Mouse on a C-Dory

thataway · Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2021 1:05 pm Post subject:

I have used SS scrub pads. The mice/rats will eat thru many materials. I have used the bounce sheets for some time...certainly helps. But just in case, I often will put in bait stations if there is an issue. I have had far more problems with RV's than boats.

Even worse than a mouse aboard, is a rat aboard. Way back I had a 25' wooden boat which was kept in the water. We knew there was a rat aboard. There was a person holding a fishing rod in the cockpit, as we were slow trolling, who was sea sick. The rat darted across the transom, and the sea sick fisher, hit the rat with the butt of the rod and knocked the rat overboard. Hero of the day--but still sea sick!

Marco Flamingo · Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2021 3:25 pm Post subject:

I've had good luck with bronze wool, Scotch Brite pads, and spray foam to seal up small openings. We seem to have an amazing amount of mice on Hood Canal this year. When I told a neighbor, he said that he had been using poison. Poison can make the mouse stagger outside, where it is quickly eaten by our local weasels, bob cats, coyotes, etc. The poison then kills the predators and the mouse population explodes.

We can't keep them off our porch, where we have boots, coats, and chest waders hanging. Finding a nest in the foot of my chest waders, and having the mouse run out, was the last straw. I bought one of these (also gave some to neighbors). Often catch 5 in a night. I put maybe four inches of soapy water in the bucket so that they sink fast and are slightly "preserved" if I don't get around to emptying the bucket for a couple of days. Often have 5 in a night. I put less water in since I drowned a curious weasel. I want him to be able to jump out.

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