Identify this garage door seal chewing rodent

[Donald]

This rodent is the one I caught in a large snap trap near where the bottom seal of garage door has been chewed. Trap had peanut butter. Cannot really see eyes.

Sure looks like a mole. But what is a mole doing trying to come into garage? It's below freezing in upstate NY

 

[maxdustington]

Garage door seals have been under assault on BITOG these past few weeks. Must be the polar vortex!

 

[PimTac]

It's looking to get warm. Mole? Vole?

 

[bullwinkle]

That's a mole. Weird that he's trying to come indoors-maybe the ground is too frozen to dig into?

 

[Donald]

Originally Posted by maxdustington
Garage door seals have been under assault on BITOG these past few weeks. Must be the polar vortex!


One company sells a "rodent resistant" garage door bottom seal. Do not know if it works. May try it.

 

[Rick505]

To confuse the issue more it could be a Shrew!

https://northernwoodlands.org/outside_story/article/shrew-or-mole-mouse-or-vole

 

[JTK]

You Sir are having a heck of a time with the rodents based on the amount of related threads lately.

Feeding birds by chance? Garbage totes kept in garage? I live in the middle of the woods and are used to taking some precaution.

 

[Donald]

We do feed birds (seed) but the feeder is not very near to the garage entrance.

The bird seed and dog food in the garage is in a covered metal can.

 

[doitmyself]

Shrew. https://sciencing.com/difference-between-mole-shrew-6241500.html

Watch that they don't get into your living space:

 

[JLTD]

Originally Posted by Donald
T It's below freezing in upstate NY



You answered your own question.....any port in a storm.

 

[dlundblad]

Originally Posted by doitmyself
Shrew. https://sciencing.com/difference-between-mole-shrew-6241500.html

Watch that they don't get into your living space:

Da He** is that toothed thing?

 

[dlundblad]

The rodent issues continue. Looks like a mole.

I had a Donald moment myself today.. Saw something odd on the pond at our newly purchased house.. A frozen mound of shredded cattails surrounding a thawed hole in the ice.

Muskrats..

 

[researcher]

Originally Posted by Donald
Originally Posted by maxdustington
Garage door seals have been under assault on BITOG these past few weeks. Must be the polar vortex!


One company sells a "rodent resistant" garage door bottom seal. Do not know if it works. May try it.


you must have missed my comment on your other post.. https://www.bobistheoilguy.com/foru...hewing-their-way-into-garage#Post5004111

i'll post it here...

try peppermint oil on cotton balls. My relative lives out in the country and they were having issues with rodents of all kinds. Putting peppermint oil on cotton balls has stopped any rodents from trying to get in the garage! That stuff is STRONG! they cannot stand the smell. Try that and see what happens.

 

[Donald]

Ok. Emailed a university guy. Northern short tailed shrew. Very common around here but seldom seen.

 

[Donald]

Well the university guy said the shrew probably came in but did not chew the garage door bottom seal. Stuffed a towel in last night and it was pushed away by the morning. Nothing in trap.

 

[Jim K]

Did you mole lest her?

 

[JTK]

Originally Posted by Donald
We do feed birds (seed) but the feeder is not very near to the garage entrance.

The bird seed and dog food in the garage is in a covered metal can.


Even with the feeder a distance from the house, we had to stop due to the chipmunks and mice. It really did help.

 

[Donald]

Originally Posted by JTK
Originally Posted by Donald
We do feed birds (seed) but the feeder is not very near to the garage entrance.

The bird seed and dog food in the garage is in a covered metal can.


Even with the feeder a distance from the house, we had to stop due to the chipmunks and mice. It really did help.


We stop when the bears come out of hibernation.