A new meaning to "mouse fart" loads

[Carl N. Brown]

When I was a teen my parents put out rat poison one year. A rat must have died inside the bathroom wall. It smelled until I guess it finally mummified.

In the war on rats I avoid chemical warfare (they have to go somewhere to die which would probably be in the walls or crawlspace). I use the classic snap traps and drop the deceased in garbage can outside. I did go after a large northway rat one winter with a .22 Bronco and shotshell. Once.

 

[Random 8]

I save the poisons for outbuildings. Dead mice in the walls of a heated structure are no good. I use Hawk brand, as many of our mice locally seem immune to D-con. They eat it like candy and keep on chugging. The Hawk and a few other brands have a different active ingredient that is newer and I don't have immunity problems with it. I usually use the poison for the fall rush, then after that, a repeating "tin cat" mouse trap baited with a handful of chicken feed or an antifreeze bucket trap picks up any stragglers. The antifreeze pail is easy. RV antifreeze will be cheap and effective if you don't have any waste automotive stuff. Use a shallow bucket with a ramp to the lid and at least a 1" drop to the antifreeze from the lip. They plunk in and drown, then are pickled in the PG leaving no unpleasant odor.

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

I save the poisons for outbuildings. Dead mice in the walls of a heated structure are no good. I use Hawk brand, as many of our mice locally seem immune to D-con. They eat it like candy and keep on chugging. The Hawk and a few other brands have a different active ingredient that is newer and I don't have immunity problems with it. I usually use the poison for the fall rush, then after that, a repeating "tin cat" mouse trap baited with a handful of chicken feed or an antifreeze bucket trap picks up any stragglers. The antifreeze pail is easy. RV antifreeze will be cheap and effective if you don't have any waste automotive stuff. Use a shallow bucket with a ramp to the lid and at least a 1" drop to the antifreeze from the lip. They plunk in and drown, then are pickled in the PG leaving no unpleasant odor.

We use cats. They eat the evidence. Sometimes find a tail.

 

[tightgroup tiger]

When I moved from PA to NC I bought a property with pecan trees in the back yard. It was on the outskirts of town.
The squirrels thought they were safe there apparently.
They would drop pecans on me while I walked under the trees. They weren't safe.
The first 9 squirrels I dropped with my slingshot and OO buck shot sent a message to the rest of them, that stood up on there back feet and watched from across the parking lot of the church. They watched as I stomped them after they hit the ground.
I don't see a lot of squirrels in my yard now, and when I do they behave themselves.

Edit to add: This Yankee doesn't like squirrels or geese. They are both a major nuisance down here.

 

[Bcwitt]

Mabey you could put some peanut butter on a primer & see if they chew it.

 

[rfwobbly]

Link? I haven't heard of this.

 

[knot4reel]

Gun powder munching mice praying for sharts not farts.