watch out for the mice!

I see some of you needlessly spending lots of money on steel, metal, and glass storage. Here are some hot tips on your anti-mouse campaign.

They can't see very well long-distance but can make out larger objects.

So garden owls or hawks with reflection eyes do work well. But you need to move them frequently.

Steel wool the holes they enter before you seal them up, it makes it difficult for them to eat through and or hurts their internals.

DO NOT use poison inside your home! They can spread it to pet foods or your food. Also if they die in small spaces or walls now you have decomposing rodents in your house. Poison is good for outdoor use.

They can smell extremely well. Cat, predator birds, and other animals that eat them smell very distinctive to them, just the scent alone could completely deter them inside or out. (Same for most varmint)

Snap traps and spin traps work, they will eat the glue traps apart or have eaten off their own foot before to save themselves.

You CAN KILL house mice, Field mice, and rats with a .177 bb gun over 500fps.(probably not those city rats though, if you have them, god save you)

Also, I'm saying physically killing, the legality of doing it is up to you to investigate.

A female mouse can give birth to up to 100 babies a year. If there is 1, there are more usually. Field mice are usually solo, but once they find a safe location they will breed like crazy.

They are timid! Noise and light scare them easily. I have my basement light set to a slow strobe pattern. Also, noise emitters and or random noise will scare them off.

If they can not easily and frequently find food they will leave the area to find food but not necessarily find a new home.

Here are some useful items:

Victor Easy Set Mouse Traps (Pack of 12)

Tomcat Spin Trap for Mice, 2 Traps

Colton's Naturals Mice Repellent

Ultrasonic Pest Repeller

Enoz Moth Balls 4oz, 6-Packages

There are plenty of ways to deter, prevent and rid of mice. Now you have some more tips to help.

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