Make sure the doors seal tight when they are closed.
Keep rodents out of barn doors.
The fleecy underside of your good western saddle and those thick quilted leg wraps make perfect nesting material for mice and rats.
One of the easiest ways for mice to get into a pole barn is simply to come in through the doors.
Sliding doors cost less than some other types but they can allow mice to slip in.
When you feed your horses feed them in tubs hung from the stall not in tubs sitting on.
You need to try to keep rodents from entering by making sure doors and gates seal.
Follow the safety tips in the section above to help you accomplish this task.
Step 3.
Sectional overhead doors seal tighter and do a better job of keeping rodents out.
Keep the door closed and fill hole and gaps with steel wool or metal hardware cloth to deter them from entering.
4 steps to get rid of mice and rats in your barn step 1 sanitize.
5 tips for keeping rodents out of your barn create rodent proof grain bins.
Another strategy to keep mice out of your pole barn is to pour a concrete slab for a floor.
Your feed room isn t the only room in the barn you want to safeguard from rodents.
Feed horses up off the floor.