Mouse on the Boat

BonBini

BonBini

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Do you think an average mouse with an average mouse IQ can get himself on a boat that is trailered for the winter? No shrink wrap, just parked in a big shed. I'm still using dryer sheets! Was just wondering how he might be able to do it.

Grampa once said "You gota be smarter than what your huntin"

Gona be a long winter.... ...Ron
 
Yes. The damn things can climb up pretty much anything. There are suggestions elsewhere on what to use. I can't remember if anyone said to try those sticky pads. We used those just last week, after I saw a mouse run into the garage in back of some boxes(I was working on the car in the driveway and the movement caught my eye, but I wasn't fast enough to get to him). We put them down in the path to the crack in back of the boxes, and we caught 2 in 1 day. We're putting more down, since there might be more that we haven't seen, and/or to catch more over the winter. If you have an idea of the path (or maybe drop 1 or 2 sunflower seeds on the sticky pad as bait) they take to go on/off the boat, put them in the path if possible.

-VtSeaRay
 
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YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BELIEVE THIS!

My wife came to me this evening complaining of a terrible noise in her car's air conditioning. I had her turn it on as I opened the hood - nothing. I checked inside the car - terrible rattle. I had her turn the A/C off and fan on - terrible noise. Something broke off and fell into the fan, I thought.

I took the dash apart ('04 Honda Pilot - ironic, huh?). The fan was vibrating, and then came this smell. "Something has gotten into your fan and died!" I told her. An hour later, with a shop-vac and some aquarium tubing fixed to it, I lifted a dead, partially ripped mouse out of the fan assembly. "Poor guy - he probably kept up for the first hour or two" I said (movie quote?).

The fan is like one of those amusement park rides where you get pinned to the wall as it spins around. Maybe mice really are attracted to the exercise wheels! An hour or so later the car was put back together. No more vibration, but the smell will get to you.
 
Nuff said.

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JH4EFgRB4bU[/YOUTUBE]
 
This was in my wifes front tire, Poor guy- he probably kept up for the first mile or two...

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Poor guy- he probably kept up for the first mile or two...
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That was a great movie too!


(National Lampoon's Vacation)
 
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They crawl up the studs in my barn and will walk across beams. From there they can drop onto anything they care to.
 
Never had this problem so I am curious - how much damage and what kind of damage can a mouse do?
 
I'm just not seein how one could scale my hull. I do have a few gel coat scratches but not enough for one to get a good hand hold. Unless they get sticky feet like Spidy mouse.

Dropping down from the rafters? Now theres a posibility, but how far can one drop before his leap of faith is terminal! unless he aims for a seat. That would be above average IQ like MR. Jangles.

Unlike racoons I don't think the work together. Damn racoons would probably boost up the small one so he could put the ladder down for his homies! Racoons are anouther topic all together. ...Ron
 
is the outdrive under a swim platform? If not it is an easy hop up from the outdrive.
 
A friend of mine (boat in the water at the marina) had a mink get in during the winter and chew up the upholstery........big mess.
 
emlevins said:
Never had this problem so I am curious - how much damage and what kind of damage can a mouse do?
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The droppings and urine cause stains on fabrics. They chew wires. They carry disease.
 
a rat can jump 6 feet! Stop it. That would be from the ground to in my face. No offence intended, I'm just alittle skeptic. Since were in the Tiki Bar, I am havin a Vodka before dinner.

I was just in the shed lookin over BonBini and it looks like Mr Jangles could climb up my rear tie downs and be on the swim platform. cheers...Ron
 
You should get a bunch of empty thread spools and toss them about in your shed....that'll keep em busy :grin:
 
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Hope he / she doesn't develope a taste for an exhaust bellows for desert...gulg-glug-glug.
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Or worse yet...........that happens plus the admiral develops a taste for a mink coat.
 
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