I was curious what is some good ways to get rid of mice, and prevent them from getting in a farm home.

I recently moved a mobile hom onto some property that I own, and i have seen a few mice run around inside. I would like to prevent them from getting in, and do what i can do to keep them out.

Any tips hints or advice would be great.

 

I had that problem in Alaska. They have these tiny, little shrews that can get in the smallest cracks!! So, I stuffed every little opening I could find, around all the plumbing, electrical, everything with bits of SOS Pads. They can't chew through the steel wool and seem to hate the soap!!

As far as getting them out, when they are already in,,, traps, cats, poison if you don't have children or other pets, otherwise, I nix the poison idea,,,

 

try mothballs

 

Fill the air with the smell of "Bounce" the dryer sheets.

apparently Mice can't stand the smell

Mine can though.

I was determined to get rid of my infestation.

Total 43 (They gestate so quickly)

I caught 4 by hand and choked them to death

5.... I drowned them.

Harley (one of my dogs) caught and killed 3

The rest had their back snapped in half by the traps.

Didn't see any in tuxedos and top hats

 

make sure all holes and cracks are filled.

Mice only need a hole the size of a nickel to enter.

The good old Victor trap works very well with a little dab of peanut butter as bait and put them up against a wall where there is evidence of mice (droppings).

 

I had to wait for a few to grow big enough to trip regular victor traps in my garage. I could watch them eat the peanut butter, using that part of the trap to steady themselves and just munch away.

A couple weeks later I got em fattened up enough to trip the trap LOL

 

had the same issue as we have a 200+ year old farm house complete with barns adn now some goats ( corn and feed draws em in ) sister in law moves gives us cat whose name was cuddle bear ( i see my self getting beat up ) change name to just bear cat is the baddest mama jama i have ever known eats everything how do the hill billys say it from the rooter to the tooter and is polite enough to share some squirrel with the dogs from time to time mind you this cat might come to love you and bring you some too nothing like bunny fluff in your redwings or my personal favorite was the live littel bunny he brought in released it ran off then hid in the heat which wasnt a problem till october but all and all a VERY VERY good investment ( 10 dollars diesel to pick him up )

so long and short is get a farm/ barn cat from a local fella they alwasy have a couple they are willing to part with look for missing eye busted up ear and bad temper

Please dont poison them we tried that first and killed a coupla other things due to repoisoning

btw his name is now body bag he has run outta mice rats squirrels birds and anything under 2 lbs but hes looking at teh wifes pomeranian which to me isnt......... i leave it at that

 

Agreed... get a cat - you can't beat a good mouser...

 

Wow people thanks for the many responses! Sos pads Ive never thought of trying, good idea. I kinda figured I was just going to set a bunch of those victor style traps.
I have no kids and no animals right now, so I might try putting a bunch of poison down underneath the mobile home under the skirting, and hope that kills them before they get in. A few cats are going to make their way out one of these days, but this is kind of a sooner then later situation.

 

Plug the holes and remove the food source. Obviously you can't do the latter. However, you can plug all the holes. I have them in my storage room at my house, and its a 5 year old house. They like the corn and oats. I got one this morning in the trap. Nothing beats the old mouse trap.

 

Like posted already...plug all holes you can find with steel wool. If a mouse can get their head through a hole, they can squeeze the rest of their body through it also.

 

We live in the country, steel wool in every opening that needs VENTILATION and the rest sealed up with great stuff or similar, mouse traps with peanut butter, and poison where the kids and dogs can't get at or anything else - got skirting around that house?. I tried a cat but she's about useless so far, been six months and all she kills are birds and the birds eat the mosquitoes so the cat thing ain't working out - with this cat anyway. The only thing keeping her around is my three yr old loves her.

 

Yeah I have skirting around the house, but right now its by no means hole proof. Its too damn cold to hole proof the skirting, and it was cold when we put them up, next spring we have to do them a little better, and I know for sure that would help.

 

I recently had mice in a wood-frame triplex. Tried filling all the holes I could find with steel wool, but there will always be some holes you just don't find or can't reach.

So I called one of the big pest control companies. They came and put poison traps (solid poison cakes inside a box with access holes) in select spots. Got them right inside the walls through the water shut-off valve access traps and by cutting small holes in the drywall under the kitchen sink (then sealing it back up properly).

They explained to me that this is not your gaden variety poison you buy at Lowes. This is nasty stuff. On a single feeding, it causes internal hemorraging and dehydration. The dying, thirsty mice, tend to go back outside looking for water, and die. Even if they die inside your walls, they're so dehydrated that they don't hardly smell.

Apparently it worked. From that day, and it's now four months later, not a single mouse or droppings have been seen. $200 well spent.

 

Sheldon, Peavy Mart and Liquidation world both sell that insulation in can.

The petroleum product that expands when released....very good for small orifices under siding and flashing joints.

Also I bought the Plastic Victor traps.. I call them Pac-man mouse traps.

I put P/B all the way up the trip device inside because of gentle eaters.. They keep moving further in and then the traps goes of trapping them inside.
Drop them in a sink of water to drown them ..then toss them to the street for the birds to eat.