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Really weird this summer, we haven't had a mouse in the house for years, then all of a sudden this summer we're being invaded, I've caught 8 in traps in the basement in the last 4 days, also caught 1 in a trap in our travel trailer, usually when I did catch a mouse in other years it would be when the weather started to get cold like end of Oct. or 1st of Nov. Is anyone else noticing a rise in the mouse population?
My best friend up north is finding all kinds of mice and normally only gets them in the winter. I haven't seen many mice but my workshop has squirrels and chipmunks running everywhere. I have the pellet pistol but to many things in the garage right now being worked on. Think I will have to set some water traps.
Not just rural....I’ve been running a trap line all summer !!
Around here its a plague of pine beetles and earwigs. Particularly earwigs, I've never seen so many in all my years but mice don't seem to be an issue yet.
Mice and rats everywhere around the barns this year
had a mouse in the garage last night which is odd, he was gone after an hour I was surprised how quick I caught him. Lots of earwigs this year, weird they are everywhere.
Earwigs at the cottage are making some flowers into disasters, Japanese beetles and squirrels have ruined the golden raspberries so far this year.
At home probably 3 baby rabbits this year ....which relates to alot less balloon flowers and very few peas and stunted beets (until I put up screens).
At home I keep a couple mouse traps in the shed and have two live trap mouse traps along the foundation of the house since we live near a park. I've emptied it twice with multiple mice in it. The one time I didn't check it for a couple days and I have no idea how many got in the trap but there 3 identifiable and alot of fur and parts so I would guess atleast 8 or 10 dead (or more?) so far this summer.... and if you are wondering, I have a couple of pails for taking water out of the rain barrel and I find live trap mouse traps don't float. Live traps are metal and work best I find, one mouse goes in and others follow it seems and I don't have to worry about raccoones stealing the traps (they will if it is a victor trap with peanut butter under a bucket) or chipmunks etc., they last long and last fall I watched a mink try to get into it for about 15 minutes one morning and I am still using the same one. In late fall and winter even if I check it daily they are often dead by morning since it is metal.
I was saying to my wife just a few weeks ago that there does seem to be a lot of mice this year\? And much earlier than other years? We've trapped at least 1/2 dozen here at the cabin since July.
None in our house but when I went to sort through some goose decoys in my shed, the bag had at least 10 in it. I sprinkled the shed with peppermint oil.Hope this helps.
Lol. Funny you mention that. Crazy amounts of mice at the camp this summer. First time I get 2 in the same trap last week. Stinks awful when you just go weekends.
About 10 years ago we had a rash of squirrels at our camp so I started shooting them with the .22. I find they cause far more damage than mice but aren't as dirty. Anyway, I started shooting the things and counting carcasses at the same time. I was up to 55 from November to late January when I quit counting. My neighbor across the lake shot 35 the same season.
There was 2 when I got at the camp last night. 1 this morning. I just caught 2 more while drinking coffee. Crazy.
My garage is filled crickets and even a few in the house basement. Never seen so many crickets.
We seem to have an abundance of crickets also this year. Every year is different, some years it’s earwigs, sometimes the little snails, one year we had a huge outbreak of the brown & white striped spiders,Quote:
Originally Posted by greatwhite
Japanese beetles are a plague in my area this year. I’ve also noticed more crickets and earwigs. Mice haven’t been an issue yet, but that may be due to the neighbours cat roaming freely.
Not noticing mice this year but definitely an increase in snakes. Huge garters and the occasional milk snake. Maybe that explains the lack of mice. LOL.
Two weeks ago I wiped out a family of 8 all within a 3 day period. Lots of crickets and grasshoppers. Usual amount of squirrels, bunnies and chipmunks.
Environment is getting cleaner:thumbup:more critters...........:D...........maybe.
Maybe just a circle of life.
Think same here alot of snakes zero miceQuote:
Originally Posted by Badenoch
Seen lots of mice too, in the shed, barn and in my trucks heater vents!
I can also relate to others on the earwigs, disgusting buggers are thick. I hate em, im not squeamish at all but I can't stand earwigs! I think they remind me of Toronto, all piled up on top of each other crapping on the one below.....
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The odd rat around the farm and some mice in the house, worse than the last few years but I do not believe they are at their peak around our area. They seem to have cycles, I know when the hunt camps were hit really bad it was nasty.
Same here. An abundance of mice and crickets it seems
Updating. This summer we've seen a definite increase in mice in the house. The campaign against them is going nicely and we believe the problem is closed to being solved.
getting a cat?Quote:
Originally Posted by Badenoch
Traps are working. The current cat is useless. Our previous family feline, a rehabilitated barn cat, was outstanding but she has gone to the great litter box in the sky.Quote:
Originally Posted by finsfurfeathers
Saw one for the first time in three years just an hour ago
Traps set.
So far this summer no mouse invasion, and nothing in 2021, that was wild back in 2020 the amount of mice that were around, seemed like everyone I talked to was having problems with mice, you couldn't find a mouse trap or bait anywhere in the area. They built a nest in the air filter on my riding lawnmower that I found the next spring also got into my truck and started a nest in the under the hood air filter there. They also built a nest in an outboard motor I had out in a shed and chewed some wires off. I lost count of how many I trapped at 80 something and I know I got at least twice that many many plus went through a couple of pounds of bait. Sure hope that was a onetime deal !!!
I think you need to get some cats
Back at the old farmhouse I use to tackle them with a .38 revolver, loaded with cartridges having a primer, maybe a couple grains of powder, topped with a Kleenex wad, number 8 bird shot and a wad to hold the shot in. It was a case of finding in a location where you could cover their travel way across the kitchen floor to the breadbox, and dusting them with bird shot when they tried to use it.Quote:
Originally Posted by finsfurfeathers
You don't stop hunting because you grow old. You grow old because you stop hunting.
- Gun Nut
LoL that sounds like an answer to one of Jeff Foxworthy's Jokes. You might be a Redneck if....Quote:
Originally Posted by Gun Nut
We have mice and apparently they have a party every night after 1 am which is way past my bedtime. Also have a cat, and lay down traps. I think they're deer mice. They ate some of my Christmas stocking stash last year.
I’ve been using a “walk the plank” trap with 4 inches of water in the bucket. So far the garage has stayed mouse free.
Yes, I have mice off and on but no problem . I have a Jack Russell. :)
About a month ago I was busy catching them every day for a week and then nothing since but I swear I hear things so my guess is they caught on to my traps. I am using peanut butter right now but may switch to Cheez Whiz ?
We're getting 1-2 a day this last couple of weeks. Battle lines have been drawn!
I sometimes put a raisin\craisin firmly into the bait holder and then cover that with peanut butter, they work on it until SNAP.
John