ColinR
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Just discovered they are munching their way through the bags of clothes for jumble in the garage and I fear for the Zodiac which is nearby. I hope they prefer natural fibre for their nests.
Colin
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Do mice eat inflatable dinghies?
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Sgeir
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Well, they certainly chew their way through the plastic sheathing on cables, so perhaps a Zodiac might seem quite wholesome.
Ruffles
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We have mice in our garage where I'm busy sewing new sail cover, spray hood, cockpit cusions etc. I also keep sails in there in bags during the winter.
I always hang sailbags on nails from the rafters and stack fabric between the rafters. So far they've been ok. Suggest you do the same with your dinghy.
We also keep apples in there over winter. I put these in boxes stacked on top of a pair of old speaker stands. This seems to work so it appears they cannot climb 18" of smooth steel.
I always hang sailbags on nails from the rafters and stack fabric between the rafters. So far they've been ok. Suggest you do the same with your dinghy.
We also keep apples in there over winter. I put these in boxes stacked on top of a pair of old speaker stands. This seems to work so it appears they cannot climb 18" of smooth steel.
Bodach na mara
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Bet your life they do! I take all the standing rigging off the mast each year and store it in a shed, where there are field mice. Last year I found a lot of plastic shavings around which puzzled me till I got the rigging out. The little b*ggers had eaten the plastic spreader covers.
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Seen results of a mouse munched dinghy - it was really only fit for the bin !
andf
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Well they certainly ate a 60mm diameter hole in mine! The only good thing was that it was very neat and clean so that patching it wasn't too difficult.
Crianza
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What you need is this :>
Ultrasonic repellers that really work. I picked up a pack of 4 for 19.99 in B&Q ... sorted out my mouse and rat problem straight away.
Ultrasonic repellers that really work. I picked up a pack of 4 for 19.99 in B&Q ... sorted out my mouse and rat problem straight away.
steve_cronin
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They can\'t get out of seaboots though....
Found a dessicated field mouse in one of my son's discarded seaboots in our garage last winter. Seemed that it fell in and couldn't get out. On the other hand, it WAS a teenager's rubber boot!
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Found a dessicated field mouse in one of my son's discarded seaboots in our garage last winter. Seemed that it fell in and couldn't get out. On the other hand, it WAS a teenager's rubber boot!
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Re: They can\'t get out of seaboots though.... and steel pipes ...
We have two tall .... about 3m high steel vertical pipes ready to provide support for our new balcony to be added to back of house ....
I was standing next to one and I heard what I first thought was a bird trying to get out after falling in ... but later realised was most likely a mouse ... judging by the squeeky sounds etc. Being a 10" diameter pipe about 3m high - I was not able to help it - never heard it again - so assume it died in there !
(how it ever got in there ..... ???????)
Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr !
We have two tall .... about 3m high steel vertical pipes ready to provide support for our new balcony to be added to back of house ....
I was standing next to one and I heard what I first thought was a bird trying to get out after falling in ... but later realised was most likely a mouse ... judging by the squeeky sounds etc. Being a 10" diameter pipe about 3m high - I was not able to help it - never heard it again - so assume it died in there !
(how it ever got in there ..... ???????)
Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr !
penultimate
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Yes, Avon Redstart
Salty John
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They prefer them when they are not inflated. The inflated ones gives the mice a sudden and very severe case of wind.
jhr
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The inflated ones gives the mice a sudden and very severe case of wind.
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A similar problem for other levels of the food chain:
The inflated ones gives the mice a sudden and very severe case of wind.
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A similar problem for other levels of the food chain:
Lakesailor
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I fear for the Zodiac which is nearby.
Colin
[/ QUOTE ]I prefered the Cresta, but any loss of old cars is disturbing.
I fear for the Zodiac which is nearby.
Colin
[/ QUOTE ]I prefered the Cresta, but any loss of old cars is disturbing.
ShipsWoofy
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If you have chewy pets like dogs or cats you can by a product called 'cant-remember' spray from pet shops to spray table legs etc. Apparently the taste is so foul the animals will not go near it. Presumably you will be able to wash it off afterwards.
I wonder if it would work for mice and rats.
I wonder if it would work for mice and rats.
Colin_S
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Mice most certainly chew at sails. Oh, and they can swim too /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
ShipsWoofy
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Oh, and they can swim too
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And quickly too, we were joined one night by a mouse in the hot tub, I ended up thrashing around trying to catch the little booger creating more waves than the pumps.
Ended up catching him as he was washed into the filter and caught in the basket. Dried him off and sent him running across the garden where they live under my shed. I think they only live there to drive my dog nuts as he stuffs his nose under the shed and tries to lift it to gain access to them.
They also eat rags, I had a massive bag of rags for working on engines and the like, they looked like they had been through a paper shredder when the mice chewed them, I presumed as bedding.
Oh, and they can swim too
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And quickly too, we were joined one night by a mouse in the hot tub, I ended up thrashing around trying to catch the little booger creating more waves than the pumps.
Ended up catching him as he was washed into the filter and caught in the basket. Dried him off and sent him running across the garden where they live under my shed. I think they only live there to drive my dog nuts as he stuffs his nose under the shed and tries to lift it to gain access to them.
They also eat rags, I had a massive bag of rags for working on engines and the like, they looked like they had been through a paper shredder when the mice chewed them, I presumed as bedding.