Some days you realize you are surrounded...

[jaystuw]

Montana Charlie, You are absolutely right. I wait on her hand and foot. Feed and water her when ever she wants. Give her plenty of attention. The little cat already calls the shots! I should know better but I just go along with it.

I really don't understand it though. People are the dominate life form on the planet and yet a small, rodent eating, bug catching, solitary predator has a great deal of power and control over millions of us in every country. How could this happen? So many other small predator type animals are seldom seen and close to extinction and yet cats enjoy an ever higher position in society.


In the rural areas you might still be able to shoot a marauding cat. In the city it is woe to anyone that tries to bother one. My wife called from Honolulu recently to say someone is killing the stray cats on oahu. She found out about it on the evening news on tv! It was on for several nights. It stirred up the local people my wife talked to and they are now angry. I fully believe the natives will attack the culprit if they catch him. In Honolulu no one really cares if your car or bike is stolen but they sure care about the stray cat grandma or auntie feeds! Jay

[ShooterAZ]

I use this trap, when I have a rodent problem. Works great! http://www.nooski.com/products/mouse-trap/#

[montana_charlie]

I use this trap, when I have a rodent problem. Works great! http://www.nooski.com/products/mouse-trap/#

That looks like a winner, except for one thing.
I was checking to see it's size when I realized it won't work for us.

We don't have any metric mice ... like the ones in New Zealand.

[dtknowles]

Montana Charlie, You are absolutely right. I wait on her hand and foot. Feed and water her when ever she wants. Give her plenty of attention. The little cat already calls the shots! I should know better but I just go along with it.

I really don't understand it though. People are the dominate life form on the planet and yet a small, rodent eating, bug catching, solitary predator has a great deal of power and control over millions of us in every country. How could this happen? So many other small predator type animals are seldom seen and close to extinction and yet cats enjoy an ever higher position in society.


In the rural areas you might still be able to shoot a marauding cat. In the city it is woe to anyone that tries to bother one. My wife called from Honolulu recently to say someone is killing the stray cats on oahu. She found out about it on the evening news on tv! It was on for several nights. It stirred up the local people my wife talked to and they are now angry. I fully believe the natives will attack the culprit if they catch him. In Honolulu no one really cares if your car or bike is stolen but they sure care about the stray cat grandma or auntie feeds! Jay

If you believe that your area has a stray cat problem there are a couple way to properly deal with it. Live traps and dropping the at the pound or calling animal control to come pick them up works here. It works even if they have a tag or even better if they have a tag because the owner can then come and pay the fine and pick them up from animal control. I have a neighbor who live traps local cats and then pays to have them spayed or neutered and releases them.

Tim

[DCM]

That looks like a winner, except for one thing.
I was checking to see it's size when I realized it won't work for us.

We don't have any metric mice ... like the ones in New Zealand.

Do the mice there wear purple too or should one use purple rubber bands with the trap?

[montana_charlie]

Do the mice there wear purple too or should one use purple rubber bands with the trap?

Purple?
New Zealand mice wear purple?
That must look rather strange ...

[DCM]

I heard it is only when they are hunting, but I got that from the internet so...

[ghh3rd]

We had a small mouse problem once at my work. They put trays of sticky yellow glue under a few of our desks after we left one evening. All of us were easy going about things, except for one guy... he always wore a suit, although none of us needed to, tried to act superior, and often mentioned how expensive his shoes were.

When we arrived that morning we noticed the traps, and were delighted to see that Mr. Fancy Pants had a tray under his desk.... and it had a mouse hanging out of it with its face sunk in the glue. He was besides himself when he arrived a few minutes later, and tried to kick the trap from under his desk and got his shoe stuck to it. Funny as he** as he shook his foot while trying to dislodge the trap, with the mouse flopping around -- and especially funny when he tried pulling it off by hand when I lied and told him that the glue ate through leather.

[Charley]

Based on the descriptions, many of you are dealing with some species of rat, not mice. Very different animals, very different habits. Like hunting elk using techniques for whitetail.

[TXGunNut]

+1 on feral cats for residential rodent control. The mother of my present pest control contractor adopted me awhile back and when he's not off chasing females he's a pretty good hunter. Kinda miss my rabbits, tho.

[MaryB]

Live trapped my big rodent today wood chuck that was digging under everything. Relocated him 1 mile out of town to an abandoned farm site

[deep creek]

When dealing with a large population of mice/rats i use bait boxes with bloc baits that have blood thinner in it four days after ingestion they become enimec and die.after you have control of the population you can go to snap traps or colony traps with imatation vanilla or almond on a cotton ball inside. Then i use copper stufit [woven copper] or hot foam to seal entry points.you cant start by using snap traps .they breed faster than you can catch them.you have to control the population before you can reduce it.

[mnkyracer]

Not mouse related, but....

Mid 20's neighbor saw me planting corn in the garden. Came over and watched, then asked....wait for it....


Where do yes corn seed come from?

[Garyshome]

Glue Trap? Allrightythen! Is she gonna clean up the mess?

[Pb2au]

Not mouse related, but....

Mid 20's neighbor saw me planting corn in the garden. Came over and watched, then asked....wait for it....


Where do yes corn seed come from?

oh boy...... that does not bode well for the future.

[montana_charlie]

Not mouse related, but....

Mid 20's neighbor saw me planting corn in the garden. Came over and watched, then asked....wait for it....


Where do yes corn seed come from?

Ask him where marijuana seeds come from ...

[dragon813gt]

Ask him where marijuana seeds come from ...

Doubt he knows that since you don't buy cannabis w/ seeds anymore

[JeffinNZ]

You need an office cat...... and maybe some new co-workers.

I big one that will eat the messing people.

[gew98]

Kinda lucky in that the bobcats seems to be excersizing population control over too many cats in my AO. Wish I oculd say the same for dogs...gotta shoot them myself. It does not help when the neighbors welfare daughter brings home dogs between knocking out babies and before you know it a pack of ferral and coydogs abound. Though it makes for good target practice !.

[dakotashooter2]

"Would that attract mice?" she replies

Here's your sign.......................