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I've tried it all. Bobcat paws are OK. Irish Spring is OK too. Peeing next to the truck tires after morning coffee every day seems to work the best, but it doesn't rain much here so it doesn't get washed away. There's always 15 traps set and ready and I buy rat baits in the 25# bucket. Nothing stops the rats here. I need a bazooka.
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I use a combination of poison, the TomCat rodent repellent and I keep the wiring on my ATV uncovered and open to the daylight.
Since doing a combo of those things, I've not had any problems the last two years since I started.
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Where I hunted, I set out about a dozen mouse traps all around the truck baited with peanut butter. Removed mice in morning and reset before I went hunting and again before I went to bed. It wasn't unusual to catch 30-35 mice each trip.
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Those little bastids decided they wanted to build a nest under the hood of my truck.I noticed a few leaves scattered on the ground near my truck.Good thing I checked,could have started a fire.I removed the nest and put some D-Con pellets in an empty powder container that I cut the top out of and tie wrapped under the hood.It didn't take too long after they ate the D-Con,the problem went away.
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~ As Bob Hagel would say"You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong."Good words of wisdom...............
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I've been trying to trap some mice for weeks. For some reason they don't like peanut butter or nuts. I've never heard of mice that won't eat those. They're supposed to like chocolate. I hate to waste it on mice but I hate mice more than I hate wasting good chocolate. Fruit jam is supposed to work, too.
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if you have pets, secondary poisining may be a real problem
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if you have pets, secondary poisining may be a real problem Exactly what happened with my springer. We went to a friends cabin and the dog got into their d-Con. That cost me a hundred bucks and a trip to the vet for a stomach pump. Then since I keep my truck up north in the garage at the cottage and don’t have pets,I put d-Con all around the tires. First thing that the visiting relation’s dog did was eat the d-Con. They called the vet and was told to make the dog vomit with some hydrogen peroxide. The wife had some and all went well. Best be prepared ahead of time because it happens… often.
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I've been trying to trap some mice for weeks. For some reason they don't like peanut butter or nuts. I've never heard of mice that won't eat those. They're supposed to like chocolate. I hate to waste it on mice but I hate mice more than I hate wasting good chocolate. Fruit jam is supposed to work, too. Heat some bacon with a match when it’s in the trap, guaranteed.
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Paint your wires with liquid arsnic.
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Have you tried outside cats?
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I thought the Japanese makers stopped using Soy in their electric wires a while ago to prevent this.
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I leave all the hoods up on ranch trucks the don’t get drove a lot, I had to spend 4-k to get a feed trk heater box replaced, mice ate all the fins up on fan and holes through plastic, I don’t drive it in summer much at all, others I leave hood up and they don’t touch them.
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Honda makes an anti rodent tape that is laced with capsacin (spelling) that you can wrap the wiring with. Apparently it does work.
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I use the Fresh Cab from Rural King and this: I use them together, and spread a few bags around. Gus's is in a small bag with a tie string so you can tie it up. They also make a spray bottle, but my son took it Rats destroyed my Gator wiring on the farm. I keep this on the tractor and Gator now, and so far, so good. Gus's has the peppermint oil and cinnamon oil. The Honda tape wrap sounds very promising, and I would have likely used it if I would have known. Chris in AL
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Wet down the wires and sprinkle cayenne pepper on them. The water help the powder adhere.
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Besides traps and cats, IF there was sometime that REALLY worked I would spend big bucks for it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Cayanne Pepper $1:00 cheapo stuff Sprinkle it around what you do not want eaten/chewed on. My open storage shed has mice around and in it year round. Tried it around a trap with peanut butter on it, vs another 10 ft away without the cayanne pepper around it, never caught one where the pepper was, but multiple caught on the other. Good luck
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Fox urine WORKS, but not cheap.
A mixture of cayenne pepper and fox urine-but it will smell. Layer it on the harness and wire. Mice will say goodbye: als0-park outside in winter except in real snow/ice storm. DO NOT leave in garage unused/ run occasionally.
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We have a problem with kangaroo rats and mice. https://www.amazon.com/Tomcat-Repel...p;hvtargid=pla-4584276309324475&th=1you can get it by the can or gallon. I leave the hood of my ATV open to the light and the wires exposed. I then liberally spray this on the wiring harness and around the surface. I/ve been doing this the last couple years everytime I leave my lease (about once a month). I've not had a problem since. I also spray it in my camper. Seems to work. Best, GWB
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