On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 14:26:50 GMT, with neither quill nor qualm,
Ecnerwal quickly quoth:

In article ,
"Waynemak" wrote:

Its going to get cold out and that means the mice come in. Any tips on how
to keep them out of my welders in the garage? I will set traps but anything
else to prevent the little PITAs out of my stuff.

A hard-working cat can help, but the best thing for equipment (ie,
places to hide from the cat in) is tiny-mesh hardware cloth covering up
all the openings. If you also tighten up the building with hardware
cloth and polyurethane foam that provides another level of slowing them
down, and keeps the building a bit warmer as a side effect. Cleaning up
as much other clutter (mouse hiding places and nesting supplies) as
possible will also help.

Mothballs deter some, don't seem to bother others. Poison gets some,
doesn't seem to bother others. Sticky traps and ye-olde mechanical traps
nail the ones that get into them. I don't even bother to bait mechanical
traps anymore - just set them in the corner of wall and floor where the
beasties run. Etc...

I had great luck in LoCal with empty traps. I'd face them against the
wall so the mouse would accidentally step on the trigger as it ran
through and get nailed (a dozen freebies.) Cracked me up, it did.

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