Ideas on how to humanly remove mice

Ray Rollins rollins_ray at hotmail.com
Thu Nov 20 19:09:23 EST 2003


One Idea I had was to take cat hair from the 3 cats I have and maybe the 
sent of cats would make them think twice of making a residence in the Audi. 
Or I was thing of wiring an ultra sonic rodent repeller near the blower 
motor to drive them away.

Ray


>From: rocketscienceracing at comcast.net
>To: quattro at audifans.com, rollins_ray at hotmail.com
>Subject: Re: Ideas on how to humanly remove mice
>Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 16:55:24 +0000
>
>It's almost impossible to seal out mice. Certainly not from an engine 
>compartment, although smaller places like ventilation systems can be 
>sealed.
>
>You have to eliminate the little guys. If you are live trapping, you've got 
>to dump them somewhere like a mile or more away. If you are killing them, 
>well, then they are eliminated ;-) If you have a big problem, it can take 
>months to lower the population to an acceptable level. You can also get a 
>few cats to do the work, but not everyone likes to go that route, either
>
>If you are trapping, the best bait to use in your (live or dead) traps is 
>peanut butter. This stuff is positively the crack cocaine of the mouse 
>world! I had a mouse problem in the attic over my old garage. After placing 
>my first peanut butter laden trap I didn't even get halfway down the stairs 
>before I heard "SNAP!" Lastly, try to put your traps in a "mouse friendly" 
>location. They like small spaces, along the edge of walls, edge of tires, 
>someplace they feel comfortably hidden while chowing. If you put it out in 
>the middle of a floor or parking space they might not bite.
>
>Good luck!
>
>Scott
>98.5A41.8Tqm
>
> > Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 08:32:47 -0500
> > From: "Ray Rollins" <rollins_ray at hotmail.com>
> >
> > Hi All,
> > Im glad the list is back up. I was under the hood of my 100Q yesterday
> > trying to figure out why my drivers side washer was not working when I 
>came
> > face to face the possible cause. What is the most effective way to get 
>these
> > pest to leave the car for good?

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