treebloke Posted November 29, 2008 Share Posted November 29, 2008 Had a mouse in the wifes def 90 this week so she has been driving mine and is very reluctant to go back in hers. Caught one but theres bound to be more. I guess they climb up the wheel onto the brake then climb the spring and in through the engine compartment some how. We get them at work in the wagons if the lads leave food about. Thought about smearing something like grease along the inside of the wheel rim?. Dunno how to stop em really. The guy next door had a mouse in his Land Cruiser so he put some poison down, next day the poison was gone and he had the idea that if he left all the doors open the mouse might decide to go for a walk to die in a hedgerow or somewhere more scenic. His German Shepard decided to look for the mouse while the neighbour wasnt about and there is very little left of the inside of his truck now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderzander Posted November 29, 2008 Share Posted November 29, 2008 An old lady used to live a few doors down from me - she made 1 journey a day in her car. It was less than a mile to the village shop for her paper and milk. She had mice nesting in her front springs - and they just used to go on the very sedate journey with her once a day That went on for years - only problem was when they chewed through the indicator wiring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landrover598 Posted November 29, 2008 Share Posted November 29, 2008 You need to get a Land Rover Cat, part number ME00001 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBMUD Posted November 29, 2008 Share Posted November 29, 2008 I once heard that if it is possible to get a Biro through a hole then a mouse can get through. Their skulls are made of several parts and can deform to allow then through. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderzander Posted November 29, 2008 Share Posted November 29, 2008 My Mum has a mouse problem and they've had a guy come to get them out - he's said the biro thing too. He said they are probably coming in through the holes in the air bricks, which are about that size Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happyoldgit Posted November 29, 2008 Share Posted November 29, 2008 You'll be surprised just what they can climb up, jump over, and crawl through. I well remember hoping in and driving off a farm Land Rover that had not been used for awhile only to find rats leaping out from the seat box where a few had taken up residence. Poison bait should work but obviously observe the usual safety precautions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted November 29, 2008 Share Posted November 29, 2008 I once heard that if it is possible to get a Biro through a hole then a mouse can get through. Their skulls are made of several parts and can deform to allow then through. You're not supposed to hammer them through the hole Good old fashioned finger-pinching mousetraps take a lot of beating. I've got two out in the shed and I think I've seen off the local mouse population as I have zapped about a hundred and now haven't had one for about three months. The trouble with poison is that it works but they usually go and die somewhere inconveniently inaccessible and then stink the place out for three weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_mouse_man Posted November 29, 2008 Share Posted November 29, 2008 I once heard that if it is possible to get a Biro through a hole then a mouse can get through. Their skulls are made of several parts and can deform to allow then through.Chris Now despite my user name I don't profess to be an expert in this area but you are indeed correct, they can get through the most incredibly small gaps. Those gaps that normally exist between the panels on a Land Rover will present no obstacle what so ever... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmgemini Posted November 29, 2008 Share Posted November 29, 2008 mice in the house many years ago. We called the council rat catcher in. He told me that if you could get a pencil into a hole then so could a mouse. mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
titan Posted November 29, 2008 Share Posted November 29, 2008 iv kept many reptiles over the years and never had mice anywhere near my vehecls or house have had to help a few ppl remove escaped reptiles from behind dash boards and out of body work before now also found that emptying the dirty water of monitor lizards and large snakes stop the local cats from coming in the garden even stop the dogs digging the flower beds may have to keep a bit of paper out of one of my vivs in the lany just in case Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JST Posted November 29, 2008 Share Posted November 29, 2008 mouse traps, bait them or get a cat and shut it in there - best tie the cat up though otherwise it will leave through the panel gaps!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cipx2 Posted November 29, 2008 Share Posted November 29, 2008 You need to get a Land Rover Cat, part number ME00001 I second that. But get an aftermarket one, a genuine might not do the job My folks moved in a newly developed area some 8 years ago, a former peach tree plantation, 100 yards from a forest. One day a mouse chewed the pvc jacket of the earth strap from the battery. No matter how many mice got trapped or poisoned they kept coming. So they decided to get a cat. From that day they never saw a mouse on their premises. No lizards and no moles in the ground as well. By the way, a mouse can get through any hole bigger than 6mm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madcowz Posted November 29, 2008 Share Posted November 29, 2008 Little Nipper mouse traps with crunchy peanut butter or chocolate spread. Check traps twice a day if possible a) for humane reasons and B) because a full trap won't catch. Every winter all the field mice from the woods/fields decide to live in our attic and they make such a noise that I originally thought they were squirrels. We put up to 8 traps down at a time to maximise the catching ability. Anything caught gets chucked in with the ferrets. /mad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderzander Posted November 29, 2008 Share Posted November 29, 2008 Check traps twice a day if possible a) for humane reasons Anything caught gets chucked in with the ferrets. Is there some contradictions in here ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBMUD Posted November 29, 2008 Share Posted November 29, 2008 if you could get a pencil into a hole then so could a mouse. A mouse with a pencil? Who ever heard of such a thing? Little Nipper mouse traps with crunchy peanut butter Careful, you might catch SimonR too. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciderman Posted November 29, 2008 Share Posted November 29, 2008 Them little critters can chew through a wiring loom in no time , You need to get them out asap . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Little Nipper mouse traps with crunchy peanut butter or chocolate spread. Bits of a Mars Bar work very well too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciderman Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 We have a problem with Rats , Big well fed buggers , I blame Mc donalds next door . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lansalot Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 We have a problem with Rats , Big well fed buggers , I blame Mc donalds next door . Yeah, but you'll have the last laugh when they all die of heart disease ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobtail4x4 Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Is that whats in a Mc Dogburger? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dantd5 Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 We have rented this basement of ours but one bachelor who had rented it at the time complained of "movements in the wall". My thoughts went to his lack of the opposite sex we had to swallow our words when the kitchen started stinking pee and wee residue! They had burrowed into the walls of the basement via an open space leading into the toilet pipes! When the wall was riped we got the shock of our lives The poor guy left without paying his final months rentals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
110WestCape Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 The poor guy left without paying his final months rentals. Place must have been to lively for him .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therealboss Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 You need to get a Land Rover Cat, part number ME00001 Don't get a Landrover one................ It will leak! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missingsid Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 When the Council exterminator came around our place as we had rats (chip shop next door) he told me that if they set poison for mice they don't go back to clear them up as they rot away to nothing without odour?? At another house above a shop we cought three rats, I had one in a hevy duty but small sack with my hand closed tight around the top. My mate called to me to look out and when I looked at my hand the rat (about the size of the one in the photo in a previous post here) had got out through my fist and was casualy sitting on top of my hand. I never felt a thing! Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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