Rodent in car

[rick'o]

......or do as a country fella told me:

mix a plate of milk with plaster of paris

[1LOUDXFUTE]

Originally Posted by svo supporter

Any chance of you posting piccies up of your traps. They sound very similar to the ones I use, but unfortunately I still don't know how to post piccies on this forum to compare

hey mate,
have a look at this thread on how to post pictures
http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=20569

[SKITZD]

Originally Posted by Mark^^

I keep snakes, maybe I could lend you one..LOL

Yeah good plan. Snake eats Mouse, then all youve got is a snake infestation lol.

[Neeek]

Originally Posted by reds89

could be worse,could be a dirty great huntsman spider running across ya dash heading for your side while you are in traffic.

Slightly OT, but if you were driving between North Sydney and Bexley (along the Sydney Harbour Bridge, down George St and from there the fastest possible route south...) one evening in late 2001 and saw a black ZK Fairlane being driven at speed in a random and downright dangeous fashion, possibly at you or the car next to you, I apologise unreservedly. There was a huntsman the size of a Clevo scurrying around the OUTSIDE of my car harassing me in the way that only a mahoosive man-eating spider can. Had it been inside I'd have certainly tested out the crash barriers on the old coathanger and probably wouldn't be here now...

As for the rodent, I'd be leaving the doors open and setting the trap outside the car. +1 for Nutella.

[mrbaxr6t]

keep cats away from mouse traps they get quite upset when they get a paw snapped in the trap @ 3 am followed by yours truly getting very upset @ 3.05 am... catching a frantic cat with a trap on its foot that is moving at ballistic speeds @ 3 am is about as fun as constipation...

[Marquis 351]

Ive tryed super gluing a dog busicut to the mouse trap and the bugger has ate it off with the trap set on trigger hair!!!! I got a mortein trap that springs shut and as it dose it kills the mouse some how, but it hasnt gone near it. I swear If its still alive by the weekend I may name it!!!!! At least 1 things is for sure its garnteed a feed every night! I will try everything every1 has said [Execpt for burrning the car] :togo:

[chrisfpv]

Originally Posted by Mad Maxine

Ha ha! Welcome to the wonderful world of the AFF, LOL!

MM

Haha, there's def some great info in here. I'll have to refer back to it if a mouse ever decides to make a home out my XR6.

[aussie muscle]

Originally Posted by svo supporter

They sound very similar to the ones I use,

are they two halves of plastic with a wrap around spring? thats the ones i use. peanut butter is good as they have to lick it off (pressure on the trigger)

Originally Posted by TUF_302

Just dont leave it any food, it wont stay if it will starve

you forget they eat wire, upholstery and anything else?

[LukeGT]

I've got a slightly bigger problem at my place (than mice) -- CATS, how do you get rid of them?!?! On the of them went into my shed a knocked XA brown manual console and XT GT dash off a shelf and broke them both :-( Any tricks on how to catch them??

[svo supporter]

Local councils or the RSCPA hire out cat traps for a small fee per day. Once the cat has been caught, give them a ring and they take care of the rest.

On the subject of the mouse traps. XR6AUS (thank you very much) has kindly offered to post the picture up for me, so we'll wait for that to occur.

[auxr]

Ha - mice, uploading pictures now cats. This thread just seems to be getting better.
Sorry to a be bit off topic, but my problem is a little bit bigger - my brother continually turns up, rummages through the pantry, drinks my beer and then leaves.

Any suggestions in curbing this pest?

[chrisfpv]

Here is the picture svo supporter is talking about, per this quote:

Originally Posted by svo supporter

I don't have the mouse problem in the car, however in the house, they're a pain in the rectum.

Anyways, the misses has bought a new mouse trap on the market. It's called "The safe and sure mousetrap". Hard to describe the look and not knowing how to post piccies on here, it makes things difficult.


If someone can guide me on piccie posting, I'll take one of it and post it up.

There's no chance of catching the fingers by setting it, due to its design and I haven't failed to catch one yet with it.

These can be purchased at coles from what svo supporter has said.



Taking a stab at how this works, do you put something like peanut butter, cheese etc on the flat part and then the top slams shut if the mouse starts to eat it? Looks interesting.

[svo supporter]

Originally Posted by auxr

Ha - mice, uploading pictures now cats. This thread just seems to be getting better.
Sorry to a be bit off topic, but my problem is a little bit bigger - my brother continually turns up, rummages through the pantry, drinks my beer and then leaves.

Any suggestions in curbing this pest?

Either some Big Mother F#*king padlocks, 4X2 or don't open the door to him

Oh and thanks XR6AUS for posting the piccies up for me. Much appreciated

[silicon]

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I have a few of these. They are great as as the trigger flap is so big they always put a foot on it. I just use a little peanut butter smeared in the middle. They never get to eat more than a mouthful or two at most.

[[Tonko]]

Originally Posted by reds89

could be worse,could be a dirty great huntsman spider running across ya dash heading for your side while you are in traffic.As for the mouse we had one at home and he liked mint chocolate.

Or in the sunvisor when you flip it down :togo:

[ebxr82nv]

Originally Posted by Neeek

Slightly OT, but if you were driving between North Sydney and Bexley (along the Sydney Harbour Bridge, down George St and from there the fastest possible route south...) one evening in late 2001 and saw a black ZK Fairlane being driven at speed in a random and downright dangeous fashion, possibly at you or the car next to you, I apologise unreservedly. There was a huntsman the size of a Clevo scurrying around the OUTSIDE of my car harassing me in the way that only a mahoosive man-eating spider can. Had it been inside I'd have certainly tested out the crash barriers on the old coathanger and probably wouldn't be here now...

As for the rodent, I'd be leaving the doors open and setting the trap outside the car. +1 for Nutella.

yep had one of these to, about the size of my hand run across the wind screen and then disapear so i forgot about it. About 20 minutes later I felt something running up my leg, by the time I could look it was sitting in my lap looking at me, first thing I did was lock the brakes on the old navara, then jump out and do the spider dance(must hve looked funny as to passers by). As soon as it hit the ground it was off, crossed 4 lanes of traffic and dissapeared into the swamp across the road. the navara copped a bug bomb as soon as I got home after that experience.

[Marquis 351]

Originally Posted by XR

Here is the picture svo supporter is talking about, per this quote:


These can be purchased at coles from what svo supporter has said.



Taking a stab at how this works, do you put something like peanut butter, cheese etc on the flat part and then the top slams shut if the mouse starts to eat it? Looks interesting.

I will get one of those traps, i swear ive spent near $50 on all differen sorts of traps in the last week!

[BOSHOG]

traps are useless. i chase rodents for a living, glue boards baited with beanut butter wins every time

[Marquis 351]

Originally Posted by BOSHOG

traps are useless. i chase rodents for a living, glue boards baited with beanut butter wins every time

To be honest I'm starting to figure that!!!!! What sort of glue? as I'm getting desprit here! :

[chrisfpv]

Originally Posted by ebxr82nv

yep had one of these to, about the size of my hand run across the wind screen and then disapear so i forgot about it. About 20 minutes later I felt something running up my leg, by the time I could look it was sitting in my lap looking at me, first thing I did was lock the brakes on the old navara, then jump out and do the spider dance(must hve looked funny as to passers by). As soon as it hit the ground it was off, crossed 4 lanes of traffic and dissapeared into the swamp across the road. the navara copped a bug bomb as soon as I got home after that experience.

Haha hands wiggling all over your body, legs jumping like you're running on the spot. I saw someone get out of there car at work today and do this, I was laughing so hard I almost cried.

[cool65]

Well don't use tarzan grip. That's only good for catching elephants, and if you have an elephant in the lane, you better firstly do what it wants and secondly get a new set of springs

[GavinB]

Originally Posted by jcat58

go to the 2 dollar shop or bonkers if you got em in your town and get the sticky mouse traps.put some peanut butter in the middle and you will get him. my best is 5 at once they get stuck on them.they weren't in my car of course

Aren't these traps supposed to be illegal?

Originally Posted by Mad Maxine

Just a bit of advice - if you choose to use a sticky trap, you will have to kill the mouse, as you will NEVER get it off the trap without it being covered in adhesive. These traps are NOT humane if you set it and forget it - the poor buggers die of thirst or starvation or stress or a combo of all three.

These traps aren't even humane at all. Mice are panicky creatures, so they'll shred themselves to pieces trying to get off. So often you'll encounter a mouse that had half its skin pulled off or a limb twisted and broken (sometimes even gnawed off). Then there is a problem that they are just "left" on there for long periods of time... some people throw them out into the garbage still alive, while it is in great pain and half drowned in its own urine. That's a death no animal ever deserves really.

Example 1
Example 2
Example 3

[GavinB]

Originally Posted by BOSHOG

traps are useless. i chase rodents for a living, glue boards baited with beanut butter wins every time

Glue boards are terrible. The RSPCA condemn them, and some states have actually banned them. They also encourage disease because frightened animals tend to urinate and excrete a lot, so that will build up. More messier than a snap trap really. And since they are alive, they could still escape it.

I am surprised they are still legal in QLD. Point is, there are better ways to go about getting rid of these animals without having to torture them - quick-killing lethal traps are always best. Causing pointless suffering is quite pathetic, and that's what glue traps do 100% of the time (the only exception is if you regularly monitor the trap and humanely kill the animal, but how often does that happen?)

[Silver Ghia]

Sounds horrible, they should be banned everywhere immediately. The people using those must have no feelings whatsoever IMO.

Those plastic traps shown earlier work well from my experience, using peanut butter.

[Charliewool]

Just be careful he's not a Nolan's Cheddar mouse!...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqlQS5CCmwI

[left]

Thumbs up to GavinB. Fair enough to get rid of the little guy but it doesn't take much to be humane about it. Some of the suggestions here have been making my stomach churn.

OP I still reckon you should keep him and give him a name, it seems like he is enjoying your company

[svo supporter]

I know I'll cop flack for this comments, but here goes anyway. Who really cares how "inhumane" these glue raps are. As long as you catch the mouse.

Has anyone seen what a mouse can do to a wiring loom in a car or a house? Personally, I'd prefer the mouse to suffer, rather than have one of them chew wiring in a car or my home and me end up either in intensive care or dead from burns.

[GavinB]

Originally Posted by svo supporter

I know I'll cop flack for this comments, but here goes anyway. Who really cares how "inhumane" these glue raps are. As long as you catch the mouse.

I suppose I care because I actually have a conscience and respect that fact that they're animals that can feel pain. You can still catch the mouse anyway, without being too inhumane about it.

What do you gain by making it suffer? What is the point?

Personally, I'd prefer the mouse to suffer, rather than have one of them chew wiring in a car or my home and me end up either in intensive care or dead from burns.

That's pretty simplistic. The mouse has no intention to hurt you, or cause you to suffer - and yet, you have the intent to? It's like you're saying here "either make it suffer or die"... uhh, that doesn't make too much sense considering you don't need to do that to solve the problem.

[BOSHOG]

Originally Posted by svo supporter

I know I'll cop flack for this comments, but here goes anyway. Who really cares how "inhumane" these glue raps are. As long as you catch the mouse.

Has anyone seen what a mouse can do to a wiring loom in a car or a house? Personally, I'd prefer the mouse to suffer, rather than have one of them chew wiring in a car or my home and me end up either in intensive care or dead from burns.

im with you mate, its a mouse FFS! some people care more about these disease bags than they do about their own health and safety. the damage they do to wiring alone can cause house fires, let alone the diseases they spread.

ive tried all different things to catch mice and nothing works like a glue board, so ill continue using them

[GavinB]

Originally Posted by BOSHOG

im with you mate, its a mouse FFS! some people care more about these disease bags than they do about their own health and safety. the damage they do to wiring alone can cause house fires, let alone the diseases they spread.

Thing is, no one is saying they care more about mice then their health. And quite frankly, that is a strawman argument. You've given reasons why we need to get rid of them, yeah, but no one is arguing that. But that's not the point.

Heck, some of the stuff we've done as a species is comparatively a lot worse... but does that mean we should torture each other? Just saying, no need to be a jerk about things.