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Combat Theory
Jul 16, 2017

1. A Cat
2. The piss spray
3. Actual Rat and mice traps
4. Rat and mice poison
5. Teaching kid how to hunt mice and rats with an air gun
6. Upgrade kids air gun with thermal imager so they can hunt at night when the bastards are out and about.
7. Marder (no idea about the english name) sound generator

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MetaJew
Apr 14, 2006
Gather round, one and all, and thrill to my turgid tales of underwhelming misadventure!
I have some "red fox urine" that is apparently used for masking the scent of hunters-- but I had tried to use to keep squirrels from chewing on my wood trim. It didn't seem to work, and then my house smelled like dog piss.

Since I had it, I sprayed it around the area where i park my car, and misted the cement under the car to see if that has any effect.

Is the coyote piss supposed to be better or more reliable? We have coyotes and gray foxes here in central Texas, but I have no idea if rodents even care about the scent.

Rexxed
May 1, 2010

Dis is amazing!
I gotta try dis!

MetaJew posted:

I have some "red fox urine" that is apparently used for masking the scent of hunters-- but I had tried to use to keep squirrels from chewing on my wood trim. It didn't seem to work, and then my house smelled like dog piss.

Since I had it, I sprayed it around the area where i park my car, and misted the cement under the car to see if that has any effect.

Is the coyote piss supposed to be better or more reliable? We have coyotes and gray foxes here in central Texas, but I have no idea if rodents even care about the scent.

I tried the granule one but it didn't seem to stop much and needs to be reapplied fairly often. Mousetrap Monday checked out Fresh Cab mouse repellent but it didn't stop mice, just reduced their frequency of visits so it might help inside a vehicle:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Bd1GS3zF-E

His other videos have a lot of mouse traps and would be worth a look if you have a lot on your property.

Applebees Appetizer
Jan 23, 2006

Traditional snap traps with Slim Jims for bait, works every loving time.

madeintaipei
Jul 13, 2012

Combat Theory posted:

7. Marder (no idea about the english name) sound generator

Marten, specifically the Pine Marten. Marderabwergerät sounds funny.

MetaJew
Apr 14, 2006
Gather round, one and all, and thrill to my turgid tales of underwhelming misadventure!

Applebees Appetizer posted:

Traditional snap traps with Slim Jims for bait, works every loving time.

Will those work outdoors?

um excuse me
Jan 1, 2016

by Fluffdaddy
Abating mice from my garage when I first moved in, I just used a combo of poison bait and snap traps. The mice went after both and I stopped seeing them after about two months. Peanut butter was my bait of choice.

You need to find a choke point to trap, or a travel corridor. Mice and rats hug walls and corners so that would be the first place I tried. Look for their poop and holes.

If they don't seem to be going for your traps you need to bait them first with just plain bait to train them to keep checking the same area. Then you put down the trap.

um excuse me fucked around with this message at 15:35 on Oct 5, 2020

xzzy
Mar 5, 2009

Get a cat. :colbert:

Our current place had a couple mice when we moved in and our cats are the laziest housecats in history but after a couple months of living there the mice disappeared and we've seen none in the years since. No kills either, they just noped out.

um excuse me
Jan 1, 2016

by Fluffdaddy
The previous owners of my house had 5 cats and a mouse problem. I have none and no mouse problem, as a counterpoint.

xzzy
Mar 5, 2009

Sorry my anecdote beats yours because cats are adorable.

Applebees Appetizer
Jan 23, 2006

MetaJew posted:

Will those work outdoors?

Absolutely. You just have to make sure you secure the slim jim on the tab, most of them have a little barb on the tab so you can just stab the slim jim onto the barb so the rodents have to pull on it, and they will pull on that slim jim every drat time.

I caught a potential rat problem and stopped it in it's tracks, I got three of them within a half hour of laying out the traps and got the rest overnight after that and haven't had any issues since.

MetaJew
Apr 14, 2006
Gather round, one and all, and thrill to my turgid tales of underwhelming misadventure!

Applebees Appetizer posted:

Absolutely. You just have to make sure you secure the slim jim on the tab, most of them have a little barb on the tab so you can just stab the slim jim onto the barb so the rodents have to pull on it, and they will pull on that slim jim every drat time.

I caught a potential rat problem and stopped it in it's tracks, I got three of them within a half hour of laying out the traps and got the rest overnight after that and haven't had any issues since.

Okay maybe I'll try this and put a trap or two next to the tire under the car.

As I mentioned earlier, the car is parked outside in my driveway. I try to keep the lawn short and there shouldn't be any food source near the car itself. I'm not sure what attracted the rodent, but I'm still unhappy.

david_a
Apr 24, 2010




Megamarm

Applebees Appetizer posted:

Absolutely. You just have to make sure you secure the slim jim on the tab, most of them have a little barb on the tab so you can just stab the slim jim onto the barb so the rodents have to pull on it, and they will pull on that slim jim every drat time.
NEED A LITTLE EXTERMINATION?

Finger Prince
Jan 5, 2007


david_a posted:

NEED A LITTLE EXTERMINATION?


I'm sure it's effective, but it just seems a bit cruel to trick the poor bastards into cannibalism before snapping their spines.

Applebees Appetizer
Jan 23, 2006

MetaJew posted:

Okay maybe I'll try this and put a trap or two next to the tire under the car.

As I mentioned earlier, the car is parked outside in my driveway. I try to keep the lawn short and there shouldn't be any food source near the car itself. I'm not sure what attracted the rodent, but I'm still unhappy.

If they are still active around your car I wouldn't be surprised if you get one on the first night.

After you think you got the ones messing with your car I'd leave a few up against your house/garage just in case to get any stragglers, they tend to travel along walls and fences, that's the best general place to put them outdoors.

MomJeans420
Mar 19, 2007



Poison is increasingly frowned upon because large animals in the food chain may eat the poisoned mice/rats and die, but it is effective.

https://twitter.com/racefansdotnet/status/1312770905630793728?s=20

BlackMK4
Aug 23, 2006

wat.
Megamarm
There is a further part that makes the above even more egregious, I don't know where I saw the video but the dude above and his father attacked the other driver in the pits, also.

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!
Yeah poison sucks. Our first apartment together had a mouse problem and they poisoned them and my poor buddy caught and killed a poisoned mouse and got really sick, had we not made it to the vet that morning he would have died.

Just set traps and leave the mutilated mice out as a warning to the others.

cakesmith handyman
Jul 22, 2007

Pip-Pip old chap! Last one in is a rotten egg what what.

Rhyno posted:

Just set traps and leave the mutilated mice out as a warning to the others.

Funny, but don't, they'll just eat them. Not sentimental those things.

Sagebrush
Feb 26, 2012

ERM... Actually I have stellar scores on the surveys, and every year students tell me that my classes are the best ones they’ve ever taken.

MomJeans420 posted:

Poison is increasingly frowned upon because large animals in the food chain may eat the poisoned mice/rats and die, but it is effective.

https://twitter.com/racefansdotnet/status/1312770905630793728?s=20

there is something fitting about a man who professionally races go-karts behaving like a spoiled 5-year-old

SlapActionJackson
Jul 27, 2006


JFC. Please tell me he's already earned a lifetime ban for that stunt.

BlackMK4
Aug 23, 2006

wat.
Megamarm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7utq6-HC4U

Here is what happens after the above video

Sagebrush
Feb 26, 2012

ERM... Actually I have stellar scores on the surveys, and every year students tell me that my classes are the best ones they’ve ever taken.
what was the "incident" that led to all of this?

Wasabi the J
Jan 23, 2008

MOM WAS RIGHT
Would've gotten a few licks in just for the sake of justice gently caress that rear end clown.

BlackMK4
Aug 23, 2006

wat.
Megamarm
A battle for 15th place where the dude throwing hands got pushed off track or something, I don't think video exists, or hasn't been uploaded anywhere.

Wasabi the J
Jan 23, 2008

MOM WAS RIGHT
What a loving dick. The only time I've physically smacked someone was when they hosed with my car while driving. That poo poo is life threatening.

Dipshit drunk friend did the "slap the auto into neutral" prank while holding the button so he actually did the "put my car into reverse into the girl he was chatting up all night" prank.

Imperador do Brasil
Nov 18, 2005
Rotor-rific



Cats are amazing. We have a 5lb female barn cat and her little 6 month son who kill every vermin in sight. Chipmunks, mice, voles, etc. They live in our feed shed and are super sweet to people in addition to being insane killers. We had a rat issue when we had pigs and they squashed that pretty quickly in conjunction with traps and a .22

wesleywillis
Dec 30, 2016

SUCK A MALE CAMEL'S DICK WITH MIRACLE WHIP!!
Plus you can get kitty cuddles!

AirRaid
Dec 21, 2004

Nose Manual + Super Sonic Spin Attack
Sell the car, buy more cats.

Humphreys
Jan 26, 2013

We conceived a way to use my mother as a porn mule


Sagebrush posted:

what was the "incident" that led to all of this?

Probably dissed the opponents mummas spaghetti.

90s Solo Cup
Feb 22, 2011

To understand the cup
He must become the cup




Apparently daddy owns the track. I say FIA should pull a few races off their calendar as a "financial incentive" of sorts.

MomJeans420
Mar 19, 2007



I think it either incident alone should be a few year ban, combined probably lifetime ban, but I have a feeling that is not going to be the case.

If I'm reading this right I'm pretty sure this is terrible car stuff. At least the driver is black, but based on their reserved parking spot they are probably in management.

Wasabi the J
Jan 23, 2008

MOM WAS RIGHT
"Beast master" in a Jamaican accent.

Olympic Mathlete
Feb 25, 2011

:h:


not terrible but more hilarious looking, the spare included with a Countach...





Olympic Mathlete fucked around with this message at 11:49 on Oct 7, 2020

CAT INTERCEPTOR
Nov 9, 2004

Basically a male Margaret Thatcher

Imperador do Brasil posted:

Cats are amazing. We have a 5lb female barn cat and her little 6 month son who kill every vermin in sight. Chipmunks, mice, voles, etc. They live in our feed shed and are super sweet to people in addition to being insane killers. We had a rat issue when we had pigs and they squashed that pretty quickly in conjunction with traps and a .22


I dont have a mouse problem.

I *do* have a Death Adder, Brown snake and Black snake problem. Funnel-Webs aint a problem with steel capped boots

Memento
Aug 25, 2009


Bleak Gremlin

Olympic Mathlete posted:

not terrible but more hilarious looking, the spare included with a Countach...







I love that the regular wheel doesn't fit anywhere except in the passenger seat.

Hope you didn't have anyone riding along with you that day...

Galler
Jan 28, 2008


MomJeans420 posted:

If I'm reading this right I'm pretty sure this is terrible car stuff. At least the driver is black, but based on their reserved parking spot they are probably in management.



Maybe they just have the best masa and want everyone to know

Midjack
Dec 24, 2007



Galler posted:

Maybe they just have the best masa and want everyone to know

They have the top tier flat land above the escarpment.

madeintaipei
Jul 13, 2012

Galler posted:

Maybe they just have the best masa and want everyone to know

I would be proud to call myself the Jamaican Tamale King, if I were Jamaican or knew how to make tamales.

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randomidiot
May 12, 2006

by Fluffdaddy

(and can't post for 11 years!)

I've made tamales. It's a gigantic pain in the rear end.

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