AI6YR Ben

Random rat-in-engine tip: a combination of ultrasonic repeller and propping up the hood every night is working very well for preventing rat/mice/woodrat nesting in the engine. A little bit of a PITA propping the hood up (and putting it down every day), but better than destroying your engine wiring. Rats have given up going into the engine bay, not enough protection from the owls.

#rats #pests #engines

Oct 7 at 5:07pmWeb
Show threadMCDuncanLabOct 7

@ai6yr

Oh good tip.

We have had this problem. Initially, it was because we had two cars and only used one regularly. The unused one kept getting mice in it, so we got rid of the car.

We now have one car and two e-bikes, but the car is not being used often enough.

Guess what. Mice again.

We don't have owls, but we could leave the cat in the garage more often-she does love sleeping on the car, she might be annoyed.

Oh the choices.

Show threadGary @N8DMTOct 7
@MCDuncanLab @ai6yr Snapping wire mouse traps with crunchy peanut butter enticement, with traps placed along edge of walls. Does not “relocate them humanely”, but solves problem in garage or enclosed room. Challenge: You may need to check daily and keep doing long term. Once caught more than 20 in a month at a rarely-used antenna test building. Crows came to building each morning for breakfast after third day. #Mice
Show threadFlatbush Gardener 🌈Oct 7
@n8dmt @MCDuncanLab @ai6yr
Ooh! A new way to befriend some crows.
Show threadMCDuncanLabOct 7

@n8dmt @ai6yr

We accidentally made a mouse death trap. We have a very large bucket on a shelf that the mice frequent. There is a rope handle they can grab and get into the bucket, but it is too deep for them to get out.

This spring, I got the bucket out to use for something, and it had like 50 dead mice or partial mice in it🤢 .

We don't do the snap traps because the cat sometimes goes into the garage.

Show threadMCDuncanLabOct 7

@n8dmt @ai6yr

Plus, the building is not connected to the house and not sealed very well, so we would end up clearing out mice constantly.

We just try to make it relatively unhospitable and keep them out of the car.

Show threadAI6YR BenOct 7
@MCDuncanLab @n8dmt That's a pretty good trap! Maybe not great to collect 50 of them in there. That was a speech in a James Bond movie. 🤔
Show threadAI6YR BenOct 7

@MCDuncanLab @n8dmt

Skyfall
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9d3DfDWsEE

Skyfall - Silva's Opening Speech on Rats (1080p)

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Show threadMCDuncanLabOct 7

@ai6yr @n8dmt

Yes that was the source of the partial mice 🤢

Show threadMCDuncanLabOct 7

@ai6yr @n8dmt

Yeah, I think they just accumulated over the course of the winter. Starvation/water deprivation is a pretty grim way to die. I hope they froze to death.

Show threadTwoowls EltOct 7

@ai6yr *New and Improved* EltCo Owl 3000! Guaranteed to fit your engine bay* and protect from
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Show threadAI6YR BenOct 7
@twoowls73 LOL is it possible to put an owl box in your engine bay? 🤪
Show threadJimmyOct 7
@twoowls73 @ai6yr Looks like a Dambo.
Show threadJeri DanskyOct 8

@jhavok I thought it was likely to be a Dambo, too, but I'm not finding evidence of that, one way or another. I did find the sculpture here (10th one in the carousel at the top):
https://www.sortiraparis.com/en/what-to-visit-in-paris/walks/articles/314739-falconer-for-a-day-an-unforgettable-experience-up-close-to-the-birds-at-espace-rambouillet

@twoowls73 @ai6yr

Falconer for a day: an unforgettable experience up close to the birds at Espace Rambouillet

If you're a bird lover, Espace Rambouillet offers you the chance to spend an exceptional morning in the shoes of a falconer, making friends with an owl or eagle in an unforgettable experience.