JoeM 8,578 #1 Posted Friday at 09:05 PM Got a call concerning a JD tractor not starting and needing a new starter. I was in the area and took a quick look see. The mice nest was so tight it bound up the starter! This is new. I took the pic after I cleaned a while. I went oh man need a pic. The guy used mice pellets and a Mice sound wave thingie and they still came for dinner and nesting. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 44,165 #2 Posted Friday at 09:17 PM On a semi-related note, I saw a starter motor laying in the road on the highway this morning! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SylvanLakeWH 29,011 #3 Posted Friday at 10:15 PM 1 hour ago, JoeM said: JD tractor Obviously, them mice need to dine at better establishments... 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beap52 1,541 #4 Posted Saturday at 12:13 AM I don't use the small mouse pellets any more. I purchase the blocks. My mice liked to carry the small pellets and hide them were I didn't want them. They too dad gum lazy to pack the larger cubes, I personally like the finger snapping mouse traps. That way I deal with bodies while fresh and not after decomposition has set in-usually under a heavy piece of machinery. Mom's pickup is parked at her assisted living facility. The squirrels like making their nest under her intake manifold. Last year they packed that area tight. Yesterday, we dug out a couple cups of nesting material. I'm going to use some wire mesh and block each end of the intake manifold hoping to keep them out. Now, they'll likely find a bundle of soybean flavored wires to chew on. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wallfish 18,466 #5 Posted Saturday at 12:59 AM Snake skins 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
c-series don 10,261 #6 Posted Saturday at 01:47 AM When I bought my 418-C it was so packed with a mouse nest nothing would move. 1 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 52,315 #7 Posted Saturday at 02:39 AM 4 hours ago, squonk said: saw a starter motor laying in the road on the highway And you didn't stop to pick it up?? 5 hours ago, JoeM said: sound wave thingie Them things don't work at all. Ask me how I know ... You guys just keep showing those pics to remind me how I hate those buggers ... 1 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kpinnc 14,998 #8 Posted Saturday at 04:27 AM 6 hours ago, SylvanLakeWH said: Obviously, them mice need to dine at better establishments... Careful what you wish for... I think of you poured concrete over a tractor, placed it in an air tight vault, and set it on the moon- you'd find a mouse nest in it come spring! 1 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 61,081 #9 Posted Saturday at 11:47 AM I have developed a routine to be done with anything new coming into my shop. While it is still on the trailer I throw a tarp over it and set off a bug bomb to kill any critters so they don't take up residence in the shop. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoeM 8,578 #10 Posted Saturday at 12:02 PM @WHX?? Looks like a pic from hunting camp. Bigger in the upper mid west? 10 hours ago, c-series don said: When I bought my 418-C it was so packed with a mouse nest nothing would move. that was bad! 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 52,315 #11 Posted Saturday at 02:18 PM 1 hour ago, JoeM said: Looks like a pic from hunting camp. Bigger in the upper mid west? Indeed it is Joe. During covid I couldn't get there so they feasted on corn & bird seed. Took two years to get them in check. I didn't mind the JD sno blower so much but when they got in the C-145 that was the last straw. Two buckets of poison later... I usually don't like to use poison 'cause of the dog and when they crawl inside a wall and croak they stink to high heaven. Yesterday I had the forks on the FEL and was moving a pallet of decks. Picked it up and six come flying out. One had babies on her back like a oppsum. Cat stood there looking at me... 2 hours ago, 953 nut said: don't take up residence in the shop. Good Idea Richard ... Best bet is to get them outside yet. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handy Don 14,306 #12 Posted Saturday at 03:42 PM My spouse thought the squirrels were quaint until one chewed through into the screen porch and ran amok. Population reduced by ten and none coming near the house now. Chipmunks will be next, I suspect. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rick 257 #13 Posted Saturday at 03:57 PM I hate squirrels! And mice! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 61,081 #14 Posted Sunday at 12:01 PM 21 hours ago, WHX?? said: moving a pallet of decks. Picked it up and six come flying out. In early spring we would pull the combine out to service it. It seems like every cat and dog from miles around knew what was about to happen. The first time we started the engine on the combine dozens of mice would be running in every direction and the dogs and cats were on them. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 52,315 #15 Posted Sunday at 01:11 PM (edited) 21 hours ago, rick said: I hate squirrels! Oh them little red ones ... don't get even me started on them ... Edited Sunday at 01:11 PM by WHX?? speeling 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
