Being retired in Montana, 2 things that don’t bother me are the weather and putting out traps for field mice. My wife, however, hates mice- something from her childhood she will not discuss.
So…. I decided to get a couple mousers from the humane society and built a little house. Outdoors-only animals.
I used left over lumber and cedar shakes from our house. What was interesting was there were lots of YouTubes showing how to use an old cooler with a 6x6 hole for entry.
I only took a couple pictures. As I screwed the fir floorboards on, I sprayed insulation foam in between the cooler and wood. There’s a 25 watt 120 vac heater screwed to the bottom. It keeps the inside around 40 degrees when it was 20 outside. I got a heated water bowl and put out a bowl of cat food.
Then I brought home 2 barn cats, cute little creatures. Took them out of the cardboard travel boxes. Cat1 ran away west, Cat2 ran the other direction and I haven’t seen them since- even set up a game cam last night.
The woman at the humane society said give it 2 weeks, and if no sign of cats they’ll gladly give me 2 more.



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So…. I decided to get a couple mousers from the humane society and built a little house. Outdoors-only animals.
I used left over lumber and cedar shakes from our house. What was interesting was there were lots of YouTubes showing how to use an old cooler with a 6x6 hole for entry.
I only took a couple pictures. As I screwed the fir floorboards on, I sprayed insulation foam in between the cooler and wood. There’s a 25 watt 120 vac heater screwed to the bottom. It keeps the inside around 40 degrees when it was 20 outside. I got a heated water bowl and put out a bowl of cat food.
Then I brought home 2 barn cats, cute little creatures. Took them out of the cardboard travel boxes. Cat1 ran away west, Cat2 ran the other direction and I haven’t seen them since- even set up a game cam last night.
The woman at the humane society said give it 2 weeks, and if no sign of cats they’ll gladly give me 2 more.



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