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Those of us who live in the country may have had the experience of finding mouse damage to our garden tractors/mowers: mice seem to love the tasty insulation on wiring, and nest builidng inside where it's dark and safe is an issue, too. After replacing a chewed magneto on my old Wheelhorse, I learned from an oldtimer to just leave the engine cover up-open. No problems since on any mowers.

I put 1/4" x 1/4" hardware wire screens over my air intakes and give the engine compartments a squirt of WD-40. I also give my tool box drawers a squirt too. Keeps rust down and mice out.

Bruce
Springville, PA

I have two cats, I don't feed them and mice don't seem to be a problem around my property:laughing:

We had a mouse here and there in our garage but (knock on wood!) never had a problem with them chewing through anything important. And a little peanut butter on a mousetrap and voila! No more mice!

This reminds me of a couple of years back. We brought out the 4-wheeler and the lawn mower after Winter and there were mouse nests in both! Gross..... There was only 1 dead mouse in the lawn mower. My hubby left the top up too and it's parked in the shed.

I have 4 cats that just roam all over my property, and I've never had a mouse problem. My cats are my exterminators. But in case you don't want cats, just try a classic mousetrap with a little peanut butter, that should do the trick.:smile:

essasmallengines said:

I have two cats, I don't feed them and mice don't seem to be a problem around my property:laughing:

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I perfer a mouse over cats. I use the traps and sticky pads.

How do you use the computer??? If your mouse is stuck in a trap somwhere??
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

I also use peanut butter, but have to remember where they are so grand children
don't get into them.

T.J.

I have heard of farmers using dryer sheets (those sheets you put in the clothes dryer) in tractors and combines after harvest to keep mice out of the cab and engine compartment.
I can't say if it works or not as we have 5 cats patrolling 24/7.

I don't have much luck with peanut butter but I do with pepperoni. For some reason I catch more mice with the pepperoni. I think it's because the mice have to pull harder to get the pepperoni out of the trap and then it snaps!

I plan on getting a cat or two, just in case I run into a rodent problem. But if I need extra enforcement I'll remember this pepperoni tip.

Thanks :biggrin:

Zeroturn said:

I don't have much luck with peanut butter but I do with pepperoni. For some reason I catch more mice with the pepperoni. I think it's because the mice have to pull harder to get the pepperoni out of the trap and then it snaps!

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Bought this 2165 cheap. It wouldn't start because mice ate the wiring.

My mouse trap is a 5 gallon bucket. I insert a hard wire such as a coat hanger through an empty soft drink can. I put some peanut butter on the can and then place the wire and can on the top lip of the bucket. It works best to put 2 small indentations on the lip to keep the can centered on the bucket. Fill the bucket half full of water or windshield washing fluid in the winter. Place a small board on the edge of the bucket to the floor for the mice to crawl up to the top of the bucket. They jump to get on the can with the peanut butter and it rolls them off the can and into the bucket. I have found as many as 3 mice in the bucket at a time.

If you crumple aluminum foil and shove it in things it will deter rodents, my dad used to do it all the time, not sure why it works, guess they don't like the taste or feel.