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Post by ghostrider on Jul 8, 2013 0:28:05 GMT -5
I keep mine in the house mostly but when it's on the rack out in the tack shed I make sure I don't put the blanket or a pad under it. I figure it's harder for a mouse to chew the wool if they have to maneuver chewing and standing on a metal rod. I can say I've never had a mouse chew on a pad or saddle but it still worries me too. Maybe a couple drops of mint oil on the underside of the saddle or pads would work?
I'll look for patchouli when we go to Mamma Jeans, it's where we get the homeopathic stuff in Springfield.
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Post by horsespoiler on Jul 8, 2013 3:36:36 GMT -5
I worked with an old hippie that always smelled musty to me, I thought it was his clothes. Then I found out it was Patchouli. Ugh. I've used mothballs to keep rodents out of our boat when it's stored for winter and bought a camper that had some in it. I would think some strategically placed in the tack room could discourage mice, as long as you don't mind the camphor smell.
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Post by ghostrider on Jul 8, 2013 10:50:34 GMT -5
I have to zone the moth balls at work, they almost make me puke. UGH
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Post by cyndi on Jul 8, 2013 12:32:11 GMT -5
My in-laws used to have a camper trailer at a lake, and when it came time to get things ready for winter, she always shoved Bounce dryer sheets into every nook and cranny in the trailer, even put some "in" the hook-up pipes on the outside of the trailer. They did the same thing with their boat and never had mice invade. I tied a couple Bounce sheets to my saddle rack and that didn't stop the mice from climbing up on my saddle :/
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Post by ghostrider on Jul 8, 2013 22:59:34 GMT -5
I rarely find any mouse droppings in my shed. I keep it swept so the spilled grain don't attrack them and we have 5 cats, 4 are mousers. Just in case I have two tom cat bait stations in the corners.
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Post by cyndi on Jul 9, 2013 13:52:56 GMT -5
Nothing beats having cats in the barn. The last two barns we've been at had no cats because the dog(s) would chase anything that came near the barn. I wouldn't even dare take my two small dogs to our present barn because I am sure the two resident dogs would eat them.
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Post by ghostrider on Jul 9, 2013 20:49:46 GMT -5
My tack shed and the barn are separate. Because the barn is too far from the corral/run in and their pasture I had Matt help me erect a tack shed beside the run in. It's not big just 6x10 maybe but tall with shelves above the door and lots of hanger hooks on the opposite wall, a 3 tier saddle rack on the right wall and a rubbermaid cabinet over top the grain barrels on the left wall. I have tools and pitchforks all kinds of odds and ends. Just so I don't have to go back and forth to the barn for all the everyday stuff like grain. My SF gave up 1/3 rd of the barn for my hay but he also put in floor to ceiling shelves on the other side and then we had the amish put in an attic floor so we've got a lot of area for storage, we don't use but I could store a ton more stuff in the barn. Jim keeps most of his stuff in his two car garage and he heats it in the winter, he's in charge of all the cats that live there too.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2013 9:09:02 GMT -5
I have to say.....I've never had mice chew any of my tack. I have found evidence of them when I kept the tack shed by the arena. ( My tack shed is a big, amish made storage building. It looks like a small barn. LOL. My mom gave it to me) Now the shed is on the edge of my yard, and I don't find any evidence of mice, even. Knock on wood!!
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