Mice

Now that I put my rig in the garage Ive been thinking about the mouse urine problem.  Are there any thoughts about swabbing some cotton with Fox urine and putting it in a couple of the boats storage areas?        CARPIO 

If you cover, I've used mothballs for years. Works like a charm.

I use mint oil.  I soak a couple cotton balls and place them where I don’t want mice

Wow, hard to argue with that video clip...

I’ve always been of the understanding that mice have sensitive sniffers, and avoid any strong odor.  

In the video clip the mice were taking bites out of the Irish Spring soap.  

I don’t put Irish Spring soap shavings in my boat, but the clip has me wondering about how effective anything is with a strong odor i.e. dryer sheets, peppermint oil, lavender, cedar chips etc.  

I will say lavender has been working well for me, maybe I’m just lucky, or maybe mice despise lavender lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhQjxTwQdpk

Certified Angus Beef?    Doesn’t that draw rats?   CARPIO 

Menards has the lavender wicks as shown below, on sale thru 11-9.     1.99 Ea.       I bought 6.   I didn’t take the seal off, only the cap.  I’ll re- use them next season.  CARPIO 

X.  Thanks.  CARPIO 

I bought the ones plum shows in his post.  It is a plastic cannister type, 1.99 at menards.

lavender WMD

I googled the lavender packets up and it appears that there’s a few options.  Any specific type?   

menards lavender is pretty close to a WMD minus the boat destruction................

Thanks chaw!    I’ll settle down and re-think that option.   

The Banjo Minnow of pest control. I smell a rat and if you go with that device you will too. 

Go with the strong scents Carpio. That device may work but you can do just fine with mothballs, lavender, dryer sheets, cedar, Irish Spring, etc. Those are all cheap options that work so why take a chance? I don’t want mice throwing a rave in your storage areas. 

Don’t forget if you have pets that sound may not agree with them.

Amazing devices, computers!    After going back to the MICE thread to re-read about cedar and lavender packets an ad popped up for.   ” Ultrasonic Pest Defender”. It sounds promising!    Apparently nobody has tried one out so I’ll probably give it a try.     CARPIO 

I hear ya nif, but when you throw away the deodorizer in the spring, and take the cover off, the boat airs out quickly.  

When you put a bunch of mothballs in a 1/2 dozen socks, and then put the cover on your boat, the smell takes forever to leave in spring.  

Fast forward 3 months and your boat cover still stinks like mothballs.  

I remember about three springs ago, my family took a trip to the Wolf River, and the whole trip in our boat, I smelled nothing but mothballs.  

I thought there had to be a better way...  so lavender it is lol

now it smells like a french whorehouse, lol... but rodent free