Will mice drink antifreeze

[bobofthenorth]

Lean mean killing machine
Feed them cat food or liver.

I agree they're the best but how do you get one to move in?

[6V53]

I agree they're the best but how do you get one to move in?

if you see tracks in the snow put some food out they'll find it. The small ones tame down well.The big ones are kind of skiddish and the small one will take off when the big one shows up. Don't put out too much food they stash it.

[WiltonRanch]

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Lean mean killing machine
Feed them cat food or liver.

My first house was a trailer which had a mouse problem. Mice would come up through where the washing machine hookups were. I was awoke in the wee hours of the morning one night to come across a curious looking weasel with blood on his face in the kitchen. I said hi and went back to bed.

[farmaholic]

My first house was a trailer which had a mouse problem. Mice would come up through where the washing machine hookups were. I was awoke in the wee hours of the morning one night to come across a curious looking weasel with blood on his face in the kitchen. I said hi and went back to bed.

Weren't you concerned about the safety and well being of the resident "trouser snake"?

[farmaholic]

If you can get a handle on controlling them in fall, winter shouldn't be much of a problem.
Seems the critters are migrating around looking for wintering grounds in fall and looking to move away from crowded quarters in spring. We use lots of bait boxes. We see some dead ones. We keep the machinery clean. I jokingly say a mouse would starve to death on our combine over winter. The farm yard is pretty clean and uncluttered too. Feeding cattle grain was always a draw for mice....I used to call our chop bin a mouse factory....or course it was an old wooden bin. There are no more wooden bins on this farm. Seed plants would be hard to keep free of mice. There are no cats here either, seemed they were only welfare cats anyway....and it's not easy keeping cats when you like having a Blue Heeler dog.

There are definitely mice around here because there is evidence of them but generally don't have a problem with them getting into machinery. Bound to happen sometime.

I would rather be dealing with the "vacuum" I'm creating that Mother Nature will always try to fill than being the source of mice looking to fill a vacuum somewhere else.

Be vigilant and don't let your guard down.

[bobofthenorth]

if you see tracks in the snow put some food out they'll find it. The small ones tame down well.The big ones are kind of skiddish and the small one will take off when the big one shows up. Don't put out too much food they stash it.

I had one in my barn 30 years ago - he wasn't tame but he didn't run away from me either. He'd sit out in the open and let me talk to him each morning but the closest I ever got to him was maybe 3 feet.

[MBgrower]

I had one in my barn 30 years ago - he wasn't tame but he didn't run away from me either. He'd sit out in the open and let me talk to him each morning but the closest I ever got to him was maybe 3 feet.

bait stations on all perimeter walls, lots of snap traps in the cabs and near the tires. check every few days.

[binthere]