Mouse repellant
 

Mice have caused me a lot of damage by chewing seat upholstery, headliners and wiring, especially in the winter, which I guess is now upon us, as we had our first snowfall last night. Other than stinky mouse balls, does anyone recommend a commercial or home brew repellant? Thanks.

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Dryer sheets is an older remedy. Me, I never cared for moth balls, myself. YouTube probably has a ton of such remedies and even some reviews of some that are most often suggested. Do a search there for "most effective mouse repelant" and your likely to find some. Good luck with it.

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Rodent repellents I heard of thus far to counter hungry rodents appears about as functional as someone wearing a Santa Claus suit as a repellent in an enclosed wild, hungry tiger's cage.

Fresh D-Con "always" works .... but many keep it too long until rodents will not touch it.

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What about a brown snake,that would keep them away,the driver also.Lol
Lawrie

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The only sure thing I know of is to put mothballs in the car. I'd also add traps and glue traps under the car.
My neighbor tried something that is supposed to keep mice at bay, but come spring his car stunk like hell from mice using it as a home.

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i have a large quantity of antique cars. Besides laundry dryer sheets inside the vehicles, under the hood and in the Tail pipe. I also use the electronic plug in rodent repellent devices. I have never seen a trace of a mouse or chipmunk or any look a likes. Chipmunks are to be feared more than mice. They are cute, friendly little creatures with razor sharp teeth. Wayne.

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These work very well for me.

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cab fresh sold at tractor supply is supposed to work really well.

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I park my A on a plastic tarp, load the inside up with dryer sheets, and put a ring of powdered laundry soap around each tire on the tarp. Mice really hate laundry soap. Tarp helps keeps moisture from coming up from the ground in the spring. I park mine in a pole she'd so no way to keep mice out of the shed.

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8X10 glossy of MIL.

I've tried most of the poison stuff, they work but I find the dead in where I was trying to protect. The best is the neighbor's cat.

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I use the dryer sheets as well. We also use them all over the house when we close it up for the winter. On the floor, in the closets and in the dresser drawers. In the Spring, get rid of the dryer sheets and the smell goes away pretty quick.
In the Model A's as a moth repellant, I use small plastic tubs with holes drilled in the lids. I fill the tubs with cedar chip bedding you can
get at Walmart. So far, no rodent or moth damage.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yC1XNDyxE4c

self resetting haha ive had more luck with the sticky glue traps than spring loaded things. put the peanut butter bucket far away from the model A and load the model A up with dryer sheets. hopefully the car will be a deterrent and attract them to the peanut butter.

ive used dryer sheets stuffed everywhere in my modernish car when I store it for the winter - seems spiders and whatever else hates it too.

Had a mouse problem in our garage for a bit and i had stuffed dryer sheets in the exhaust manifold, carb, and inlet/outlet water necks and they didnt disturb the engine sitting on the stand at all. Found bird seed and everything else everywhere else in the garage though....

but of course installing a snake or a cat will take care of mice too. Ive heard of leaving rubber snakes around will deter mice.

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I'm assuming that these mouse problems are due to having cars stored in places which are not secure (barns, sheds, etc.) and that in itself makes keeping the little bastards at bay very difficult. However, if you have a storage building that can be made rodent proof it requires a dedicated effort but is very attainable. You just have to find all the access points and seal them. Steel wool is great for plugging holes and the mice will not mess with it.

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I'm kinda surprised that Bill Williamson hasn't offered to hire out the services of Buster T.
Buster will enjoy the challenge and Bill could save a few dollars on dog food. It's a win win for all. :D:D:D

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Cat!

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I had mice problem when my cars were covered. They like darkness! Now I do not cover the cars, the hood is left open so the engine is not in darkness, put steel wool in the tailpipe and put a few boxes of decon around and no more mouse problem even with a phaeton in an old barn.

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Buster T's BUSY, sleepin' in Vermin:D He doesn't even SHED:)
There's a HUGE grain storage facility in Alexandria, Egypt, that ONLY uses a herd of Rat Terriers for mouse/rat control. They're trained to bring the DEAD ones to a pile, by the trainer:eek:---WAAAAY better than using SNAKES:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:
Rat Terriers are 10 times more lethal at killing RATS/MICE, than a CAT! Cats just sleep all day & only work the NIGHT shift & chase Cutie Cats!
Bill W.

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Dryer sheets and electronic rodent chasers sold at ACE and Home Depot & Lowe's seem to also work.

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My mouse problem is relatively minor but I found they will take Decon pellets and store them, as for future consumption. Now I put a few pellets in a tuna can and a spring trap close by. They may take a few pellets but also try and take the pellet in the trap, BINGO! One pellet in the trap catches several mice. I like spring traps because I know when the little rascals are no-longer a problem.

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Google 'Texas Trap'. It is phenomenal. I catch mice on a regular basis. I also use high frequency screamers plugged into a garage outlet.

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I put a box or so of mothballs in a plastic bag in the car along with a full box of dryer sheets spread around, under the car I sprinkle a couple of boxes of moth balls. No mice problem. It's a one car garage, concrete floor.
Paul in CT

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Hummmm, wonder if this works or not? :-)

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DeCon has been great for me. 30 years in drafty garage and storage units and no mouse damage!

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Another vote for dryer sheets. Go to the dollar store and buy a gross of the cheapest ones you can find. I use them in my camper over the winter, and (crosses fingers) so far haven't had any trouble.
CHAZ

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I use Bird-Sonic, by Transonic.

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I have no dog in this hunt , but I found a good Mouse and Rat Repellent. It is called Fresh Cab, We use it in our Combines, Tractor cabs, Haul Trucks. It says it lasts 30 days but I throw it in and leave it all Winter, No mice!!!! Your Results may very, But it is made by some real nice Folks up in Bismarck North Dakota , For more info,facebook.com/freshcab ! I buy this product At Farm and Fleet and Tractor Supply stores. Hope this helps. It smells great!!

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it is spelled C- A- T. I have had a shop cat for 17 years now, not one mouse problem.

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I just brought a Pest A Cator 2000 Plus...we will see how it works

https://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&ke...l_4s3nhhlz6p_e

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I have two Savannah cats (google them) let them out in the garage a couple times a week, that's all I need to keep the mice away....if they do catch one there's not much left to clean up, it's a snack for them.

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Very good information above; and in all honesty, with varying sizes of different rodent populations everywhere in urban & rural areas, lots depends "where" one lives & also what our neighbors have & do not have as far as cats, etc.

Rodent Control professionals claim rodent "food" supply is "directly" related to rodent "reproduction"; and drastically reducing rodent food supply always means fewer rodents; but we have no control over our neighbor's source of rodent food supply & our neighbor's rodent population.

Have no idea, but it appears that declaring war & preventing a second new expensive Model A, LB interior, (or other interior), from being eaten up by rodents and/or moths, (especially, for a "second" time), gets to be far more aggressive & serious business than it was the first time.

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I use dryer sheets in and all around every crack and crevice along with inside my camper that is stored in the barn with dirt floor. Under the camper I spread about 3 boxes of moth balls to deter them in the first place. Fly bait and Coca Cola kills anything that drinks it. If another animal eats the dead poisoned one it too will die. Same goes for D'Con or other mouse poison. Be weary if you or your neighbors have animals.

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Remember the old sticky fly paper rolls that used to hang in kitchens and porches of the old farm houses? Well, you can still buy them in a package of 5 for $1 at Dollar Tree stores, and I hang them in the garage also. They catch a lot of flying critters that otherwise like to leave specks all over the cars.

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OH MY GOD, they EAT them???:confused::confused::confused::eek::eek:
Rat Terriers use the "COLD KILL" method, they just crunch & hold their neck, until DEAD, then just walk away:D
Buster T's Man

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For a good long term no maintenance trap use a 5 gallon bucket with no lid. Run a stiff wire lengthwise through a pop can so it can spin, and mount this across the center of the top of the bucket. Put some peanut butter on the pop can and a gallon of drain oil in the bucket. Prop a board up to the top edge of the bucket so the mice can climb up and jump to the pop can, then fall into the oil. It will work all winter long and not stink.

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Per the recommendation of an RV dealer, I tried using those sweet smelling clothes dryer softener sheets to ward off rodents. Placed several in places throughout two other stored away vintage sedans. The old Mercedes Benz is very tight and rodents can't seem to find their way inside. Placed a few of those sheets in strategic places within the engine compartment. Mice love to get up into air cleaners to set up house keeping and raise a nice large family of vermin.

Upon checking a few weeks later, to my chagrin, the mice had not only ignored the clothes softener sheets but had actually chewed up some and used the things for nesting materials within several odd places. People gripe about the smell, but it's a trade-off . . . the later scent of tell-tale mothballs or wrecked and ruined car interior with the stench of rat urine. It's a choice!

The only thing that seems to repel rodents such as mice and squirrels are common "MOTHBALLS" . Thing is, mothballs are actually little time-release insecticide gas bombs. We also toss mothballs up into the suspended block ceiling downstairs to impede mice that sometimes find their way into the house. Since using the mothballs, there have been no signs of rodent activity.

MOTHBALLS are also nemesis to wild deer and other destructive four legged garbage scavenging pests. AMMONIA is another cheap to buy animal repellent. Down at Dollar Store, ammonia is a buck for a jug! Deer and other stupid critters think that the ammonia stink is Coyote urine. The powerful smell also for a time overwhelms animal senses.

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Looks like old time D-Con green "pellets", in little 3" square or so trays, have been pulled from shelves at Wal-Mart, Home Depot, & local grocery stores for quite some time now.

Last time ordered D-Con green "pellets", (that work well), was from Amazon.com.

After watching the news lately, looks like nobody cares if the rats eat us alive.

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Wow. Now, $99.00 a box for D-Con "Pellets" at Amazon.com.

We might all have to move next door to Mr. Bill Williamson and his Rat Terrier Buster T.
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Has everyone gone nuts? I just checked on ebay for D-con, and they are crazy also.

Did EPA outlaw this product, or why is it suddenly so expensive?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/D-Con-Ready-...QAAOSw8oFXzh9d