getting rid of a mouse in the jeep

Dunedin

Just discovered a lovely four legged friend in the back of the jeep. I think that he got in when I threw a bag of grass seed that mice got at in a shed and I put it in the jeep to keep them away from it and it might be that he was transferred directly in the bag!!

Any suggestions on how best to get rid of him (or her), apart from the obvious setting a trap.

patsy_mccabe

Cat.

raypallas

Clean out the back of it. Little bit of fatty ham into a trap, works every time some people say chocolate but never tried it. Caught 3 mice in 3 days last time I had to put one out. If you leave the jeep parked up for a day it might help.

raspberrypi67

Humane trap with chocolate...tey love it...

Dunedin

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Cat.

Cat died last week.....

Lady Haywire

Dunedin wrote: »

Cat died last week.....

You now have a pet mouse!:P

Gravelly

You are only the second person I've ever heard of this happening to - a friend of ours got a mouse in her car (it's a mystery how) last year - she was, to put it mildly, not pleased to discover her new passenger while driving down the road, fortunately at fairly low speed.
They eventually caught him in a trap, and she made the husband sell the car straight afterwards!

Dunedin

Gravelly wrote: »

You are only the second person I've ever heard of this happening to - a friend of ours got a mouse in her car (it's a mystery how) last year - she was, to put it mildly, not pleased to discover her new passenger while driving down the road, fortunately at fairly low speed.
They eventually caught him in a trap, and she made the husband sell the car straight afterwards![/quote


I hope the wife doesn’t read this post so cos I ain’t selling no Jeep.

whelan2

Just be glad it's not a rat.....

RoscommonTom

the rats can bite threw the wires, my uncle had his van written off cos of it, bit of poison will kill the ****

Genghis Cant

We'd a rat in the car here last winter. Steeped he didn't do much damage. He ate some foam packing in behind the steering column.
We put four rat traps inside the car and caught him.
I'd do the same for a mouse. Stick in plenty of traps. I bait them with Nutella. Remove any obvious food source . You don't want him eating anything he shouldn't be eating in the car.

whelan2

Imagine driving and realising there's a rat in your car.....

Bass Reeves

Do not use poison as he will die in car and the smell will be terrible. Traps best option whether humane version or not. Mice can live on virtually nothing and can survive without water for ages. Traps are the only option in this case. Bait with roasted peanut or butter

Gravelly

whelan2 wrote: »

Imagine driving and realising there's a rat in your car.....

I remember reading years ago about lads using a pet rat to rob cars somewhere - they waited at traffic lights on a warm day, and when someone stopped with their window down they threw the rat in - driver exits rapidly, leaving the keys in the ignition, and off they go, with their pet rat as a passenger for the next time.

tanko

Burn the jeep, problem solved.

Or put in a trap or two.

kay 9

Trap. Happened aunts car last year.
Little bastid ate a hole in the passenger seat.
Id be more concerned about wiring looms etc

raspberrypi67

It's 'Siberian Hamster..!!! lol

whelan2 wrote: »

Imagine driving and realising there's a rat in your car.....

lakill Farm

I know a lad who had to get a 18 month old John deere combine rewired after a rat attack over the winter. Seems the feckers ate all the 25kg of poison he had baiting the combine and they still destroyed the wires

A 6 month old combine sitting next to it and they never touched it

and even bigger mystery. The 2 combines worked in the same field on the last job of the year so its not like one had a nicer smell than the other and the combines were full washed down, blown out and packed away for the winter

dexter_morgan

Dunedin wrote: »

Just discovered a lovely four legged friend in the back of the jeep. I think that he got in when I threw a bag of grass seed that mice got at in a shed and I put it in the jeep to keep them away from it and it might be that he was transferred directly in the bag!!

Any suggestions on how best to get rid of him (or her), apart from the obvious setting a trap.

Apparently rats and mice won't live in the same vicinity. So just catch a rat and put it in your jeep! Mouse problem will be solved!

Clean it out to remove any possible food source and then leave a trap.

Peanut butter or nutella are the current suggestions as bait - they won't be dislodged by accident and smell very nice to them - the mouse will have to climb up to the bait to get it.

Gravelly

dexter_morgan wrote: »

Apparently rats and mice won't live in the same vicinity. So just catch a rat and put it in your jeep! Mouse problem will be solved!

You'll end up like yer wan that swallowed the spider to catch the fly - you'll throw in a terrier to catch the rat, then you'll throw in a crocodile to catch the terrier etc.

Dr Turk Turkelton

Dunedin wrote: »

Cat died last week.....

I think there could be a career in country and western music for you as a songwriter.

Lady Haywire

Dr Turk Turkelton wrote: »

I think there could be a career in country and western music for you as a songwriter.

My cat died last week...(du du du duuuuu)
Now there's a mouse in my caa-aaar (du du du duuuuu)
Just looked in the glove box...(du du du duuuuu)
It ate my chocolate baaa-aaar (du du du duuuuu)

Dr Turk Turkelton

Lady Haywire wrote: »

My cat died last week...(du du du duuuuu)
Now there's a mouse in my caa-aaar (du du du duuuuu)
Just looked in the glove box...(du du du duuuuu)
It ate my chocolate baaa-aaar (du du du duuuuu)

Haha brilliant, all he needs now is the mouse to eat through some wires in the car and set the barn on fire with all the cows in it and he will be Gareth Brooks main rival by next week.

kevthegaff

Butter for mice

Gravelly

kevthegaff wrote: »

Butter for mice

I prefer them with some mayonnaise myself.

kk.man

Scrap the jeep ðŸ˜

gozunda

Bucket mouse trap ...



Just don't corner too hard ....

have2flushtwice

The black mouse traps are the best.
Old story around home of a lad who caught a rat in a trap ... He wasn't fully dead so let it out and he covered it in petrol and lit it... Got a new lease of life and ran into the hayshed... Karma? I I Like the bucket trap!

Genghis Cant

Did you get him yet op?

Lady Haywire

Genghis Cant wrote: »

Did you get him yet op?

Dunedin hasn't posted in over a day. Mouse must have got him. :pac:

Dunedin

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Dunedin hasn't posted in over a day. Mouse must have got him. :pac:

I’m that tired between working, cows calving, a calf that won’t suck and two young kids that won’t sleep, I’m afraid to look into the Jeep in case the mouse knocks me over.

Will clean out the Jeep Saturday morning and set the traps and will let ye know then. 🀞

Lady Haywire

Dunedin wrote: »

I’m that tired between working, cows calving, a calf that won’t suck and two young kids that won’t sleep, I’m afraid to look into the Jeep in case the mouse knocks me over.

Will clean out the Jeep Saturday morning and set the traps and will let ye know then. ��

Don't lie....I know you're the mouse, where have you hidden Dunedin!!! He didn't deserve to be kidnapped by a mouse, in his own jeep!:D

tabby aspreme

kevthegaff wrote: »

Butter for mice

Pimp your trap.
Use Nutella , with the wire for holding the spring back, bent slightly downwards, it's harder to set but deadly

cj maxx

Dousethe jeep in petrol and light it . Mouse gone 😄

Base price

The mouse equivalent of the Waltons moved into the farm jeep a few months ago. I noticed their presence after new bags of meal had those tell tail holes in them. I put the electronic mouse trap into the jeep and within 3 days and nights got 11 of them. I originally bought the electronic mouse trap after recommendations here on F&F and to date it has accounted for 80 odd mice in two Winters between my use and loaning it to family members. The best part is that you can throw the dead mice (deadmau5 ) onto the roof of your house or shed knowing that it will not negatively impact the health of any bird that takes it.
This is the one that I bought
https://www.ie.screwfix.com/procter-pest-stop-electronic-mouse-killer.html?utm_source=Google&utm_medium=CPC&utm_campaign=Shopping&gclid=Cj0KCQjwqM3VBRCwARIsAKcekb0fsaX3JLU10lPjI0vkXs2hyYoNzwI6M-0CTWK7vEdBhvEjzfZ8Mb8aAhD0EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
Edit to say - I don't like nor ever liked setting mouse snap traps as I always reckoned I'd get trapped in the process!

Genghis Cant

^^^ Are they hard on batteries?

CelticRambler

Gravelly wrote: »

You are only the second person I've ever heard of this happening to

Three, if you count fellow boards.ies. Suffered a plague of them in my campervan this winter after parking up for (much) longer than planned.

RoscommonTom wrote: »

the rats can bite threw the wires

Mice too:


Found the fecker on Tuesday, sleeping eternally :mad:.


Regular traps did nothing, so ended up using poison ... but suffered the stink afterwards, so might get one of those electronic traps for future use.

I'm pretty sure I have one in the car's heater too.

Base price

Genghis Cant wrote: »

^^^ Are they hard on batteries?

I bought a set of 4 when I got it originally and put in another set just before Christmas and they are still working. 2 sets of batteries for 80 odd mice

Gravelly

Base price wrote: »

The mouse equivalent of the Waltons moved into the farm jeep a few months ago. I noticed their presence after new bags of meal had those tell tail holes in them. I put the electronic mouse trap into the jeep and within 3 days and nights got 11 of them. I originally bought the electronic mouse trap after recommendations here on F&F and to date it has accounted for 80 odd mice in two Winters between my use and loaning it to family members. The best part is that you can throw the dead mice (deadmau5 ) onto the roof of your house or shed knowing that it will not negatively impact the health of any bird that takes it.
This is the one that I bought
https://www.ie.screwfix.com/procter-pest-stop-electronic-mouse-killer.html?utm_source=Google&utm_medium=CPC&utm_campaign=Shopping&gclid=Cj0KCQjwqM3VBRCwARIsAKcekb0fsaX3JLU10lPjI0vkXs2hyYoNzwI6M-0CTWK7vEdBhvEjzfZ8Mb8aAhD0EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
Edit to say - I don't like nor ever liked setting mouse snap traps as I always reckoned I'd get trapped in the process!

Never knew such a thing existed - must get one!

Base price

Gravelly wrote: »

Never knew such a thing existed - must get one!

I got it in a local supermarket but I'm sure agri stores would have them.
Edit - I found peanut butter worked best as a bait.

gozunda

Base price wrote: »

The mouse equivalent of the Waltons moved into the farm jeep a few months ago. I noticed their presence after new bags of meal had those tell tail holes in them. I put the electronic mouse trap into the jeep and within 3 days and nights got 11 of them. I originally bought the electronic mouse trap after recommendations here on F&F and to date it has accounted for 80 odd mice in two Winters between my use and loaning it to family members. The best part is that you can throw the dead mice (deadmau5 ) onto the roof of your house or shed knowing that it will not negatively impact the health of any bird that takes it.
This is the one that I bought
https://www.ie.screwfix.com/procter-pest-stop-electronic-mouse-killer.html?utm_source=Google&utm_medium=CPC&utm_campaign=Shopping&gclid=Cj0KCQjwqM3VBRCwARIsAKcekb0fsaX3JLU10lPjI0vkXs2hyYoNzwI6M-0CTWK7vEdBhvEjzfZ8Mb8aAhD0EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
Edit to say - I don't like nor ever liked setting mouse snap traps as I always reckoned I'd get trapped in the process!

From the advert lol ...

Tamper-proof design, safe to use around children and pets (excluding rodent pets)

Base price

I was chatting to my brother earlier about this thread/mice in vehicles and he told me that the same manufacturer has a battery operated electronic rat trap simular to the mouse one. He also said that you can buy mains electronic rat traps (afaik from a different manufacturer) but they are about €80 each. Anyway I had a look on line at battery one and it can kill 12 rats with a set of 4 "c" (flash lamp) batteries.
If it's as good as the mouse one then it's worth €53.
https://www.ie.screwfix.com/procter-electronic-rat-killer.html?utm_source=Google&utm_medium=CPC&utm_campaign=Shopping&gclid=Cj0KCQjwy9LVBRDOARIsAGqoVnuYCC8DAS8WIbhkxT-kCrN49998LDb0GuUE3yQIjYsCr3QFgBwBHM0aAq7OEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
BTW I have no affiliation with screwfix it's just the first website that pops up when I google pest stop.

Dunedin

Right folks, here goes.

Will keep you posted. PS. Hope the missus doesn’t look in the window....

Base price

Dunedin wrote: »

Right folks, here goes.

Will keep you posted. PS. Hope the missus doesn’t look in the window....

Best of luck.

Dunedin

Base price wrote: »

Best of luck.

I ordered two of them electric ones also so there won’t be a mouse left in Offaly soon.

Base price

Dunedin wrote: »

I ordered two of them electric ones also so there won’t be a mouse left in Offaly soon.

I ordered one of the rat traps yesterday so I will let ye know how it preforms. We have a few fat feckers in the yard munching on spilt meal from the cattle. I don't like using rodenticides due to the knock on effects with raptors
I reckon that I have a bit of a battle to entice the rats into the new trap when it arrives. Any suggestions on what bait to use are welcomed. My instinct is to go with sardines/tuna in oil that you buy in Lidl/Aldi for 30 odd cent per tin.

hammerdub

Dunedin wrote: »

I ordered two of them electric ones also so there won’t be a mouse left in Offaly soon.

Set traps with red end facing straight into wall of jeep and not lenght ways the way they are in photo. The more traps used the better

Bass Reeves

hammerdub wrote: »

Set traps with red end facing straight into wall of jeep and not lenght ways the way they are in photo. The more traps used the better

Correct rodents run along walls as opposed to into them. I have a few of the grey self set ones from years ago, you did not need bait with them just set them against a wall.

decky1

Guy's it's a mouse----if he starts driving it around the yard then you know your in trouble.

JJayoo

Set it on fire, mouses are allergic to fire