Preventing Disaster With Your Preps
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- How Can I Protect My Storage From Mice?
The best way to protect your storage from mice is to use containers that are impossible for mice to access. Once mice get even a sniff of something tasty, they will stop at nothing until they find it!
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I love the little mice - they're so cute !!! I even put out food for them. Peanut Butter, their favorite!! There you go, little mousey, get your free food! That's it, just step up on that little pressure plate, and get your peanut Butter!! 😂😂
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Very funny!
That only ever seems to work for a little while for me before they all seem to learn how to eat out the peanut butter without setting off the trap. Must be that morphic field.
i wonder how they learn to avoid the traps. Those in the traps are dead, so they must have little friends saying Mickey you try first and the rest watch to see what happens ?
@@connie5689 I believe it is so
Since you asked for suggestions: Do it like restaurants do. Everything is 6” off the floor. Shelves are wire with ventilation. Shelves are a few inches away from walls. Storerooms are rotated properly and kept clean. Cardboard is usually removed upon delivery. Everything is kept in original, unopened containers and dated. When opened it is removed to a cooler, put in a closed container, and dated. They have a company (usually) check and spray monthly for critters. You can do this yourself, inside if you’re comfortable, outside definitely. I spray my pantry inside spring and fall. (Which reminds me it’s time) I also use an exterior crumble & spray around the perimeter of my house.
You need to check your preps regularly. Open those buckets every month and check for bugs. The sooner you find them, the less loss you will incur.
Note: when I say “kept in original packaging,” that’s cans and jars, commercial stuff. Household foods you’re keeping that come in boxes and bags should be removed to glass jars upon purchase.
What is crumble and spray for exterior of home?
@@arvellataratuta2150 Ortho outside home perimeter spray can get at lowes home depot wallmart.
My house is only 10 years old. We built in the middle of the woods. With 6 cats never saw a turd, until--the floor joist started collapsing a (whole different story). Contractor tore out a 14×16 section of floor, but it took nearly a year before I found someone else to finish the job (We were not in good hands with my homeowners). Needless to say, the mice took over, destroying everything, including 2 years worth of preps. They ate Irish Spring bar soap, ate the labels off cans, candles, coffee, the sulfur tips off stick matches. I think they were having a smoke after making baby mice! It was hard enough rebuilding a new house, but battling the rodents was worse, yet, worse than that, being abandoned by the insurance company 😢
WOW im sorry thats crazy.
Stop feeding your cats 🐈 🤣😂
Wow!
@@brahmsO 🤣🤣
I have always collected the popcorn tins like those sold at Christmas and used them for food storage. This year the cans I bought at Walmart were still metal, but the lids are now plastic! So disappointing! I will just have to keep my eyes open at thrift stores and yard sales to try to keep myself supplied.
I put Bay leaves in my containers and around them hoping it deters them. So far so good. Fingers crossed.
Beth Ford, Target, in my area, had the tins with the tin lids. Hope that helps. 🙏🙌❤️
I'm so glad you did this video. I'm dealing with this now. Mice have taken over my motorhome. They have eaten all my food I have had stored away. They have even eaten the metal pouches of tuna fish and chicken. That totally shocked me. I have been battling them for months now. I'm about to lose my mind
Thanks for the reminder to protect our preps! I shared your video with our kids.
This is a really important discussion. I had rats move into my roof and from there they could get anywhere. They also entered through my dryer vent.
Thousands of dollars in removing attic insulation and excusion. It was a nightmare.
I have had this happen and would have been avoided if a handyman would have listened to me to plug a hole in the drywall in the garage. I remember at night (of course) they would be active and my kitties would stare/track their movements in the attic and the walls, not to mention I could hear them. I had a 2300 sq ft house and they had to set up camp right above my head. Every night when trying to go to sleep I could hear them having a party above my head. I think what initially attracted them to my house was a compost pile I had and I used to feed the birds with seeds. Those Items were gone in no time and sadly I had to call and exterminator. They did not use poison thankfully as it will go into the food chain and kill many other species.
Hubby had a brief problem with rats in the barn, we don't know why. He prepared three 5 gallon buckets half filled with water and floated a generous amount of oats on top. A few mornings of drowned rats seemed to take care of the problem. We store dry goods in metal or glass so who knows why those critters felt welcome. Great topic, Leisa, thank you.
That's what works for us. Inside and out. We float sunflower seeds.
I do that to our desert pack rats but they're smart and it only works for a day or so. When it works, it works well though!
This way of using the 5 gallon bucket filled with oats and water is the right way to exterminate rats. I say that because poison given to the rat now goes into the food chain of ALL the other critters that feed on the rats. Everybody dies..the rats, thier prey and the prey of the prey. Using poison is the easy and lazy way. It can devastate the whole eco-system in your area. Thank you for being a responsible and thoughtful exterminator and for protecting the other wildlife from unnecessary death.
Speaking of dead rodents in walls: I thought something died in our walls or attic. The smell was off the scale. Had my son crawl all over the attic, in July. Poor guy. Finally realized after a week of this horror it was the fly trap we hung up. One of those bag things. Really bad flies that year. Said right on it “outdoor use only.” Never noticed. 🤦🏼♀️
Those smell so bad!
My son dropped one of those in his garage on his way outside to hang it up in the yard....it was horrible.
@@SuttonsDaze I just found 40 gallons totes on amazon with handles and wheels 2 for 8.90 55% mark down free delivery tooI saw same ones for $28 at fleetfarm for 1... crazy price I got 10 so really 20..never seen any totes that cheap that were that big... run now.. punch in 40 gallon totes 3rd one down
I bought a cottage in the woods to retire to. The cottage looked like a fortress the way it was constructed. Poured concreted foundation, cedar siding, etc.I kept getting mice but not a lot. i never saw signs ( droppings) , nor the mice but i worried so i but out lots of traps and in the winter caught 2-3 a month. I hired people to find out where they were coming in., they could not see anything that was an entry point. I researched and researched. Then i bought copper mesh and wedged it in all around the foundation at the sill plate. No more mice. i also put out a 50/50 mix of baking soda and cornbread with DE mixed in at various locations outside. Then the squirrels came, and they were getting in the loft crawl space. My friends husband sealed everything from the roof down. No more squirrels for 7 months now. Praying that i never see or hear another critter in my house. I am going to try the beer trick in the spring. i store my food mostly in glass. I don't trust plastic to protect my food. i invested in new metal trash cans for my vac seal food.
Use those metal popcorn and potato chip buckets that you're gifted during the holidays. Package the dry foods in mylar bags, and store them inside the metal tins. My parents house, even when it was new had an issue with mice. We had a problem keeping the mice out of the bread, until momma found an old metal picnic basket, and it became our "bread box".
Just got done today filling 1/2 gallon jars with some of my dry goods. I can see I didn't buy enough but it was a good start. By the way "mice can't fart" made my day.
LOL I was impressed with that knowledge myself......
I just bought 3 more cases of half gallon jars today that I found at Walmart. I'm working on figuring out a dark place to keep them. I'm in Georgia so our humidity is crazy all year long.
By July 2012, we were suffering from a horrendous drought. We had pack rats attacking our horses for the feed. I ended up resorting to pellet rat poison mixed with sweet horse feed, and throwing it under pallets holding our firewood. Within 3 days the problem was gone. Anytime since, I do the same thing in the areas I see droppings at. Rural has it's issues, but beats living in town!
I can understand why you used the pellets but the down side of poison is that the rats/mice run because the poison is killing them and then the big birds eat the poisoned rat/mice. The bird then dies and so on it goes. It goes thru the food chain and they all die.
@@kellyname5733 Agree! I have 3 live traps for pack rats and on a regular summer night can catch 7-9 of them. We don't put out poison for the same reason - 2nd kill. Unfortunately the kangaroo rats (not rodents) get into the poison and they are beneficial critters.
@@dancinginabundance That is EXACTLY why nobody should put poison out!! Kills everything at least 3 species in the food chain
I feel so bad for her… I’m pretty sure I’d have a damn heart attack. Rodents scare the crap outta me!!!
We’re actually in the process of cleaning up our entire backyard after 4 years of neglect(Ive had health issues). But I want to get my garden back up and running this year. So we’re gonna do what we can to get a handle on the situation before we put our precious plants outside!
Thank you so much for sharing this.
Good luck! Hope you are feeling better, and getting busy with gardening is rejuvenating and rewarding for you even if it is extra work. 🙂
Bless her heart for sharing this priceless info with us. Thank you Leisa for passing it on
We were told to spray oven cleaner on our garbage can to keep dogs out of it. So we decided to try it on our food storage buckets. So far it’s working. We also put out plaster of Paris mixed with flour and powdered sugar. The plaster of Paris hardens in their bellies.
Great tips. Years ago when we first got into backyard chickens, we learned the importance of not leaving the feed in those hanging feeders inside the coop. I noticed it was being emptied quicker than normal in the past. Then we started seeing the droppings in the nesting boxes . Let me tell you I could not believe the size of these rats. They were the size of rabbits you commonly see in most yards. We quit leaving feed in the hanging feeders in the coop. We patched up the holes they chewed to enter . We set live traps but that only worked a couple times. We ended up resorting to a poison called Blue Death that we put on the outside of the coop and run area inside of a dog crate to prevent other wildlife from getting into. They squeezed through the 2 by 2 inch squares of the crate ate the poison, and after about a month, no more rats. Lesson learned. I also learned that rats that size are not just in big cities, they are in rural areas also.
Wow, never even thought of that happening. She was so brave to share this experience. It could happen anywhere, anytime.
The destruction of that land 1/2 mile away made them scatter from underground and tall weeds.
Thank You so much for addressing this issue. I have wanted to ask advice , but was embarrassed to do so. I have been working to eradicate said critters. I would appreciate your going a bit further with stressing birth cycles, due vigilance for months.
Plaster of Paris mixed with coco powder. Rats and mice eat that up. They go looking for water and never come back. We used this in the medical dept in the Auto Plants I worked in here in Detroit and the suburbs. It works!! And no cleanup either
Awesome!
Unless their nest is in your wall. That smell stays for a looong time.
It worked on some of them.
We just went through a mouse issue last December. It stemmed from a new heat pump (what they use for heat here in Maryland) installation we had last summer. The company doing the work never sealed the space between the new piping they put in, and our foundation wall they put it through. We live rural so the field mice had no problem finding those entrances and making their way through the house. They actually went up two stories to our attic too. That's were we first discovered them in December. They had peed and pooped in the insulation so badly that we had to have all of it replaced in the attic and crawlspace. Moral of the story, check around your foundation (and anything that goes through it) for gaps. These gaps were literally only big enough to get a pinky finger through. Seal up ANY space regardless of the size. ~ Stephanie
I get food grade buckets from a restaurant in my area. I store all dried goods in them. Storing in boxes is an invitation.
Exactly
Rats can still chew into them.
@@girlnextdoorgrooming Not these.
I am with you with the fire idea. But I sprinkle ground reeper pepper around the baseboards. I grow them and grind them myself
Rodents and bugs give me the creeps...Way back when, I had a mouse issue got rid of that then spent months getting rid of the fleas that came with the mice.
Ugh!!!
Irish Spring soap used to have eucalyptus eo in it, which rats don't especially like. Now the scents are artificial.
That makes sense.
I just can't imagine that many mice and rats. Bless her heart, I don't think I could have handle that at all. Thanks for your tips, Leisa. Have a Blessed day.
I know how did she get rid of them i wonder.
@@yerneedsry The children's story of the Pide Piper ran through my mind when Leisa said how many rats were there.
We had a rat problem a few years ago during drought here in Texas. It was terrible to the point target practice was sitting and waiting for them to appear. You get very accurate very fast. ( this was outside obviously). Mice the size of a dime hole can get in. You can see a almost greasy looking area coming in to house that’s a mouse trail. Also keep fields mowed low. Thanks for this video. It was a reminder.
Thank you Jeanine. I cried hearing your story. I will think of better way to store my preps.
Thank you Lisa for this video.
Leisa's whole commenters people in here are revamping pantrys tommarrow 🤣🤣
We are having a mice issue right now and those little things are getting the best of us at the moment. They play in my clothes hanging in my closet, play on my husband's desk at the opposite end of the house, under my kids beds. The only food they got into was a bag of pasta (they didn't like it), a pound bag of gluten free flour (they didn't like it) a Mylar bag of popcorn (they loved that!), and a 20 pound bag of rice from the top shelf of one of those shelving units you have (didn't like that). We've sprayed so much peppermint oil around WE can't stand to live here. You are so right. They are smart. Foul mouthed too because they ate a bar of soap under my kitchen sink. It's a battle.
Gee they ate a whole 16 oz bag of pasta here years ago. Wait.......think it was egg noodles. Maybe they like that better.
Shame they didn't eat the rice... it absorbs fluids from their digestive system, quickly swells in size, and makes them explode. Guessing yours have seen that happen to some of their relatives and learned that mistake already. Try this: fill a bucket half full, prop a board on the rim for them to use like a ramp, then cover the surface of the water with sunflower seeds. The seeds will float and look like a solid surface to them. Rodents tend to follow along walls, so set it up in a corner or along a wall you think they travel. Check daily to see how many drowned thinking they found an open bucket full of seeds. Another comment said oats would work but I worry they would soak up the water and sink. Dump and reset as needed. Good luck! Mice are fairly stupid and tend to fall for most traps if you leave the traps untouched for 3 or 4 days to give them time to work up the courage to investigate. Rats are smart little b*$tards and when they got into our quail shed they decimated everything... wiring, plumbing, walls, roof, heavy plastic feed containers, bags of pine shavings (it was EVERYWHERE), spare EMPTY heavy duty chicken feeders and waterers, and sadly our entire flock of 21 quail. Oh, and countless eggs. No, why they ate rope lighting around the ceiling, and pvc pipes that weren't in the way of gaining access, I have no idea. Rats are just A-holes. If I were the chick in the story, I think I would have seriously abandoned the property. We didn't even have them in double digits... I can't conceive of THOUSANDS! *shudder* Good luck with your situation. There is a vid on YT by Barrier Pest Control showing how mice can fit through dime sized holes with ease, so when looking for points of entry, consider no hole "too small". That video convinced hubby to seal up holes he thought "couldn't possibly be an issue".
:We cant stand to live here," cracked me up laughing sooooo hard my eyes were watering and I was farting OMG...then I got to end about the soap bar and I peed...🤣🤣🤣 wish you were my neighbor well maybe not I prolly die..
Gallon & half gallon jars are my go to storage container, but metal popcorn tins are on my watch for list. 50# or more bulk goes into metal garbage cans (with liner).
We had to get help from a pest company. We now have a plan where they come every other month to check bait stations in my laundry room and both attics. Rats are much harder to get rid of because they are so darn smart. We had one eat thru our deck wood which is over and inch thick to get into our crawl space. From there they pulled out the insulation surrounding our crawl space duct work to get into our laundry room.
Baking soda does work. For a variety of problems it seems. I used it mixed with instant mashed potatoes in the garden and wiped out a hill of fire ants that moved into the soft soil. Put out a second tray in another area and it was good all around. Found dead mice in the yard too so definitely a low cost way to go.
We live in a very old house in a very old downtown area, so we all battle mice and bats (with a B). Never had issues with the food until a rat moved in. Now we had one rat several years ago that must have been someone's pet because it wandered around our house with no fear. He only ever ate the fish food. We called him Ben. I caught him in a butterfly net and shoved him out the back door. Never saw him again. But last year, Ratty moved in. Ratty knew what she was about. Her attempts to chew a hole in my cabinets were thwarted by globs of peppermint toothpaste, painted everywhere she could reach. Super chic. But her downfall came at the hands of a Tide Pod, left on the counter by accident. In the morning there was no pod, a floral smell and little rat footprints in purple all over the counter. RIP Ratty. We hardly knew ye.
OMG, I just laughed way too long at the Tide pod bit. 😂😂😂. The little purple prints got me! Thanks for the laugh. 😂
Oh My! The beginning story gave chills.
Thank you so much for making this video. I saw the post in the group & my skin is STILL crawling! We prepare for the one-off rodent, but to deal with something of this magnitude is unfathomable! rodents are SOOOO destructive & something to consider, if we ARE ever presented with a true SHTF situation, they will be a far bigger issue than I think most of us have considered due to a breakdown in sanitation services. If people are no longer able or willing to deal with their garbage, rodents will thrive & they reproduce sooooo prolifically, that we will likely be dealing with similar situations on a widespread scale. So absolutely something to be prepared for. Something to be mindful of is that wires in wiring harnesses in vehicles, RVs, etc....in recent years, the insulation coating on wires is being made with soy components which is what attracts rodents to vehicle wiring etc. especially in newer vehicles or if you've had recent wiring repairs on an older vehicle.
I didn't even think of this! I am so sorry to everyone that is going through this. I would be devastated! Thank you for bringing this to my attention!
I was very optimistic when I heard about the baking soda traps. I live on the edge of a wooded area. rats, mice and squirrels have done a lot of damage around my house (occasionally inside but mostly my back porch) Somehow they got into a strong box type container I have feed in. The baking soda traps didn't seem to make any difference, but then maybe some exploded and more just moved in to fill the vacuum they left.
I read somewhere that the smell of dead mice attracts other mice. 😵
I learned from a farmer to mix a box of corn muffin mixed by jiffy with equal amount of baking soda. They love the taste of the corn muffin mix and because it's got baking soda well they blow up.
Leisa, I too love those totes - I use them for everything. I had one that sat in my garage for several years in a corner (I live rural near a creek and we get a lot of spiders). This tote was covered in egg sacs and I was terrified to open it, but the inside still looked brand new and clean. And the prices are not bad through Sams or through Costco.
Your dog is gorgeous!
Very good advice! Poor lady . I have had them get in a car once and in the vent, it was horrible ! Then in a fifth wheel once which was bad bad as well! The thing is be aware and watch for them, so all those things you said about storing but check your areas often, Irish spring has worked for me when I shred it in our motor home but I also do not leave anything in it that will draw them there and it’s in a barn. I have heard horror stories about mice and rats like that when construction starts . I am usually all about organic methods, but poison is also dangerous to your other animals, so I am sure she was in a no win situation. Bless her heart. And don’t forget that where there are mice and rats in that kind of number there will also be snakes ! I loved all your ideas!
daz in aust.--has had a major problem with mice and rats destroying his garden and his crop on all of his fruit trees-- i live i a townhouse so just small area --just me and the cats so-pest in the garden are more of a problem-- i do truly feel for y'all that have to deal with vermine!!
Make sure the collar around your plumbing pipes is caulked onto the wall. Look under every cabinet under sinks and around hot water heaters. Check the make sure there are no drafts from outside doors. Rodents find out the temp is pleasant inside and brings others back in with them.
@@yerneedsry I said that. 🙂
God bless her and restore all she lost.
Traps all the way for the mice here. I don't want to torture them with poisons, but a fast snap of a trap does them quickly. I even have to put traps inside the engine compartment of my skid steer in the barn, it's not just my preps!
For perspective: Rats climb, swim, jump and have opposable digits. They are too smart for snap traps. If a pet rat gets loose they go wild in less than 2 weeks. They don't need us. Their eliminatory tract is short, so they excrete AS they eat. They carry multiple zoonotic diseases that can be fatal.
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We lived in a RV while our home was built. Mice came. We adopted 2 shelter kitties, but when mice get in the walls kitties can't catch them. One day we played Whack a Mole/Mouse. Mice had gotten in my little stove top and would pop up their heads. It was insane. We don't have mice in our new home, but I've prepped plenty of sticky traps for an invasion. Thanks Leisa for relating this horrific story. Remember ya'll to Pray, Plan Prep
Traps that kill instantly would be better. It takes a long painful time for something to die on those glue traps.
Toby is so adorable with one ear up and one ear down!
Thankfully, our experience wasn’t this bad. We backed up to a field and mountains. Contractor came in and bulldozed and built a huge subdivision between us and the mountains and YES! Mice, mice mice! Her experience sounds so much worse.
Good advice Leisa. I have the totes you showed in the basement, and only put canned goods in there. Anything in vac bags or mylar, goes into those popcorn tins or the small metal trash cans. Rats can't go through 1/2 inch hardware cloth. As long as it is heavy enough so they cannot chew through it. They can go through a hole the size of a quarter. Or a 1/2 " crack under a door. Mice can try, but usually get their heads stuck in 1/2" hardware cloth. They can get through the tiniest crack under a door tho, because they can squish their bodies down. But not 1/2" hardware cloth. How do I know all this, because I have had pigeons for 15 years and it is my job to keep them safe. If that person that had them chew through water bottles, then it was probably rats, because they need water to survive. Very important for them. Mice can usually get enough water from food they eat. Rats will try lots harder to get to water. Very good video to bring this to peoples attention. Many think their stuff is safe when it really isn't. They have just been lucky. Mice and rats are nearly everywhere. The only place I know of that doesn't have rats is Alberta Canada. You can look that up. We had to learn this stuff because in this area, we have been invaded with both. Hard to keep outside also, because we have a very old house with a stone basement. They can find ways in through that.
Popcorn tins…🤯 Why have I never thought of this?
Lisa, I went to farm store, bought 3 metal containers with doors that lock. Works great. Then I use glass jars for canning and 30 year can survival food. And 5 gallon plastic buckets. So far no mice. For 12 years I have no mice.. they need steel cabinets with doors and glass. Guaranteed safe so far. got mine at Blanes farm store. Love them
My hubby went all around our house and filled any openings with spray foam insulation including around water pipes and drains. It won’t completely stop them but it’s better than an opening that they’ll crawl right through.
Now, THAT is a perfect example of the poo n fan scenario. So glad she is such a trooper. Thank you for this video. Living in a rural community when the snow flies, the rodents flock to their summer homes (our ducts, crawl spaces, etc) and wreak havoc. All those cute pantry pics on videos LOOK great with boxes and bags neatly in rows, but people, especially those new to having extended pantries, can be led astray or worse feel like they are "doin it wrong ".😊
I saw this post yesterday. When I looked up what rats couldn’t chew through I was horrified. They can get through a lot of materials. Thank you for making this video.
I think using Irish Spring is for deer in your garden, I haven't heard of using it for rodents. I use a mixture of 1/2 powdered sugar and 1/2 baking soda for several pest including mice and this has worked for me. I have pets and don't want to use toxic substances. However the down side is unlike some rodent killers they smell after they die, but are not toxic. So hopefully you can find them, if in your home, and dispose quickly. If outside insects should take care of because they are not toxic. I hope this is helpful.
Maybe turn your steel trash can lid upside down before stacking.
However like you said packaging is the way to control!!!
I didn't know you had a Pinscher too, Leisa! @Suttons Daze
Hello from Louisiana. Thanks for all the information you share with us. I have told my sons you are a must to watch. I loved listening to Ricky Van Shelton
You are so welcome!
I read her post...that was just sad. My heart breaks for her. I won't complain about the feral cats we have hanging around my yard. I feed them each day & haven't seen a rodent in 3 yrs.
A lot can be said for feral cats.
In our garage we. Placed white sticky traps from the feed store. Thay are white long ones not the short black ones. Worked great for us.
We are in the middle of corn fields in indiana . I use the plug in sonic repellent and it actually works. It emits a sound only they can here they leave. Doesn't bother pets. Yes the squirrels chewed through wood and I got them in the house. Used a crowbar on them. Haven't had a problem since I plugged in the sonic repellent. Thanks for the info. Love your channel.
My biggest problem is in my coop.
Does this affect chickens at all?
@@kburke3849 I sort of doubted the sonic traps would work (never had any }happy to hear they do work I wonder if the could be used outside we have a lot of squirrels , To raise a garden was impossible. we don't have mouse problems as we have a lot of neighbors cats and cats nobody owns. Our cat sit at the patio door and the squirrels taunt Max (the cat) Max is an indoor cat.
@@kburke3849 What brand do you use?
@@godblesstexas922 Loraffe 12 V designed for automobiles.
@@JayP-kd5rc Loraffe, 12 v, designed for automobiles. This brand was recommended by a Toyota service manager and they have worked great. Amazon sells them.
i have 5 cats--no mice here!!
The metal containers that you can buy popcorn in for the holidays are useful. I often find them empty & much cheaper at thrift stores or garage sales.
Hello, from Dickinson, Texas! Jan here!
Most of my stuff is in jars, canned and sealed air tight.
I appreciate you telling me about the Irish spring because that’s the first I had heard of it was on a RUclips channel. I think I’ll pick some thing else, lol. Thank you so much for your help! Blessings.
Thank you! You are a God sent ❤️. This preper life is costly but necessary.....
You are so welcome!
I read that mice do not like orange peels. We were going to visit our daughter and her family for a week and since we live rurally with trees surrounding the back yard, we have been battling mice all winter and we're worried about what we find when we came home. I had just canned oranges and had 2 gallon bags of orange peels. We set out traps everywhere we thought they might travel and placed orange peels heavily along the door sweeps to the backyard and our garage. When we came home not one mouse in any trap! That was late January and we still keep orange peels along the door sweeps and still are not seeing mice! Crazy but true! I have heard that mice will also chew off canned goods labels!
We have citrus trees and oranges are the pack rat's favorite fruit.
We had an issue a couple of years ago. It was horrendous, mice got into my new range cooker and damaged wiring, they pulled out insulation. We had no idea, no sign of them otherwise in the kitchen. We have two cats and they hadn't noticed. We moved out all the furniture and found the hole. We had to reinforce all of our skirting and thankfully that worked. They got in my old pantry and thankfully only got cat food, they hadn't noticed my peeps with such a ready supply of dried biscuits. You have to reinforce the base of the floor, basically any edge they can chew away at. Heavy duty mesh wire stopped them completely. We basically ran it around the circumference of the wall where it meets the floor, bent over so L shape, down the wall, along the floor. Any hole or gap, we filled with wire wool. Next we tackled outside making sure they couldn't get under. Those large blue UN style barrels are great, they can't get through those. It was rats in the pantry. We live in a very rural location near to water so they're are out there, even if not seen.
just had this happen to me with mice and I have traps and all kinds of things set in place to get rid of them but I lost $1000's of food, when they moved in. Figure to replace it close to $4000 and I had everything in plastic containers good plastic containers.
I am so sorry
We had a water line that leads to the outside water connector break under the house last week( around 9: 30 at night, realized around 11pm what that noise was). We had to take up part of the floor to get to it, and I think some mice got in somehow. The traps I have aren't going off, the bait is gone trap still open. I'm going to get different ones today.
Years ago when I lived in Northern Michigan we had rat and mice issues. We had corn fields on to sides of the property our field on the third side and road on the other side. My cat kept them out of the house. Basement another story. The best thing I found ironically was Foxglove. I had planted it at the end by walk in basement door. I would find either dead or had a low enough heart rate to act like they were dead. In to the trash bin they went.
For those that aren’t familiar with Foxglove. It is digitalis or better know has digoxin. It is used in humans to lower the heart rate and keep it in a reg sinus rhythm. To much and it causes digoxin toxicity - can cause nausea/vomiting/neurological confusion and/or a lethal heart rhythm.
foxglove is very toxic to people too can even cause death look it up.
@@yerneedsry it is. That is why you don’t give it to people. Only when prescribed by a physician in a prescription form. It’s in my comment about it being toxic.
I cant imagine the trauma that lady went through. Glad she shared the story. Yes, I knew they would go after chickens. We have barn cats but still get occasional mouse into the house.
OMG I can't imagine living through that nightmare. If it helps I have my corn and sugar inside 31 gallon galvanized steel trash cans with locking lids. Behrens is the brand and I purchased food grade liners to place inside just as an added measure. I definitely need to rethink storing some other things like pasta that are just in five gallon buckets. I just placed an order for more canning jars but it looks like I'll be needing even more jars.
A man (homesteading youtuber) mixed baking soda with jiffy corn meal mix dry & set out little dishes of his mixture & soon no more rodents. Same as beer- they don't fart. Another person said set out dishes of dry mashed potato flakes. They eat it and then drink water and it becomes a brick in their little tummies and they die of a blockage.
We’ve had mice for years. Couldn’t find where they were coming in. Finally this year we found the way they came in. I had mice eat my candles. Mustard seeds even had one pop a canning jar lid on dry food. You must find the way they come in. Get a cat or two get rid of mice, voles and other things.
Ty for this. Great story.
Around 1 year ago, March of 2022 before my hubby went in for a surgery our cat was sleeping and sniffing around our bathrooms, seemed strange but after a few day's of this hubby stuck his nose by an outlet, and said something died ( he's an Electrician) so he cut out the outlet and used his phone to locate the critter, is was a sewer rat 🐀 😝 gross.. our neighbor was having a pest control company, take care of their problems. It ate the poison, somehow got into our house looking for water they go to the bathroom and came up into the wall and died. I spray peppermint oil few drops of dishwashing soap,and water spray around your foundation of your house several times a year, plus the 🐈 cat, we keep our lawn short too keeps those critters away.
I'm told they don't like brilliant. So I've stuffed any hole or crack with Brillo and I've had no problem. Also those glue pads are great.
I lived in an inner city with pantry shelf items; many in a seldom used room. We had a persistent rodent who liked popcorn to the point that it gnawed the upper edge of a glass pickle jar and metal lid; never saw any indications of rodents after that one. I have also lived where roaches lived in the water pipes (it was endemic and everyone across town despite their socio-economic status had them) and also where there were all too many mealy bugs in the grocery store grain based products. - I have a preference for glass with metal lids and/ or metal pantry shelf containers.
I would recommend contacting your local extention office or a reputable pest management company for recommendations of deterrants. A couple of problem areas we experienced were due to simply dry dog food and bird seed. Mice and others absolutely love that stuff. We bought those handy dandy auto feeders for our dogs kibble because we were working long hours and wanted them to have access to fresh food and water. It was a huge welcome mat for the rodents. At my work, we had a similar experience to the story Leisa shared, only with ground hogs. So many ground hogs. They chewed right through the siding of the garage on our building, and made themselves at home in our facility. They climbed up inside vehicles in our parking lot and chewed through wires, hoses, etc. Not one person's auto insurance covered those damages, sometimes in the thousands of dollars. It turns out they were attracted to the road salt that was used during winter for icy roads. It essentially sprayed the undercarraige of the vehicles turning them into homing devices for the ground hogs. We contacted DNR and they brought trucks of traps and relocated all of them. It took weeks to trap them all.
A friend of mine uses peanut butter with baking soda and also cornbread mix or cake mix with baking soda because he said rats and mice can’t fart.
He swears it works.
Great informative video
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I use the metal popcorn tins you get at Christmas time.
So do I, that and small metal trash cans.
When I moved into our 200+ year old abandoned farm house I was greeted by the mice and rats. The first night they had a welcome party for me and got into all of my food. We don't have canned beans and veggies here, they come in boxes. The milk and cream are also in boxes. My little "friends" had a feast on that! Very quickly I started putting everything in jars or plastic totes.
3 years later I still have rodent problems. I've tried flour and baking soda. Either I had more "friends" than I thought, or it didn't work. I've done homemade traps and store bought traps. No luck. I've used peppermint oil and fresh peppermint. They seemed to enjoy the minty freshness. The little darlings eat the soap in the shower! Poison is the only thing I've found to reduce the population to a tolerable level.
And I'm allergic to cats.
Lady up there said A product called Blue death worked good for her, not safe for pets so she put it in a dog crate then only they could get in 2x2 " holes.
Isn't it a nightmare! Wire mesh at any gnawing edge is what worked for us. Any possible hole or gap we used wire wool. Apparently if you can block the natural entry point with something they can't chew through they don't go around it, instead they go check out another natural place. We put metal strips on the bottom of any external wooden doors. Gnawing edges are the corners created where wall meets floor. From the rats perspective it's a perfect shape to chew on. Good luck!
A bag of lime and a bag of sugar has worked for me for years.. sprinkle the lime, sugar on top.. does a great job.. I do this in both garages and my basement..
The best rodent trap is a 5 gallon bucket. About 2 inches from top rim, place a 1 inch band of peanut butter all the way around inside bucket. Add a quarter of the bucket bottom with water. Now place a ramp to top of bucket, place a thinner board across the top of bucket. Rodents will try to eat peanut butter, falling into bucket,and they drown.
The original part of our house was built in 1860 with only a dirt crawl space underneath. The cats are pretty good at keeping the mice down. This year red squirrels have found their way in followed by a weasel (ermine this time of the year.). No real way to seal the house up. What I am looking for are tin bins like potato chips used to come in or something similar. Does anyone know where I could buy some?
We have mice also. I try to keep everything closed up. But sometimes I wonder if they smell the food on the outside of the pkging. What I mean is we handle things when we are cooking and we pick up something and close it and put it away and we have things on our hands without realizing it so the smell of food is now on the pkg, the mice smell something on the pkg and go to chewing on that pkg.
Hello Leisa. Thank you for this video. Having a mice issue is an embarrassing subject due to it being generalized as one must have a dirty cluttered home as the cause. Even though that's far from the truth. We had a problem for awhile with mice leaving turds all over the stovetop. I tried peppermint on cotton balls and bay leaves scattered on the counters. Didn't work for us. What did work was putting baking soda and instant potatoes on a plastic lid on the counter. Although it killed the mice, we did have the experience of the awful smell for about a month. We assume they died in a wall of our home. I just seen another one a couple nights ago run across the dining room floor. Ugh, I've set out more baking soda and instant potatoes in hopes that works again.
happened to us when they tore down greenhouses next to our plan...mice overran all the close houses...was disgusting ..
I had a rude awaking, went out to my garage and the mice or rats had eaten a hole in my fertilizer bags. Never would I have thought they would eat that. will have to purchase a metal garbage bag for both and hope this helps or I wont have any fertilizer for spring
I live out in the country and everyone one of my neighbors has to battle mice. I have never had a mouse in my home, and I assumed it was because my cabin is unfinished, not many places to hide. I recently learned that my catnip plants are actually hated by mice, rats, and mosquitos. My cats love the plants, but beware if you have dogs, catnip is a sedative for dogs. Because I prefer to not use poisons, the plants work perfectly for me. It has only been 2 years so far, and no problems.
I can attest that Irish Spring does not stop mice. We had it in every corner in our 5th wheel while it was in storage. All the soap had gnaw marks all over them and I saw no dead mice anywhere.
Glass glass glass...for everything in my house. I can or vac seal everything. Rodents are not on the list of whom i choose to share my preps with...
Thanks for sharing this topic today its often something thats in the overlooked department of many until its happened to them. Weevels and pantry moths is another fate that happens all too often if goods are just left open on shelves. Just ask my neighbour about that one....woke up to a house full of them literally due to an open 20kg bag of wheat not stored properly. It was a very expensive and difficult lesson for her but she learnt from that mistake just like we all did once upon a time.
Omg! That is so awful!! I would freak out when we lived in San Diego & the rain would drive them inside some winters. My biggest hebbie jeebies are the giant water/palmetto bugs we have down here in the south. I have 2 cats that keep them from getting far or warn us if they are on a wall. We only get about 5 or 6 a year but I'm always paranoid that they will be there when I turn the lights on
Oh wow!
Flying giant cockroach 🪳 icky. I hate them. Open your door and they can sneak by you. 😢
Those giant water bugs have been really bad in Va. this year. I had on average 2 or 3 a week all year last year and that was with the perimeter of the house inside and out sprayed.
We lived in Florida for a while when I was 12. I was afraid to step on the palmetto bugs because I thought they might just walk off with me!😬
Thank you for sharing this information now I'm headed to the camp to change a few things!! Please tell them thanks for sharing!!!
You are so welcome!
Wow great video. I almost skipped this one, thinking it would not apply so much to me. Oooowee, I was wrong. This story is exactly why my pepper pantry is in my house. Am I 100% safe from vermin, nope. But you can bet that if I would see one of those guys...I would be on it like white on rice. She did not mention if her home was infested, I hope not. It sounds like unsupervised items and animals were the target. Gosh, the poor animals, breaks my heart. Rats can chew thru just about anything depending what kind they are, concrete, wood, sheet metal. The bigger the front teeth are the more voracious they are. My property backs up to a ranch so I have more friends visiting than the average home and I have "friends" in my wood pile. For anyone that would say "you got to get rid of those rate in the wood pile", I would remind them that I live on a ranch. That is not possible. It is open land. I know eventually that guy will sell the property and the building will begin. This is good to keep in the back of my mind if and when it happens.
Does anyone know if you can vacuum seal coffee in jars? I mean I know you can, but does it preserve flavor?
I make handmade soap and them little suckers Love it. They are attracted to the oils. I recently discovered three packs of gravy mix that they feasted on.
I live in a mobile home and I have put metal screen material over and under each heat vent and so far it’s working.
Thank you for talking about this disgusting and embarrassing problem! Sadly the old snap traps with peanut butter work best... We were standing in the kitchen one day and a rat went walking across the top of the stove..... We have had things die and the stink is unbearable. We have fought this problem for years and we are fighting again with critters in the attic. There are many videos on YT about how to use Jiffy Cornbread mix and baking soda to make food that kills them. You just don't want them dying someplace in the house.... As for those totes--they are awesome and Costco put them on sale about once every month last summer. Hope they do the same this year. They were about $9 each.
LOL can't Fart, I'm told the same I'll have to give it a try and thank you for sharing !! Yes they bring the family too..
How hard would it have been for the building company to get pest control to spray the field before breaking ground on the school? Might be worth mentioning to the county. And document the damage!