I got a set of Victor Quick Set traps:
http://www.victorpest.com/store/rodent-control/b130-2
They are killing machines. Super-easy to bait and set. I've killed over
a dozen mice with just two traps. Empty, sprung traps are rare. I did
make the mistake of getting peanut butter on the rim and ended up with
one of the buggers carrying it off by his whiskers. He escaped and the
rest of his family clawed the trap all over trying to get to the PB. I
found the trap down a hole, cleaned it up and I am still using it to get
the rest of the family. It's personal now.
The old style snap traps with the newer plastic triggers became a joke,
as the mice would waltz off with the bait 4 out of 5 times. They were
difficult to set too. Just a waste of my time.
Jon
On 3/15/2010 7:19 PM, Wayne wrote:
> On 3/15/2010 5:58 PM, Steve Hammatt Mount Vernon WA USA wrote:
>> The Extended Cab truck has become home for one or more mice. I can't
>> seem to find where they're getting access. So far, no luck with the
>> mouse traps. They seem to like the glove box but there's evidence of
>> travel all around the seats and console.
>
> I have a car that's been left sitting outside that's been destroyed by
> mice. They've apparently been coming in the AC condensation drain on the
> firewall, and nesting inside the heater core / AC box. There is nasty
> liquid draining out of it into the passenger footwell that I assume is
> mouse sewage.
>
> Other entry point is air vents in the trunk. Don't know about trucks,
> but this is common design on cars. There are vents inside the trunk,
> behind the fender wells. Air from the HVAC blows through the cabin, down
> vents under the rear windshield, into the trunk, and out these vents.
>
> I ripped out most the interior, due to the mouse problems, and water
> damage from a leaking sunroof. But the poor thing just needs to go to
> the scrapyard at this point.
>
> -Wayne
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