What did you work on today ?

[njsteve]

Pulled the old 1992 Pace trailer out to get it ready to pick up my Hellcat next week. Tried out the brake controller and it is bad (only 10 months old) Luckily I kept the receipts and Drawtite is sending me a replacement under the 1 year warranty.

I then went to clean out the trailer and sweep it out. Of course the mice have been at play. I actually chased one up the side railing and it ran down the rafters to the other end and disappeared between the wall panels. Most of the interior has been removed after years of dealing with mice so there's not a lot of places to hide anymore.

Then I found out why it had stuck around. After moving around the old rags, I found two tiny baby mice on the floor. Ugh! It wouldn't be right to just toss them out in the cold. So I got a little box and put them in it with the stuffing they had collected. I cut a little door in the side and placed a Ritz cracker with some peanut butter on it just inside the little door of the box. I put it back in the same spot I found them and closed up the trailer.

I checked back after 1 hour. No change
2 hour mark: no change
3 hours: the cracker had a couple bites taken out and was moved away from the entrance. I checked the box and it was empty. Mommy Mouse had moved her babies out.

So I left the entire trailer empty with all the doors open overnight so hopefully they will find a place to relocate to.

I also moved the peanut butter box a few feet outside the trailer in the yard, hoping that entices them to move.

[Too Many Projects]

You are too nice, Steve. Young mice around me don't reach breeding age, but I do feed the adults...Tom Cat pellets.

[earntaz]

Lawn tractor ... my hips and knees start raising hell if I use the push mower ... UGH!@#$%

[njsteve]

Originally Posted by njsteve

Pulled the old 1992 Pace trailer out to get it ready to pick up my Hellcat next week. Tried out the brake controller and it is bad (only 10 months old) Luckily I kept the receipts and Drawtite is sending me a replacement under the 1 year warranty.

I then went to clean out the trailer and sweep it out. Of course the mice have been at play. I actually chased one up the side railing and it ran down the rafters to the other end and disappeared between the wall panels. Most of the interior has been removed after years of dealing with mice so there's not a lot of places to hide anymore.

Then I found out why it had stuck around. After moving around the old rags, I found two tiny baby mice on the floor. Ugh! It wouldn't be right to just toss them out in the cold. So I got a little box and put them in it with the stuffing they had collected. I cut a little door in the side and placed a Ritz cracker with some peanut butter on it just inside the little door of the box. I put it back in the same spot I found them and closed up the trailer.

I checked back after 1 hour. No change
2 hour mark: no change
3 hours: the cracker had a couple bites taken out and was moved away from the entrance. I checked the box and it was empty. Mommy Mouse had moved her babies out.

So I left the entire trailer empty with all the doors open overnight so hopefully they will find a place to relocate to.

I also moved the peanut butter box a few feet outside the trailer in the yard, hoping that entices them to move.

UPDATE: And this morning the Ritz cracker and peanut butter was gone from the carboard box in the yard. So maybe I coaxed them out of the trailer over night.

Hey you never know when God is testing you! So treat all the critters out there nicely. Did I mention I saved a bumblebee this morning that was stuck inside our patio screen door?