When nature attacks

[swamp]

We have a mouse in the house that is skilled at removing the food from the trap but not getting caught by the trap. 

The deer ate my garden. 

The geese are shitting all over my lawn and dock. 

The trees have taken over the property line and need to be trimmed back. 

The raccoon keeps,trying to get in the locked garbage can. 

Im losing the battle. 

[taz157]

You need to crack that whip!

[spartan7886]

What food are you using? We use peanut butter (for rats). I don't think that would be too easy to sneak out of a trap without setting it off. Maybe the first pawful, but not the last bit.

The only remedy I have for deer is move closer into the city. When we moved into our house, I exclaimed "Oh this enclosed patio will be perfect for the garden! The deer can't get in!". DH and MIL both gave me this completely blank look. Apparently that's not an issue around here. Who knew?

[swamp]

The trap is set with peanut butter with a hunk of cheese stuck in it. 

The deer are in "the city" here too. It's a town of about 9,000 people. 

[geenamercile]

The deer ate my garden.

Have your DH pee around the edge of the garden.  The smell of the human urine is suppose to scare away the deer.   

The geese are shitting all over my lawn and dock

Goose for dinner...


Not sure about the others. 

[taz157]

Jul 28, 2013 20:46:50 GMT -5 geenamercile said:

The deer ate my garden.

Have your DH pee around the edge of the garden.  The smell of the human urine is suppose to scare away the deer.   

Her son may have fun with that too!

[geenamercile]

It can be a bonding moment, just remember if you shake it more than twice you are playing with it.  (Advice given from my uncle to my brother when potty training, who would repeat is all the time) 

[swamp]

Jul 28, 2013 20:47:59 GMT -5 taz157 said:

Jul 28, 2013 20:46:50 GMT -5 geenamercile said:

Have your DH pee around the edge of the garden.  The smell of the human urine is suppose to scare away the deer.   

Her son may have fun with that too!

They do All the time. It worked until a few days ago. 

[Deleted]

We have a mouse in the house that is skilled at removing the food from the trap but not getting caught by the trap. Suspend a stick about half way down into a kitchen garbage can. Put food in the bottom. He will drop down to get it & not be able to get back out. It really does work if you do it right. I don't kill animals & came up with that way to catch them.

The deer ate my garden. Realize that you didn't have a garden. You were feeding deer.

The geese are shitting all over my lawn and dock. Go shit where they swim (payback is a bitch).

The trees have taken over the property line and need to be trimmed back. Buy a chainsaw & afterward you can make a movie. Chainsaw movies make a lot of money.

The raccoon keeps,trying to get in the locked garbage can. Go out at dusk & put your garbage in your neighbor's can. Don't shut the lid.

Im losing the battle. Don't fight fair.

[geenamercile]

Go shit where they swim (payback is a bitch).

  I think she already pees in there... 

[Tennesseer]

'We have a mouse in the house who's a louse and shrewd to removing food from the trap causing a flap we soon hope to zap.'

[Jaguar]

This thread is making me laugh so hard.

[geenamercile]

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8 minutes ago geenamercile said:
Have your DH pee around the edge of the garden. The smell of the human urine is suppose to scare away the deer.
Her son may have fun with that too!
They do All the time. It worked until a few days ago.

Maybe they are drinking too much water and it doesn't smell as strong.  Maybe the deer have decided you are friendly after all.  I'm going to go back to the dinner solution, and actually fairly serious about it.  Venison is yummy and I would think your state would have an nuisance law for killing animals outside of hunting season.     

[taz157]

Jul 28, 2013 20:57:27 GMT -5 Jaguar said:

This thread is making me laugh so hard.

By the way Sug, I love your font choice (size and color).

[Jaguar]

Jul 28, 2013 20:58:33 GMT -5 taz157 said:

Jul 28, 2013 20:57:27 GMT -5 Jaguar said:

This thread is making me laugh so hard.

By the way Sug, I love your font choice (size and color).

Shut up. Thank SL she got tired of my bitching.

[swamp]

Jul 28, 2013 20:57:28 GMT -5 geenamercile said:

insert quote here6 minutes ago taz157 said:
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8 minutes ago geenamercile said:
Have your DH pee around the edge of the garden. The smell of the human urine is suppose to scare away the deer.
Her son may have fun with that too!
They do All the time. It worked until a few days ago.

Maybe they are drinking too much water and it doesn't smell as strong.  Maybe the deer have decided you are friendly after all.  I'm going to go back to the dinner solution, and actually fairly serious about it.  Venison is yummy and I would think your state would have an nuisance law for killing animals outside of hunting season.  

I love venison and shooting them out of season is only illegal if you get caught. I have enough friends that hunt that can take care of the problem if they see it. It usually feeds in the night. 

There have been plenty of opportunities to hit the damn deer in my driveway with my van. I just bought a new one, I don't want to dent it. 

[Deleted]

Use a glue trap

[Deleted]

Put raw egg in a spray bottle and fill to the top with water. Spray your garden. If I don't do this my hostas just become a deer salad bar.

Critters really don't like dogs. Raccoons used to come up on our deck and look into the windows. The dogs chased them up trees a few times and they no longer come near the house. The dogs also chase the deer out of the yard during the day. This doesn't help when they feed at night so see above.

I feel your pain. I have had a chipmunk in my family room and an opposum in my garage.

Oh yeah-mice...change the style of trap you are using. We had a mouse that would lick the peanut butter off of the trap every night without setting it off. I think that is where the term "rat bastard" was born.

[kent]

Jul 28, 2013 20:42:12 GMT -5 spartan7886 said:

What food are you using? We use peanut butter (for rats). I don't think that would be too easy to sneak out of a trap without setting it off. Maybe the first pawful, but not the last bit.

BINGO!  A pest control person told me to use chunky peanut butter because they have to work a little harder to get it - worked for us!

[swamp]

the mouse got the food from the trap again and we didn't catch it.  dammit.

DS's friend offered us his cat for a week.  I think we should borrow her.

[Abby Normal]

I work in a rural setting, surrounded by farm fields- so we always have a mouse problem.  We have a few snap traps, but they don't work well.  We switched to the sticky trap. Which means when they walk over it they are stuck.  It's inhumane- but effective.  I used to be all - don't kill them.  But after a few weeks of finding mouse turds and pee on my desk every morning, I quickly changed to a kill the bastards mindset.

I don't need deer-  my dogs keep eating the vegetables out of the garden.  One has a particular fondness for for broccoli, the other for tomatoes.  Unfortunately, the both like the strawberries. 

[Deleted]

Peanut Butter - Bird netting - Pellet Gun - Hire Help - Pellet Gun

[midjd]

DS's friend offered us his cat for a week. I think we should borrow her.

May be worth a shot... all of our cats have been the "play with the mouse for 30 seconds and let it go" types, but a good mouser should be able to take care of it within a few days.

Hawks and snakes are also useful for rodent control.

[Deleted]

The deer ate my garden. Realize that you didn't have a garden. You were feeding deer.

Whenever we plant something we call it putting out the smorgasbord. Our town has a population of approximately 40k. The dozen or so deer that spend the evening in our yard like the diversity. Now we have fawns; lots and lots of fawns and only one mountain lion siting.

Human piss doesn't seem to phase them. And the deer poop EVERYWHERE!

The raccoons think it's spiffy that we often forget to bring in the cat water at night. We usually find a muddy bowl as a thank you. We do find that placing the bag of dirty cat litter in the garbage discourages them. Until we the cat litter we use bungee cords for both the garbage and the recycling.

We have raccoon issues with both our main house and the cabin.

Thank god I don't have to deal with shitty geese, just shitty crows. Their poop isn't so slippery!

[swamp]

Jul 29, 2013 10:19:20 GMT -5 midjd said:

DS's friend offered us his cat for a week. I think we should borrow her.

May be worth a shot... all of our cats have been the "play with the mouse for 30 seconds and let it go" types, but a good mouser should be able to take care of it within a few days.

Hawks and snakes are also useful for rodent control.

we have an eagle in the area that is doing a great job keeping the rabbit population down.

[amishgal]

Jul 28, 2013 21:19:57 GMT -5 @davebo said:

Use a glue trap

For the deer? That would be awesome! Might work for the raccoon too. Hmmm, there's a business idea, giant glue traps.

[GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl]

Jul 29, 2013 12:04:20 GMT -5 amishgal said:

Jul 28, 2013 21:19:57 GMT -5 @davebo said:

Use a glue trap

For the deer? That would be awesome! Might work for the raccoon too. Hmmm, there's a business idea, giant glue traps.

Well, until Swamp's DH or one of her kids steps on the giant glue traps and has to chew their foot off to escape.  

Then Swamp would have to clean up all the blood on top of the goose poop and the dead garden and the spilled trash.  

[swamp]

Swamp 1. Mouse 0. 

[Deleted]

Jul 29, 2013 12:04:20 GMT -5 amishgal said:

Jul 28, 2013 21:19:57 GMT -5 @davebo said:

Use a glue trap

For the deer? That would be awesome! Might work for the raccoon too. Hmmm, there's a business idea, giant glue traps.

Can you imagine when the dogs get stuck in one... Or the kids, omg the kids....