Mice in the airplane.

[Michael Horowitz]

I went to visit a fellow Tcraft owner this morning and noticed he had
the tail up on an inverted bucket. Why? He said it was to keep mice
out.

Looked pretty precarious.

Anyone know of a better way other than a rat snake or a cat? - Mike

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On May 25, 11:43*am, Michael Horowitz > wrote:
> I went to visit a fellow Tcraft owner this morning and noticed he had
> the tail up on an inverted bucket. Why? He said it was to keep mice
> out.
>
> Looked pretty precarious.
>
> Anyone know of a better way other than a rat snake or a cat? - Mike

See if you can find some of this stuff:

http://www.petvetsupply.com/rodmfar001.html

Hardware stores or farm supply stores will have it. It looks tasty, so
keep it away from kids or pets. It kills mice dead with one feeding. I
keep two or three chunks around the airplane, near the wheels, and
have absolutely no trouble with mice. They eat some, don't feel too
good, and go away somewhere to die. I never find dead mice.

Dan

[Orval Fairbairn[_2_]]

In article
>,
wrote:

> On May 25, 11:43*am, Michael Horowitz > wrote:
> > I went to visit a fellow Tcraft owner this morning and noticed he had
> > the tail up on an inverted bucket. Why? He said it was to keep mice
> > out.
> >
> > Looked pretty precarious.
> >
> > Anyone know of a better way other than a rat snake or a cat? - Mike
>
> See if you can find some of this stuff:
>
> http://www.petvetsupply.com/rodmfar001.html
>
> Hardware stores or farm supply stores will have it. It looks tasty, so
> keep it away from kids or pets. It kills mice dead with one feeding. I
> keep two or three chunks around the airplane, near the wheels, and
> have absolutely no trouble with mice. They eat some, don't feel too
> good, and go away somewhere to die. I never find dead mice.
>
> Dan

Mice don't like the smell of mothballs! Throw some of those into remote
areas of the plane, where the little critters might enter.

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[Jim Logajan]

Michael Horowitz > wrote:
> I went to visit a fellow Tcraft owner this morning and noticed he had
> the tail up on an inverted bucket. Why? He said it was to keep mice
> out.
>
> Looked pretty precarious.
>
> Anyone know of a better way other than a rat snake or a cat? - Mike

Mint leaves - exchange occasionally. (Google mint and mice it if you don't
believe me!)

Not only do mice not care for the smell of mint, the aircraft will remain
in mint condition! ;-)

[RST Engineering - JIm]

How many male moths do you have to catch to get enough mothballs to make a
difference?

{;-)

Jim



> Mice don't like the smell of mothballs! Throw some of those into remote
> areas of the plane, where the little critters might enter.

[Peter Dohm]

"Orval Fairbairn" > wrote in message
...
> In article
> >,
> wrote:
>
>> On May 25, 11:43 am, Michael Horowitz > wrote:
>> > I went to visit a fellow Tcraft owner this morning and noticed he had
>> > the tail up on an inverted bucket. Why? He said it was to keep mice
>> > out.
>> >
>> > Looked pretty precarious.
>> >
>> > Anyone know of a better way other than a rat snake or a cat? - Mike
>>
>> See if you can find some of this stuff:
>>
>> http://www.petvetsupply.com/rodmfar001.html
>>
>> Hardware stores or farm supply stores will have it. It looks tasty, so
>> keep it away from kids or pets. It kills mice dead with one feeding. I
>> keep two or three chunks around the airplane, near the wheels, and
>> have absolutely no trouble with mice. They eat some, don't feel too
>> good, and go away somewhere to die. I never find dead mice.
>>
>> Dan
>
> Mice don't like the smell of mothballs! Throw some of those into remote
> areas of the plane, where the little critters might enter.
>
> --
> Remove _'s from email address to talk to me.

I don't like the smell either--so you'll keep me out as well...

Peter

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On May 25, 12:42 pm, Orval Fairbairn >
wrote:

> Mice don't like the smell of mothballs! Throw some of those into remote
> areas of the plane, where the little critters might enter.

I used to do that, putting up with the stink and all, until I found a
pair of mice making their nest in the airplane anyway. I think they
get used to it within a few years, through several generations of
mice, and it doesn't bother them anymore. I switched to the bar bait
after that, and I doubt they'll get used to it!

But birds hate mothballs. Works to keep them away.

Dan

[Orval Fairbairn[_2_]]

In article >,
"RST Engineering - JIm" > wrote:

> How many male moths do you have to catch to get enough mothballs to make a
> difference?
>

A whole flock of them! ;>0

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[jerry wass]

Michael Horowitz wrote:
> I went to visit a fellow Tcraft owner this morning and noticed he had
> the tail up on an inverted bucket. Why? He said it was to keep mice
> out.
>
> Looked pretty precarious.
>
> Anyone know of a better way other than a rat snake or a cat? - Mike
>
A 12 Ga with #7½ or #8 shot usually kills 'em every time!!

[Veeduber[_2_]]

I'm surprised to not see any mention of the most common rat/mouse trap
from when I was a kid.

It was a bucket about half full of water with a piece of newsprint or
masking paper drawn tight across the top. Using a RAZOR, or a knife
having a razor-sharp blade, the center of the paper was cut in an X-
pattern about half the diameter of the bucket. Suspended over the
bucket was the bait, usually a glob of peanut butter or a piece of
bacon rind. If suspended from the ceiling, a rat-guard was fabricated
from dead soft leading edge material.

In use, the rodent would go for the bait, the paper would refuse to
bear its weight and into the water it would go.

In a closed hangar the bucket was checked about every three days;
about once a week in an open hangar.

Zero cost. A chore that usually fell to the line-boy (me), who didn't
like to look when I poured the contents of the bucket down the
toilet... although we occasionally caught some GOOD SIZED rodents.

-Bob

[Dan[_12_]]

RST Engineering - JIm wrote:
> How many male moths do you have to catch to get enough mothballs to make a
> difference?
>
> {;-)
>
> Jim
>
>

For that matter, do the moths have higher voices after collection?

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

[Dan[_12_]]

Jerry Wass wrote:
> Michael Horowitz wrote:
>> I went to visit a fellow Tcraft owner this morning and noticed he had
>> the tail up on an inverted bucket. Why? He said it was to keep mice
>> out.
>>
>> Looked pretty precarious.
>> Anyone know of a better way other than a rat snake or a cat? - Mike
>>
> A 12 Ga with #7½ or #8 shot usually kills 'em every time!!

Hand grenades are more fun.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

[Michael Horowitz]

On Tue, 26 May 2009 15:26:12 -0500, Dan > wrote:

>
> Hand grenades are more fun.
>

This is beginning to sound like a briefing I heard many years ago on
the subject of computer output microform.

We were discussing emergency destruction; shredders were ineffective
since they left usable images. An army guy was discussing the use of
incendiary grenades and the effect on Dibold safes (5 drawer) and the
contents thereof. The reccie pilot said he had a problem with the use
of incendiaries; the sub driver echoed his concerns. - Mike

[Ron Wanttaja[_2_]]

Jerry Wass wrote:
> Michael Horowitz wrote:
>> I went to visit a fellow Tcraft owner this morning and noticed he had
>> the tail up on an inverted bucket. Why? He said it was to keep mice
>> out.
>>
>> Looked pretty precarious.
>> Anyone know of a better way other than a rat snake or a cat? - Mike
>>
> A 12 Ga with #7½ or #8 shot usually kills 'em every time!!

To quote the immortal Bill Mauldin:

"Aim between his eyes, Joe...sometimes they charge when they're
wounded.... :-)

Ron Wanttaja

[Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe]

"Michael Horowitz" > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 26 May 2009 15:26:12 -0500, Dan > wrote:
>
>>
>> Hand grenades are more fun.
>>
>
> This is beginning to sound like a briefing I heard many years ago on
> the subject of computer output microform.
>
> We were discussing emergency destruction; shredders were ineffective
> since they left usable images. An army guy was discussing the use of
> incendiary grenades and the effect on Dibold safes (5 drawer) and the
> contents thereof. The reccie pilot said he had a problem with the use
> of incendiaries; the sub driver echoed his concerns. - Mike

ROTFL

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[Dan[_12_]]

Michael Horowitz wrote:
> I went to visit a fellow Tcraft owner this morning and noticed he had
> the tail up on an inverted bucket. Why? He said it was to keep mice
> out.
>
> Looked pretty precarious.
>
> Anyone know of a better way other than a rat snake or a cat? - Mike
>

For years I have seen advertisements for electronic pest repellents
that one plugs into wall sockets. Perhaps one of those on an extension
cord might work.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

[Robert Bonomi]

In article >, Dan > wrote:
>RST Engineering - JIm wrote:
>> How many male moths do you have to catch to get enough mothballs to make a
>> difference?
>>
>> {;-)
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>
> For that matter, do the moths have higher voices after collection?

Depends on what time of the moth it is...

[bildan]

On May 25, 11:43*am, Michael Horowitz > wrote:
> I went to visit a fellow Tcraft owner this morning and noticed he had
> the tail up on an inverted bucket. Why? He said it was to keep mice
> out.
>
> Looked pretty precarious.
>
> Anyone know of a better way other than a rat snake or a cat? - Mike

I know of no scientific evidence to support this but it's widely
believed that laundry dryer softener sheets drive mice away. If it
works, it's probably the awful perfume they put in those things.

The poisoned peanut butter works as they get very thirsty and to
looking for water before they die which usually gets them out of the
airplane. The downside is the dead mice are poisonous to any animal
that eats them.

[Brian Whatcott]

bildan wrote:
>...it's widely
> believed that laundry dryer softener sheets drive mice away. If it
> works, it's probably the awful perfume they put in those things.
....

Ha! The story I heard recently about Bounce! is that it keeps mosquitos
away. Popular on golf courses it said. I have no idea if there is any
truth in it. Perhaps a really, really ingenious marketing guy?

Brian W

[BERNIE THE BUNION]

> Ha! The story I heard recently about Bounce! is that it keeps mosquitos
> away. Popular on golf courses it said. I have no idea if there is any
> truth in it. Perhaps a really, really ingenious marketing guy?


You should send a note to mythbusters and ask them to prove it
true or false.

Since they can't shoot a piece of bounce or make it explode they will
probably turn idea down as being too tame for their target audience.

[Brian Whatcott]

BERNIE THE BUNION wrote:
>> Ha! The story I heard recently about Bounce! is that it keeps mosquitos
>> away. Popular on golf courses it said. I have no idea if there is any
>> truth in it. Perhaps a really, really ingenious marketing guy?
>
>
> You should send a note to mythbusters and ask them to prove it
> true or false.
>
> Since they can't shoot a piece of bounce or make it explode they will
> probably turn idea down as being too tame for their target audience.

Sounds like a plan to me. And putting your arm in a cabinet full of
hungry mozzies qualifies as Macho Enough, at least in my book!

Brian W