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What is a good product for an indoor mouse repellent? Yesterday we had to replace our stove because the little buggers had chewed the wires. We had seen them on it many times, and they would run up into the top. I want something that will keep them away from it that won't smell bad. Also it needs to be harmless to cats. Yeah, I know, they should be doing their job in this regard, they're kinda clueless, but extremely cute. We have used traps with some success, but I'd rather just keep them away. We live on an acreage, so there is no shortage of mice here. Anybody have any good ideas?
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Jim
 
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If you have that many I would get professional help. Exterminators have products available to them that you can't buy on the open market. You need to rid your entire house of them and keep them out.
 
A friend of mine uses the Bounce fabric softener dryer sheets to keep mice away from his classic car soft trim and wiring. I have no idea if it really works or if he just thinks it does, but he's convinced.
 
I heard mothballs work but I don't know how you can hold the little buggers down long enough...
 
Any poison will kill the mouse in the most inconvenient location. Ever have a mouse die inside your wall? Unpleasant smell, to say the least, and the only remedy is removal of drywall. We've trapped ours in the past, and caught/killed as many as a dozen a week. The key lies in getting rid of whatever they are coming after. It's no longer cold outside, so most likely they are after food and water. During an infestation of our bedroom, I found some cookies that had been inadvertently put under the bed. Get rid of cookies, trap mice, problem solved.

We haven't had a problem the last couple of years. Maybe because we added this guy to our herd.
 

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Not being funny - different cat needed. The Mickster here was an indoor only cat for the first 8 years of his life. If it walks, flies, swims or crawls, and weighs less than his 17 pounds, it does not come in or near my house in the woods without suffering the consequences. Since you like cats anyway, what's one more?

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The right cat is definitely the answer. We have a big Siamese who suffers no mice or rats. I have trapped, shot, poisoned, and tried to wall out, without success. Felines have been making their living this way for millennia nothing works as well.
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You need to try to seal up your house so they cant get in if thats possible,mothballs,fabric sheets,plug holes with tin foil they should not be bad now that the weathers warming up but maybe a pro is what ya need.If you see mice or rats during the day when your active in your house then you got a big problem. Good luck.
 
Roger, sorry, that one doesn't look like much of a mouser to me. He looks like he would rather have a catnip sandwich and a beer than chase after a rat.
 
I appreciate the responses. I personally subscribe to the "let the cats eat 'em" mentality, but the Missus doesn't really want the cats in the house, although we have three kittens in now, mainly for my 12 year old daughter. The number of cats we have could properly be called a herd. Some of them are pretty good mousers too, but she wants to keep them out of the house as much as possible.
Living in the country in a 101 year old house means this stuff is going to happen. I had some spray that I got at a tractor dealer, but they told me it was apparently "Environmentally unfriendly". Probably contributes to global warming or something. I'll try some of your suggestions and get back to you.
One more thought. Maybe I'll do surveillance in the dark with my night vision equipment and pop 'em with the K-22. (I'll load it with shorts).
 
P@R Fan said:
I appreciate the responses. I personally subscribe to the "let the cats eat 'em" mentality, but the Missus doesn't really want the cats in the house, although we have three kittens in now, mainly for my 12 year old daughter. The number of cats we have could properly be called a herd. Some of them are pretty good mousers too, but she wants to keep them out of the house as much as possible.
Living in the country in a 101 year old house means this stuff is going to happen. I had some spray that I got at a tractor dealer, but they told me it was apparently "Environmentally unfriendly". Probably contributes to global warming or something. I'll try some of your suggestions and get back to you.
One more thought. Maybe I'll do surveillance in the dark with my night vision equipment and pop 'em with the K-22. (I'll load it with shorts).
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Actually that 'enviromentally unfriendly" stuff is the best thing you can use :D
Good old fashioned Victor mouse traps baited with peanut butter always works. Please do not use those sticky pads-I don't mind killing them-but I can't abide letting them sit there and suffer.
 
CAJUNLAWYER said:
Actually that 'enviromentally unfriendly" stuff is the best thing you can use :D
Good old fashioned Victor mouse traps baited with peanut butter always works. Please do not use those sticky pads-I don't mind killing them-but I can't abide letting them sit there and suffer.
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Actually, Caj I feel the same way, and my Wife CERTAINLY does. The traps we have used are actually ones that electrocute them immediately. They really work believe it or not. I somehow feel Jack Bauer would like 'em.
 
We have suffered from the same issues here in rural MT. A few things that seem to have worked for us...

Seal up ANY holes or cracks....so matter how small. I went under the crawlspace that runs through half the house...and it was amazing the small cracks I found. Using a putty knife I plugged with steel wool...then hit the crack with foam sealer or caulking.

Seal around plumbing and wiring holes. THAT seemed to make a big difference.

I also stuck five pounds of mouse bait (eat it & they die) in plastic 2 qt milk jugs all around the house and a mess of them in the garage, storage shed, barn, etc. This enabled them to go into the bottle through the small hole...eat...then leave and die. One must patrol the area though and pick up any carcasses found.

Do not leave any cat food, dog food or bird food out they can safely access. I stuck a live trap under the bird feeder and caught 5 in one evening!!

It's a never ending battle against weeds and rodents in rural America!

FN in MT
 
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