theres a rat in my shed ....my dog has almost caught it once ...is this the same

I'd be interested to hear about the mice too as we plan to do a road trip leaving around the end of April. We are/were looking to heading to Coonabarabran and the Warrumbungles as a part of that trip before heading back north. Cheers.

Mice plagues follow good crop seasons. You might hear of them on the ABC Radio's Country Hour.
We saw one horrendous plague at Ceduna in the 80s!
Unfortunately something that eats mice turns up in great numbers too - brown snakes. Be careful!

i remember a mouse plague around Dalby looked like the ground was moving , cats and dogs just laid there an took no notice of them, there were that many of them, baits had no effect on the numbers. hard to describe, one of those things that you would not believe if you didn't see it

Hi dogbox,
While the farmers on the West Coast of SA killed thousands with Stricknyn, another chemical that knocked them for a six, if you didn't have pets was Baysol Blue Snail Pellets.

And those that ran through the chook house found the white leghorn hens ate them, down the hatch quick smart! The edges of the Eyre Highway west of Ceduna used to run across the road, get splattered by the trucks. Then the next lot would go & eat their squashed cousins before the next truck squashed them too. Haystacks disappeared, rain water tanks ruined, mice in made up beds in the hospital, tomato plants eaten off at ground level! And I will never forget the smell in the Penong Manual telephone exchange! They died in the ceilings, walls! Yuck!

Water traps provided swimming lessons to many!

the smell of mice poo/pee is bad enough but the rotting bodies of tens of thousands added to the mix, yep yuck !

even dead mice in the fridge you would take them out and more would get in the legs of the kitchen tables in buckets of water to slow them down an you still had to be quick to eat before they got .

There might be a special on freshly crumbed 'chicken' Peter.

Thanks guys. Not sure about the roast chicken but believe Tracy on Current Affair tomorrow has a segment on the mice plague in NSW

Cold weather kills them. As they die they start eating each other when
Food runs out ! Wander if the PC people will help ?

Mice follow sent trails. So if you get any in your RV make sure you wash your wheels and tyres. The first one will lay down a sent trail for the others to follow.

In the USA we had them for a few weeks before we killed them all with bait. They came in via the power cord.

Some years back the CMCA had a rally in Horsham. There were a zillion mice. So many that dogs gave up chasing them. We figured they added to the gene pool all over Australia as every motorhome must have had some on board as they left the rally site.

Hi all. We're now looking of heading out next week - going down probably via Texas, Warialda, Bingara, Barraba to see the silo art, across to Gunnadah to look at the painted water tower, Coonabarabran then across to Gulargambone, another painted water tower then up to Coonamble and yes they have a painted water tower too. Then up to Walgett and then make a decision which way to go. As you can see this is really in the midst of the mouse plague area and I know, from past experience, that our motorhome is not mouse proof. Since 2015 when we got one on board crossing the Nullabor we keep all non tinned foodstuffs in good sturdy plastic containers and have a few mouse traps on board also. These came in handy at Walkers Rock Camp Ground on the Eyre Penninsular in 2017. So, tell me have any of you been in this area since Easter and what was the mouse situation like and what did you do to keep the rodents out? I did read the smell of Peppermint Oil is a deterrent but there's none to be got around here as I have looked. I know we don't need to go to this area as we are only being tourists and could head north instead. So people your thoughts and suggestions.
Thank you.

Napthalene Flakes by Novex was a product that deterred the mice from entering areas where it was deployed, unfortunately this product is no longer readily available. Napthalene in the form of moth balls is still available both in certain stores and on-line.
The downside of Napthalene is of course the omnipresent characteristic odour/smell, reminiscent of Grannys linen closet.

Gaylehere, I live in the area you wish to visit, New England/ North West Slopes and Plains, and we have thousands and thousands of mice, as it is getting cold now, they are coming into our houses in droves, not to mention vehicles as well. No cure at the moment, and their is nowhere to go, to tour anywhere in the bush, as in is from Vic, to QLD as well. I even believe the SA has them as well. No way of stopping them, we are at our wits end over them.

Thank you for the replies, Even though we wish to see the area mentioned in my last post we have decided to let it for another time when less mice are around. Even though I do have some camphor balls and naphthalene balls and mice traps, we really don't want to be spending our holidays worrying about "will they get inside or worse still, chew wiring etc. that would park us up. Have read some horror stories on another forum and that together with Ric's assessment has made us decide to head north for now. Thanks again.

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