climbers and can run up any rough vertical surface. They will run horizontally along wire cables or ropes and can jump up 13 inches from the floor onto a flat surface.''
From a Google search.
Watch a mouse in action:
 
Take Care! Big Smile
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Posted by Overmod on Wednesday, January 6, 2021 8:24 PM

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Mouse.  There was only one

How do you know?  In a house like a lost LaRue there's always more than one... Mischief

Hey! I just thought of something!  Nail those squirrel-trap inverted sheet-metal funnels on the legs of the layout and an angled sheet where it touches the wall...

... and if that doesn't quite work, electrify them.

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Posted by SD70Dude on Tuesday, January 5, 2021 5:15 PM

Overmod

Perhaps they are kin of the mice in Mouse Hunt.

Mouse.  There was only one, which makes him even scarier, especially considering what he did to Christopher Walken!

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Tuesday, January 5, 2021 3:30 PM

mbinsewi
Your right Rich!  2 pages, and nothing more from Howard! 

I have noticed that Howard seems not to respond much to threads he initiates.

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Posted by BATMAN on Tuesday, January 5, 2021 3:00 PM

wjstix
We had trouble with them getting into the garage, got into my wife's SUV and chewed up the wiring doing like $600 damage (NOT covered by the warranty by the way).

Should have been covered under comprehensive on your auto insurance.

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Posted by riogrande5761 on Tuesday, January 5, 2021 12:09 PM

 

I find that the glue traps work best out of all the trap types.  Just lay them down in areas along your walls where mice go (they tend to run right along wall as opposed to out in open spaces) and they will walk right onto them.

My wife talked to a pest control guy who was dealing with mice at the house she is a nanny at.  He recommended the glue traps.  My mom had mice problems in her basement and since setting the glue traps we've caught at least 5 mice.  I've also looked for entry points but didn't find any but will look again.

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Posted by Overmod on Tuesday, January 5, 2021 11:55 AM

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I am concerned for Howard's well being, Frankie. Could the mice be alien creatures who captured Howard and took him up to the mothership?

Perhaps they are kin of the mice in Mouse Hunt.  Or that rat in Ratatouille ... why not a rodent that likes scale model railroading?  If Stewart Little could be a book... why not that?

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Posted by mbinsewi on Tuesday, January 5, 2021 11:46 AM

Your right Rich!  2 pages, and nothing more from Howard! Surprise

His mouse problem might be a little more serious than the rest of think! Huh?

Anybody here live close to him? 

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Posted by richhotrain on Tuesday, January 5, 2021 11:34 AM

I am concerned for Howard's well being, Frankie. Could the mice be alien creatures who captured Howard and took him up to the mothership?  Alien

Rich

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Posted by zstripe on Tuesday, January 5, 2021 8:21 AM

richhotrain

What happened to Howard?

Rich

 

 

Off Topic

Who's Howard?........Whistling..........LOL, LOL..

Take Care! Smile, Wink & Grin

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Posted by Overmod on Monday, January 4, 2021 10:50 PM

'Tis personal now.  Not only kill that mouse, torture it.  Smack him around.  Throw it against the wall.  And if there's one spark of life left in its twitching little body, strap it to a chair, tape its eyelids open and make it watch thirtysomething.

Pity Mike Semon's "Know Your Mouse" is out of print.

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Posted by richhotrain on Monday, January 4, 2021 10:24 PM

What happened to Howard?

Rich

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Posted by PM Railfan on Monday, January 4, 2021 10:10 PM

Um, taking the Al Bundy approach has its merits.

 

Signed,

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Posted by wjstix on Monday, January 4, 2021 2:59 PM

We had trouble with them getting into the garage, got into my wife's SUV and chewed up the wiring doing like $600 damage (NOT covered by the warranty by the way). We sealed up all the cracks around the base with steel wool and then caulk. We regularly spray the motors of both cars with peppermint oil. Be careful if you mix it in the house, it's really strong smelling.

Stix

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