Bounce Sheets.......

[YellowRose]

Prepare to laugh!

I have seen, over the last few years, suggestions regarding how to keep mice out of your Tbird. One of the suggestions was to place Bounce sheets inside the car. That would, supposedly, keep the mice out because of the smell...

Here is JohnG's experience with using Bounce sheets to keep the mice out, after I suggested he use them over the Winter!

"I put a bunch of Bounce sheets in the car. The mouse dragged an acorn into the trunk and proceeded to sit on top of the Bounce sheet eating the acorn!!! Then it took a dump on the Bounce sheet and left! I was appalled! Now I am using old fashioned Victor mouse traps and knocking 'em off that way."

[Yadkin]

Some people swear by them. My neighbor has them tied in places all over his engine compartment.

I put them loosely in the upper part of ski and winter boots stored for the summer. This was after I had a mouse give birth to a litter inside one then get herself killed in a trap. The babied died and the stink ruined a good boot.

I put them loosely in the exhaust pipes of stored cars. Even if you forget them upon start-up, they just eject themselves.

Effective or not, they can't do any harm.

[JohnG]

I agree . . can't hurt. I still put them all over the place during the winter. I guess I will say the results are "mixed".

I have a friend in Maine who puts them throughout his Avanti and never has a sign of a mouse.

Meanwhile I like to believe with the old school traps I am single handedly wiping out the mouse population of central Massachusetts and thereby reducing the spread of assorted illnesses including Lyme disease. Heck, I should be hearing from the World Health Organization anytime now!

[Yadkin]

No one has invented a better mouse trap. I built a cabin in the NC mountains 10 years ago and it became infested with the **** things. I went to the hardware store and picked up an assortment of traps, including some "pet proof" ones that the mouse goes into and gets slowly crushed. Several weeks went by and I didn't catch a thing.

Then one night I had the pet-proof in a bedroom only to wake up one night with a poor little voice screaming in pain. I took it outside and nailed it with a hammer.

After that I disposed of all those type and bought several package of the old-school and loaded 'em all up with peanut butter. I was killing up to 4/ day until I got rid of all of them.

The $40 Victor Pest Chaser works to keep them out. I have those in several areas of the house now.

[Dan Leavens]

John hope The World Health group contacts you soon and presents a citation to you I agree old fashion mouse traps do the trick.

[simplyconnected]

I'm with John. Although my neighbors go into denial, our city has had rats and mice in 'waves' for a number of years.
My dog got the first rat. That led me to setting traps in a small area inaccessible to pets. I ended up with 11 one summer. My city has had so many complaints they put up a web site on Norway Rats and their habits, which opened my eyes quite a bit. Soon after I caught one, my neighbor started setting traps, then it became a contest.

Those Victor traps are a good start, but I developed a 'better rat trap.' The bait trigger is useless, so I coiled solid #14 copper wire (household romex) into a 1/2" coil, spread out the turns, then I soldered it to the metal trigger. That way I use bigger chunks of bait so they can get a good whiff and they 'work' at getting it out. (SNAP!). I also screw the trap to a longer board for two reasons; the bail wire becomes much more effective and I'm distanced from the carcass when disposing the body. Two traps are much better than one.

I was amazed that rodents would attempt to enter my yard because my dogs (at the time I had two) were immediately on the case. I didn't see any rats last summer but I know those little evil 'incarnates of the devil' are out there, lurking. - Dave