Looking for mice proof foam

[Phil Waterman]

Hi David

Currently we are cat less hence the mice problem. The cat poo will fit right in with environmentally friendly approach to pest problem we've been using Coyote pee to control the racoons who kept trying for the for the bird seed.

But your suggestion made us laugh, at the practical beauty of the logic.

Rob will have to look for the traps you are talking about, because we seem to get mice in waves that overwhelm the standard one at a time traps.

But finding a foam or something to soak the foam in so mice don't like it is my hope.

Cheers Phil

[Bob Carriere]

....but we have domesticated cats and a few feral cats that roam around the canvass Winter shelters all Winter long looking for a quick snack...... but the cats DO pee on everything so it works as a repellent......even repels us when we open up the Winter garages in the Spring time....... Now squirrels are another story..... and they love eating the plastic insulation on the barn electrical wires....... feeding them off the bird feeder does not help......

[rob love]

Here is the type of trap I use. So do the exterminators who maintain the museum. If the price scares you, compare that to the price of damages the little buggers cause.



https://www.amazon.ca/Kness-101-0-00.../dp/B00004RA4D


And here is a new one to me. They attach a jar of water and a tunnel from the trap area to drown them. https://www.ebay.ca/itm/Kness-Ketch-...4383.l4275.c10

[Grant Bowker]

Isn't there a phrase close to "Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door"?

Clearly the one with the bottle is the "new, improved" Mark 78 mouse trap....

And then: "There's a sucker born every minute". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There%...n_every_minute

[Wayne Hingley]

The water is a good idea. I was told years ago that if you don't want rotting mice in your walls or other places when using poison, just place a pan or bucket of water near the poison. When they eat the poison, it burns their insides and they will go for water, jump in and drown (easy to collect). The only problem is in the winter when the water tends to be frozen (but maybe that doesn't happen in Manitoba ). The collection trap that Rob shows is the way to go, water option or not. Maybe antifreeze will work as a substitute for the water...?

As Bob mentions: squirrels are the worst for causing serious damage and mess. Hundreds of squirrels have "mysteriously" passed away around my property over the past few years .

[rob love]

Originally Posted by Wayne Hingley

The only problem is in the winter when the water tends to be frozen (but maybe that doesn't happen in Manitoba ).

Water in Manitoba is indeed frozen in the winter but does not freeze in the winter. That's because it freezes in the fall and does not thaw until the spring.


Why do I live in this god-forsaken wasteland??

[Grant Bowker]

Originally Posted by rob love

Why do I live in this god-forsaken wasteland??

Because of the treasures you find in your favorite local scrapyard? (that are preserved by the miserable cold and lack of humidity) And because the climate reduces competition for these goodies?

[Wayne Hingley]

Originally Posted by rob love

Why do I live in this god-forsaken wasteland??

Because it builds character.

Back to Phil's question: Im not aware of any mice-proof foam or plastic products, they seem to love the sport of chewing through both. However, I don't think they will chew on rubber. Would it be possible to use a thin rubber product to wrap your foam block? Or perhaps encapsulate the foam in a leather sheath? Again, I could be off track, but I don't recall ever seeing mouse damage on rubber or leather products.