Mice in the airplane.

I went to visit a fellow Tcraft owner this morning and noticed he had
the tail up on an inverted bucket. Why? He said it was to keep mice
out.

Looked pretty precarious.

Anyone know of a better way other than a rat snake or a cat? - Mike

On May 25, 11:43*am, Michael Horowitz wrote:
I went to visit a fellow Tcraft owner this morning and noticed he had
the tail up on an inverted bucket. Why? He said it was to keep mice
out.

Looked pretty precarious.

Anyone know of a better way other than a rat snake or a cat? - Mike

See if you can find some of this stuff:

http://www.petvetsupply.com/rodmfar001.html

Hardware stores or farm supply stores will have it. It looks tasty, so
keep it away from kids or pets. It kills mice dead with one feeding. I
keep two or three chunks around the airplane, near the wheels, and
have absolutely no trouble with mice. They eat some, don't feel too
good, and go away somewhere to die. I never find dead mice.

Dan

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On May 25, 11:43*am, Michael Horowitz wrote:
I went to visit a fellow Tcraft owner this morning and noticed he had
the tail up on an inverted bucket. Why? He said it was to keep mice
out.

Looked pretty precarious.

Anyone know of a better way other than a rat snake or a cat? - Mike

See if you can find some of this stuff:

http://www.petvetsupply.com/rodmfar001.html

Hardware stores or farm supply stores will have it. It looks tasty, so
keep it away from kids or pets. It kills mice dead with one feeding. I
keep two or three chunks around the airplane, near the wheels, and
have absolutely no trouble with mice. They eat some, don't feel too
good, and go away somewhere to die. I never find dead mice.

Dan

Mice don't like the smell of mothballs! Throw some of those into remote
areas of the plane, where the little critters might enter.

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Michael Horowitz wrote:
I went to visit a fellow Tcraft owner this morning and noticed he had
the tail up on an inverted bucket. Why? He said it was to keep mice
out.

Looked pretty precarious.

Anyone know of a better way other than a rat snake or a cat? - Mike

Mint leaves - exchange occasionally. (Google mint and mice it if you don't
believe me!)

Not only do mice not care for the smell of mint, the aircraft will remain
in mint condition! ;-)

How many male moths do you have to catch to get enough mothballs to make a
difference?

{;-)

Jim



Mice don't like the smell of mothballs! Throw some of those into remote
areas of the plane, where the little critters might enter.

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wrote:

On May 25, 11:43 am, Michael Horowitz wrote:
I went to visit a fellow Tcraft owner this morning and noticed he had
the tail up on an inverted bucket. Why? He said it was to keep mice
out.

Looked pretty precarious.

Anyone know of a better way other than a rat snake or a cat? - Mike

See if you can find some of this stuff:

http://www.petvetsupply.com/rodmfar001.html

Hardware stores or farm supply stores will have it. It looks tasty, so
keep it away from kids or pets. It kills mice dead with one feeding. I
keep two or three chunks around the airplane, near the wheels, and
have absolutely no trouble with mice. They eat some, don't feel too
good, and go away somewhere to die. I never find dead mice.

Dan

Mice don't like the smell of mothballs! Throw some of those into remote
areas of the plane, where the little critters might enter.

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Remove _'s from email address to talk to me.

I don't like the smell either--so you'll keep me out as well...

Peter

On May 25, 12:42 pm, Orval Fairbairn
wrote:

Mice don't like the smell of mothballs! Throw some of those into remote
areas of the plane, where the little critters might enter.

I used to do that, putting up with the stink and all, until I found a
pair of mice making their nest in the airplane anyway. I think they
get used to it within a few years, through several generations of
mice, and it doesn't bother them anymore. I switched to the bar bait
after that, and I doubt they'll get used to it!

But birds hate mothballs. Works to keep them away.

Dan

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"RST Engineering - JIm" wrote:

How many male moths do you have to catch to get enough mothballs to make a
difference?


A whole flock of them! ;0

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Michael Horowitz wrote:
I went to visit a fellow Tcraft owner this morning and noticed he had
the tail up on an inverted bucket. Why? He said it was to keep mice
out.

Looked pretty precarious.

Anyone know of a better way other than a rat snake or a cat? - Mike

A 12 Ga with #7½ or #8 shot usually kills 'em every time!!

I'm surprised to not see any mention of the most common rat/mouse trap
from when I was a kid.

It was a bucket about half full of water with a piece of newsprint or
masking paper drawn tight across the top. Using a RAZOR, or a knife
having a razor-sharp blade, the center of the paper was cut in an X-
pattern about half the diameter of the bucket. Suspended over the
bucket was the bait, usually a glob of peanut butter or a piece of
bacon rind. If suspended from the ceiling, a rat-guard was fabricated
from dead soft leading edge material.

In use, the rodent would go for the bait, the paper would refuse to
bear its weight and into the water it would go.

In a closed hangar the bucket was checked about every three days;
about once a week in an open hangar.

Zero cost. A chore that usually fell to the line-boy (me), who didn't
like to look when I poured the contents of the bucket down the
toilet... although we occasionally caught some GOOD SIZED rodents.

-Bob