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10-10-2012, 11:38 AM
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Join Date: May 2009
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I've done really well trapping rats with an electric trap and a mixture of equal parts cheddar shreds, real bacon bits, dry cat food, and walnuts. Different rats seemed to go for different items, but I caught a rat every night in my garage until I ran out of rats.
The electric traps are nice too. For you and the rodent... (As for cruel, I think the glue traps someone mentioned not to use for other reasons, are actually the worst in this regard.)
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10-10-2012, 12:30 PM
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Location: Battle Ground
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Predators
I grew up in Kansas, and for mice control in the barn there were cats. IMHO that is what cats are for, killing mice and other rodents. Given you are flying out of a farm why not hire a couple of farm cats. Feed them sparingly, they do need to be hungry.
As long as the hanger is a safe place, with water and a steady supply of mice the cats will hang around. And on a farm there will always be a steady supply of field mice.
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10-10-2012, 01:58 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
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Originally Posted by sahrens
As long as the hanger is a safe place, with water and a steady supply of mice the cats will hang around. And on a farm there will always be a steady supply of field mice.
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As you've noted, predators are probably primarily bottom-up regulated by numbers of prey...that is, predators don't, generally, "keep the rodent population down". It's the rodent population that feeds the predators and determines how many there can be.
That's sort of what I was alluding to, and actually is the real problem...it's unlikely that he'll ever get rid of all of them in that environment, so killing them is pointless unless the hangar is completely sealed up. More will just keep coming in, forever.
Since he clikely an't keep them from coming in the hangar, might as well try to keep them from entering the plane itself somehow. Although the predator urine scent stuff might have some promise for keeping them at a distance...
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10-10-2012, 04:28 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Townsend, Montana
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I see this in your future

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10-10-2012, 04:44 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Lincoln, NE
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Cats
One word of warning.
If you use cats, be sure to have them "fixed" or you will trade a plague of small furry critters for a plague of larger furry critters. And while they will probably not make a mess in your plane, they can sure make a mess ON you plane.
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10-10-2012, 05:26 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: St-Jerome,Quebec,Canada
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The sequel
Hello Gents/ Gals
Well today I caught one more in the water bucket and 2 more with the electrics traps so I will eventually ( I hope) run out of victims...
Just to clarified things up a little,I don't keep any kind of food whatsoever in the hangar,I even pulled out my survival kit so they couldn't get to what's in it..I just load it everytime I go flying..
I also make sure that every entry point I can think of is being closed(keeping the flaps retracted being one of them and the tail wheel off the ground being another one)
I ordered that Mouse be Gone stuff last night and I can't wait to try it out..
With the cool temps coming up over here,i'm gonna be busier with my squatters if I can't find the right solution...
Brian''. I'm having the same dream lately
More to come....
Bruno
P.s: I've got a few cats running around,hopefully they're doing their parts
Last edited by RV-4 : 10-10-2012 at 05:28 PM.
Reason: Cat nfo
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10-10-2012, 08:19 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Seattle
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I am a bit suprised about the mouse/rat invasion.
I never had a problem with them in the plane, which is used fairly often.
Now the old Bronco has had a few mice, but it sits for months at a time.
I just supposed the smell of a recently flown plane was a turn off to a rodent.
Especially if you used Avgas. Those toxic lead salts may have something to do with it.
I got rid of the mice in the Bronco pronto. I ran a hose from the exhaust into the window and ran it briefly. They moved out.
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06-26-2014, 10:54 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
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Mice update
Well Gents...
It is a no-win situation....I still have mice in the a/c but at a different level now..so I guess I must be getting them faster than they can reproduce...
Last week, I totally dismantled the aft section of the aircraft so I could clean all the parts ( Stab, elevators etc...) of all the craps my squatters left behind...The smell is a lot better now...
I also had an exterminator come to the hangar where he set a bunch of trap( Shoebox type ) about 10, around and inside the hangar with poison to create a feeding zone around the a/c so that they don't enter it anymore...
Having to empty the a/c after every flight is not funny but I don't have a choice...
Hopefully I will eventually win that war...
Bruno
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06-27-2014, 04:04 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: n. wi
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i guess everyone has their talents but i have always been able to stay ahead of the mice. they aren't very wary. i have ALWAYS left snap traps set in my polebarn, basement, hangar etc. in a place where i can see them. some times they sit for months but i catch the new squatter the day he moves in. my thoughts about poison is that they die in some inaccessable place and stink forever.
the trick with a snap trap to prevent having your bait cleaned off is to ''crimp'' a kernel of corn [no, not canned] onto the trigger and then cover with peanut butter. they will consistantly lick off the peanut butter but always want the corn for dessert. catch rate is at least 90% when you use the corn.
man, and i can build airplanes too!
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06-27-2014, 06:58 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Stuart, FL /Hartford, CT/Virgin Gorda,BVI
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RV-4
Well Gents...
It is a no-win situation....I still have mice in the a/c but at a different level now..so I guess I must be getting them faster than they can reproduce...
Last week, I totally dismantled the aft section of the aircraft so I could clean all the parts ( Stab, elevators etc...) of all the craps my squatters left behind...The smell is a lot better now...
I also had an exterminator come to the hangar where he set a bunch of trap( Shoebox type ) about 10, around and inside the hangar with poison to create a feeding zone around the a/c so that they don't enter it anymore...
Having to empty the a/c after every flight is not funny but I don't have a choice...
Hopefully I will eventually win that war...
Bruno
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bruno, i can't believe this terrible story. i guess you can never stop them from being in the hangar but about keeping them out of the plane, there must be a way. how do they get in? figure that out and you have problem solved.
good luck with the lyme issue too.
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