Keep the mice out of the Cub!!??

CADplans · #1 10-24-2011, 08:57 PM

Fall/winter is when the field mice move to find a warm nesting location.

I saw a question about this and decided to act before they "move in".

They are going to that engine to stay warm. Give them a "better" alternative.

Put a box in the shed with a small CFL bulb inside. That is enough heat to attract them.

Add a little rat poison, problem solved!!

The CFL costs about a dollar per watt per year, 14 watt bulb, $14 per year.

That is about as cheap and effective way as possible that I can come up with that will last longer than "one snap".

Does anyone have a better/lower cost way to fix the mouse-in-the-Kohler problem??

LarryW · #2 10-24-2011, 09:26 PM

I keep my cub in my living room, lol.

Neat idea with the light!

zippy1 · #3 10-24-2011, 10:28 PM

I've been using moth balls under the hood on top of the engine, after it cools of course. And don't forget to take them off before start up. I made that mistake once. I get a nylon from the wife and put 1/2 dozen moth balls in and tie it off. Then knot the end and do it again and again till I'm at the end, or I've got enough for each tractor.
Seems to have worked, so far.

CADplans · #4 10-24-2011, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by zippy1

I've been using moth balls under the hood on top of the engine, after it cools of course. And don't forget to take them off before start up. I made that mistake once. I get a nylon from the wife and put 1/2 dozen moth balls in and tie it off. Then knot the end and do it again and again till I'm at the end, or I've got enough for each tractor.
Seems to have worked, so far.

Zippy, lookin' at your signature, you must spend $100 a month on moth balls!!

ItBeMe · #5 10-25-2011, 07:25 AM

Cats. I forgot what mice even look like.

ACecil · #6 10-25-2011, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by ItBeMe

Cats. I forgot what mice even look like.

I like ItBeMe's idea.

CADplans · #7 10-25-2011, 02:38 PM

I have the cats, but, they only patrol the perimeter of the shed.

Can't let them in, they would get on the sofa!!

Occasionally a mouse gets past the cats, I needed a secondary defense!!

Methos · #8 10-25-2011, 06:17 PM

I use the same thing my dad used around the house when I was growing up.. I picture of my grandmother! She was ugly as sin! Thankfully I got my great looks from my Mom's side of the family. I would post pics of her but I don't want to crash the site!

FYI True story!

zippy1 · #9 10-25-2011, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by CADplans

Zippy, lookin' at your signature, you must spend $100 a month on moth balls!!

Moth balls are cheap. Compared to rewiring a tractor, it's dirt cheap.
But seriously, I read that on here someplace awhile back, and thought what the heck, it's worth a try. And so far so good. Plus there's alot of moth balls in a box, the downside is the shed smells nasty

LarryW · #10 10-25-2011, 07:31 PM

We had a mouse in the house once. It was getting in the dressers. The dresser with the Yankee candle scented sacket pouch things you put in the drawers didnt get the mice. It was Sage and citrus scented.