The mouse from hell

[tripledog]

Just a long shot, but maybe one of those sonic pest "chasers" would work for you. This has to be very frustrating for you by now.

[El Camexican]

Just a long shot, but maybe one of those sonic pest "chasers" would work for you. This has to be very frustrating for you by now.

I bought one of those for dogs to shut the dog next door up. He barked at it.

Yea, I'm pissed. I would have loved to fire a 12ga. into the tree last night.

Tonight I'm cable wrapping rat traps to the tree branches and baiting them with cranberries. I soaked the traps with juice from the orange he was sucking last night to cover my scent. There will be poison on the fence he comes in on as well. Got a water bucket under the tree with a floating piece of plastic covered with dog food, peanut butter and a chunk of fresh orange. Live trap doesn't get here for 2 weeks.

[redsox]

No bueno!!! They are resilient, and they are usually many. I don't know how many orange trees you have, but is that their food source? If you wrap a 1 foot band of sheet metal around the top of the trunk, and WD-40 it, they won't be able to climb to the fruit. It won't hurt the tree. BUT, they can and will still eat what falls, so you've got to clean up the dropped fruit. And, consider that if that food source dries up, you may drive them inside. Good luck. I think you may be surrounded.

[El Camexican]

No bueno!!! They are resilient, and they are usually many. I don't know how many orange trees you have, but is that their food source? If you wrap a 1 foot band of sheet metal around the top of the trunk, and WD-40 it, they won't be able to climb to the fruit. It won't hurt the tree. BUT, they can and will still eat what falls, so you've got to clean up the dropped fruit. And, consider that if that food source dries up, you may drive them inside. Good luck. I think you may be surrounded.

He's coming up the concrete fence from the neighbors side and jumping 12 inches to the tree. There's likely more than one as they live in the sewer. Last time we had an issue there were three we knew of and likely others we didn't. I keep the ground clean, but there's plenty of hanging fruit for them. They open a hole about a 1/2"OD in the bottom and then suck till the orange is dry. I always thought it was bats, but not any more.

[redsox]

thats the problem with fences. as long as the rats are motivated to come over, they will. BTW, i like the new profile pic. Zing.

[El Camexican]

BTW, i like the new profile pic. Zing.

Yea, I suspect they planned this out years ago. Him running amuck is the only way she can win. I figure the plan was for him to go third party and split the right. Now with him leading who knows what they'll do. Romney plans to make a speech tomorrow should be interesting.

Hey look! The topic changed, but we're still discussing rats, the 2 legged ones

[El Camexican]

Chapter 7:

He set a trap off about 1:00am this morning. The "snap" woke me up and the dog went nuts, so ran out with the door in my Fruit of the Looms, pellet gun and S&W flash light in hand.

He didn't get caught, but as the dog was running in circles around the tree I saw a couple flowers fall near the edge. Sure enough there sat the little %(&%$# breathing about 5 times a second due to having the crap scared out of him a minute earlier by the trap.

He was only about 10 feet away from me, but from his ears to his mid section he was behind a 2" branch. Should have been an easy shot, but his hind quarters filled my scope up almost completely. Also not helping things was the dog barking and the heavy trigger the 924 FPS Mendoza has. I figured I had him and squeezed...

Still not sure what all happened, but the dog got loud enough that every dog within a 1/4 mile lit up, a bunch of oranges and leaves fell and I'm pretty sure the rat fell into a fern under the tree, but by the time my ears began to filter out the rest of the racket I heard a rustle of leaves on the other side of the tree where the fence is and then it got real quite as the dogs shut down.

He's either got a belly wound, or I clean missed and hit the branch he was on. Either way I still haven't got a dead body or a good nights sleep.

[DohcBikes]

Chapter 7:

Laughed my ass off at this

[Jmoozy27]

Chapter 7:

He set a trap off about 1:00am this morning. The "snap" woke me up and the dog went nuts, so ran out with the door in my Fruit of the Looms, pellet gun and S&W flash light in hand.

He didn't get caught, but as the dog was running in circles around the tree I saw a couple flowers fall near the edge. Sure enough there sat the little %(&%$# breathing about 5 times a second due to having the crap scared out of him a minute earlier by the trap.

He was only about 10 feet away from me, but from his ears to his mid section he was behind a 2" branch. Should have been an easy shot, but his hind quarters filled my scope up almost completely. Also not helping things was the dog barking and the heavy trigger the 924 FPS Mendoza has. I figured I had him and squeezed...

Still not sure what all happened, but the dog got loud enough that every dog within a 1/4 mile lit up, a bunch of oranges and leaves fell and I'm pretty sure the rat fell into a fern under the tree, but by the time my ears began to filter out the rest of the racket I heard a rustle of leaves on the other side of the tree where the fence is and then it got real quite as the dogs shut down.

He's either got a belly wound, or I clean missed and hit the branch he was on. Either way I still haven't got a dead body or a good nights sleep.

.22 cal revolver w/ 6"-8" barrel may be a better tool. Ratshots shells are expensive but are very useful. Either that or hollow points.

[tripledog]

Five pages in and still no resolution to the problem. I think you could write a novel and title it "Of mice and El Camexican". Hope you get that sucker soon!

[atc007]

Freaking vermin....I really feel for ya. You're gonna be a zombie if something don't give!

[250rAL]

I realize you're doing battle with a rat but here's my mouse tale (tail?). When we were first married, we lived in an old trailer home. Had a mouse problem. And those things were smart. They laughed at my modified hair-trigger spring traps with peanut butter under the trigger plate. They would lick it clean without setting it off. I could set it off by blowing on it. I hunted them with a pellet gun(Powermaster 760) inside the house. Got a nice headshot on one that was sticking his head out of the air conditioner but missed the one on the stove. I tried sticky traps. I knew a mouse was in the living room and the only way out was through a narrow aisle. I blocked the way with sticky traps. The next day I had a trap covered with fur but no mouse. I tried poison and declared victory when it all disappeared. Until we found all of the poison stashed under the tissues in the Kleenex box. I finally went to Victor live traps. Baited with peanut butter, they were unbeatable. I cleared out 14 mice that summer. I drowned them in the bathroom sink and threw them out the door. One found an air pocket and didn't die. Damned thing ran back under the trailer and I had to catch him a second time.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Victor-Live-...cAAOSwEgVWSg6R

[Chopsaw]

Take a length of fishing line with a sharp hook . Hang it and bait it , or use a treble hook and position it so he walks thru it . Put it up in the tree . He will get into it at some point .
Years ago had a house with a pear tree in the yard . Had the same trouble you're having . At my wits end , I cut the tree down . No more rats , but I hate pears so it didn't matter .

[El Camexican]

.22 cal revolver w/ 6"-8" barrel may be a better tool. Ratshots shells are expensive but are very useful. Either that or hollow points.

I have a single shot .22 that is legal to own here, but not discharge in the city. Keep in mind this is Mexico, if they come to my house for firing a .22 and find my "real" rat killer I go to jail till my pubs turn white.

[El Camexican]

Take a length of fishing line with a sharp hook . Hang it and bait it , or use a treble hook and position it so he walks thru it . Put it up in the tree . He will get into it at some point .
Years ago had a house with a pear tree in the yard . Had the same trouble you're having . At my wits end , I cut the tree down . No more rats , but I hate pears so it didn't matter .

I may have to do that. Might be difficult to find a fishing supply store here though