Sticky traps work well, especially the big ones made for rats. It seems that if I leave a body on there it attracts at least another one so don't throw it away too soon. If the second one is still alive when I do my rounds , I like to put them in the full sunshine on a hot day on the hood of one of the parts cars or get the fire barrel cooking and throw them in, sometimes they scream sometimes they dont
Wasn't there a story recently about a guy who actually did catch a mouse and threw him into a fire? The mouse ran back to his house in flames and burned the house down. Don't like mice, but that was justified in my books.
Thats are real drag! I live out in the country and battle rodents on a weekly basis.I have traps everywhere,and have now resorted to Rat poison to keep the bastards at bay.
Sorry to hear about that Tim.Tried mouse traps.Worked alright.We live out in the country too and that is was a big worry for me.Actually hired a pest control guy,last year, to find out where they were coming at. Problem solved.It was three hundred bucks for the year and they came every three months to track em.Good luck with the motor. Ty
I've had rodent problems in the past, and have found two methods that worked. One was a live trap with a little tunnel in it. It had a pressure sensitive section that would trip a paddle once a mouse came in. The paddle would sweep the mouse into a holding area. The cool thing about this was that the other mice would come along and go into the same tunnel and end up the same way. One morning I found 5 mice in it. Then I would just throw it in the creek for an hour. The second method involves feeding them. Put out little plates of instant mashed potatos, dry. They come along, eat their fill, and then go looking for a drink. :beers2: Unfortunatly for them, they aren't able to regurgitate, so they swell up and die. And because it's not poison, any animal that eats them after that won't have the poison passed on. Don't laugh until you've tried it. :TU: John
You can always have Nick stand guard with a fistfull of firecrackers............ Oh wait! That's not a good idea! p
:af: Here's some pic's...:kodak: Here's how bad my wife wants this car done!!! The alterior motive is I get back on hers!!! o No: When fresh motors go bad....:blast: I lifted the motor out and heard marbles in the oil pan!!!!! NUTS!!!!!!:rant: Lifter valley was the living quarters and the oil pan was the pantry !!!uzzled:
Sorry to hear about your motor . Ocassionally I have a rodent problem in my shop . I was tld to leave my hood up and that would help with the critters eating everythng under there , don't know it to be a fact but have had no problems so far . But I have a roving mouse and rat catcher , 140 lb german Shepard . I don't know which is worse the varments or the dog destroying everything when she is chasing something . In Viet Nam we had RATS as big as medium size dogs . Sometimes befoe we would jump into a bunker we gave a short burst of M-16 fire , sometimes effective , sometimes not .
Dr. Tim and the midwife Rhonda had to use the hoist to get the little buger out, but the birth was a success.:spank:
If anyone will have that ready for Martin, it'll be Tim. Hopefully it's only a cleanup job. Still sad, though.
Hey Tim, what do you charge for rent?My kids have a pet gerbil that needs a place to stay for awhile o No:
Yesterday, we started up the 66 at Casey's and blew mouse nests out of both tailpipes all over. Fortunately only in the mufflers/exhaust system. :laugh:
look a little closer Donny... That's corrosion.. Due to excess amounts off mouse URINE!!!! notice how the lower port is inside the gasket a fair amount inside of the gasket. Intake is Factory untouched. If you want to see I'll bring it to Bruno's. Careful you'll Start something again and call someone out of the closet AGAIN !!!!!!!:moonu: o No: !!!!!!!!!!
Tim, that's too bad that all that hard work and money is a waste now. Don't give up, I'm sure you'll get it going soon. Dave
