my feed room is infested with MICE!!!

[proudchickenmom]

lizards??? why???

 

[proudchickenmom]

I am trying to prepare for the worst when I open that can of dog food

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I am trying to prepare for the worst when I open that can of dog food

Never mind. I thought you meant like a CAN of canned dog food and I was going to ask why open it. You mean the garbage can with the bag of old dog food in it. Gotcha. Good luck! Let us know how it goes. The company loves misery!

 

[That_australian_lad]

lisards in australia will stop at nothing for food

 

[Nay]

lisards in australia will stop at nothing for food

Goannas?

 

[littledog]

these 2 large metal barrels that the previous land owners used to store dog food (they ran a dog boarding/hound training sort of thing). they have been sitting in this one place for at least a decade, one of them still has a 50 pound bag of dog feed in it. i was wondering if it would be a secure place to store our feed from the mice.

Well, go through that old bag of dog food to see if there are any mouse droppings contaminating it - mice seem to eat anything remotely edible - if not, you have your answer and those metal bins would be good places to store your feed,

 

[littledog]

If they're ugly, rusted, cobwebby, do as Aart suggests and spray them out then let them dry in the sun. Then spray with rust proof paint, and always store your feed in the original bag inside them to protect from condensation.

 

[aart]

lisards in australia will stop at nothing for food

..and that's why we need to know (your location)

 

[Al Gerhart]

Howard E already said everything needed to be said. Sanitation and exclusion, in that order. Sanitation alone will eliminate the mice and rats 75% of the time, no food available, they will leave quickly. Get your bulk feed in galvanized metal trash cans, done this for decades, never a problem with condensation. Condensation happens when the can is colder than the air inside the barrel, not gonna happen .

And you aren't done. You most likely have a buffet set out for the rodents, AKA a chicken feeder. Get a rat proof chicken feeder with a spring loaded door and a heavy counterweight, problem solved. Mice and rats live with in a few dozen yards of their food source to avoid traveling and being eaten by predators. Once the food source is dried up they move or they starve.

Forget traps, mice are smart creatures, they figure out any trap unless they get desperate because you bought a rat proof feeder. Even then they won't line up and march into a bucket in search of peanut butter for long. They will leave.

 

[Bear and Dart]

To keep the mice away I’d recommend getting some type of food container that they can’t get into. I’m actually not sure myself if they contaminate food as ice never looked into this kind of thing besides mice proof containers. I hope the suggestion helps though good luck!