Combines mice

[99_9410]

I use mouse-out. Spray it in the grain tank, on the sieves, bottom and top of feeder-house, in the walkers and have had no problems with mice.

 

[theredgreenshow]

If you hate mice, you can never have too many cats. I hate mice. We have lots of cats and the only mice I see are in the cat's mouths. Once in a while they will make a nest somewhere, but not very often.

 

[farmer12]

You might try this. Works well to protect seed as well. Construct bait stations. Here's how: Cut some 6" length pieces of 2 inch PVC. Drill a hole through the middle (large enough to accomodate a tie strap). Slide a piece of ROPAX or other rat_mouse poison inside and then the tie strap throught the PVC and the poison. It gives the mice a secure "feeling" to feed inside the tube. I make up a bunch every spring and place all over the shed. I have found them to be very effective.

 

[Wheaty1]

Now that we've found out about all the smelly stuff to keep mice out how about a good old fashioned mouse trap with a little bit of peanut butter for bait! Poison laying around the shed, CATS, windup box traps, sticky traps!

 

[Combine_Wizard]

I take it, you're as opposed to cats as you are all the poison lying around, hehe.

 

[swede]

Even though your combine sat for only 2 weeks,it would have been when mice were actively searching shelter for the winter,and yours with grain still in it looked like a great place. It is tough to keep the critters out.For long term storage,the first thing is to clean it as good as possible.I spend at least a day on mine with an air compressor,leaf blower,vacuum ,and garden hose.Amazing how many out of the way places can trap dust and chaff for nests.When I am done,you could eat off the frame in most places. The grain tank should be vacuumed out under the augers.Not fun,but need to eliminate all the food sources possible.Same with the clean grain and tailings augers.I park the combine on as much slope as possible and try to swish them out down through the seives.Same with the auger bed.Take the cover off the outside at the bottom and wash all that stuff out good.It needs to be kernel-clean.No food supply-no problem usually. The other fellows are right about the dryer sheets and Fresh-Cab pouches becoming food or nesting materials.They need to be rotated when they lose their effectiveness. Try to fight mice with their own keen sense of smell and habits.That's why mothballs work,and I have tried sprinkling black pepper throughout.I have heard of guys spraying the insides with diesel fuel after cleaning.Mice will get the oil on their feet and fur,and since they work at cleaning themselves,won't like the taste. Try to look at how the mice get in.Crawl up the tires I guess.Maybe the mothballs need to be spread on the ground around and under the combine.Just my thoughts since I can't sleep.Good luck.

 

[Case_Farmer]

Maybe you should switch to a Cat Combine (haha sorry i couldn't resist)

 

[Combine_Wizard]

Very cute one, Case Farmer! I love it! Hey, if we can't display some good clean humor over here then this is just not worth having, huhIJ I happen to like those Cat combines as well as the Deere ones. Cat, DeereIJ Hmmm. I wonder what the next animal name will be for a combine will be. Got any suggestions, heheIJ

 

[Wind]

Have to agree, we have anywhere from 10 to 15 cats around (amount depends on attrition) and we do not have any mouse problems. Have learned that do not keep them too friendly or too well fed in the fall and things are a lot cleaner. Give them a place to keep out of the wind in the winter and a little hungry and you see no mice, except in their mouths. Guess it dosen't hurt to have a few foxes around either, had a litter in the pasture a couple of years ago and since then we have had no problem with the coons either, even in the sweet corn patch! On a side note, have one female adult cat that will catch swallows about 3' off the ground as they fly by. An awesome sight to watch. She just waits patiently until they fly too close and BAM, she pulls them down.

 

[jeff]

For the cab i"ve had good luck with some strong air fresheners layed out on the seat and on the floor as well as a box of baking soda left open with a little sprinkled on the floor.