On 10/17/2013 9:07 AM, philo wrote:
On 10/16/2013 11:03 PM, The Daring Dufas wrote:
On 10/16/2013 3:03 PM, Alan Meyer wrote:
On 10/16/2013 02:57 PM, Bob F wrote:

1/4" should keep them out, but you could go to 1/8". They both
seem to be made in 48" widths.

According to my calculations based on mouse skull size, 1/4"
should keep out all but the very young, very strong (enough to
deform the wire) or very smart (enough to find an irregularity if
there is one) mice.

But I see no conceivable way any of them could wiggle through
1/8".

Alan

Heck, around here, The rats and even the mice carry wire cutters.
^_^

TDD



As one who has had mice...I assure you they can get through almost
anything. Even if the hole is seemingly too small to get through,
they will gnaw or force it open if they want to get in.

The best way is to /not/ have any holes at all that could draw their
attention. If there is not a hole, they may not smell potential food
inside.

BTW: I think I might have used fine steel wool to plug the holes I
had prior to the use of foam.


Some years ago when I had a business, there was a problem with rats and
mice in my warehouse. I put out rat traps for the rats and round plastic
ant bait containers. The ants ate the peanut butter off the rat traps
and the rats and mice ate the ant bait. I tuned the rat traps until the
things had a hair trigger. One day, I found a mouse caught in one of the
big traps. The bar came down on its hind quarters and the look on
mouse's face was hysterical. Its mouth was wide open and I could
imagine it screaming "AHHHHHHHH!" ^_^

TDD