Looking for mice proof foam

[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.

[rob love]

Originally Posted by Wayne Hingley

Again, I could be off track, but I don't recall ever seeing mouse damage on rubber or leather products.

According to google and Orkin, mice don't mind chewing through either of those products.

https://www.orkin.com/rodents/mouse-...-can-mice-chew

Here is a video of the mousetrap with drowning attachment.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCIlIEPR0bc

[Wayne Hingley]

OK... maybe rubber & leather are off the table... along with low gauge aluminum mesh (who knew?).

Thanks for the research video Rob. Mouse trap videos are a new source of entertainment for me. I was waiting to see the rat eat the mouse...

[Phil Waterman]

Hi All

I've been getting much entertainment from the responses. I forgot to mention that I think mice have it in for my family, My daughter and her husband have had two Hondas that the mice liked to chew on the wiring doing several thousand dollars to the cars.

Years ago the mice took out the clutch on my HUP they built a nest on top of the throw out bearing, when I pushed in the clutch to start the engine the nest was thrown out by the spining. The nesting material lodge in the pivot point of the spring disk and the clutch would not engage. It was pull the transmission look at the pressure plate assembly, the problem was very obvious disassemble the pressure plate and put the whole thing back in.

One of my old methods was to just leave old antifreeze jugs with just a little old antifreeze laying on there sides with no cap. Worked pretty well but not sure if it is any more environmentally friendly than Decon. Beginning to think along the lines of peanut butter on some 220 volt contacts. But probably have to redo the peanut butter after each grilled mouse.

Cheers Phil