As we've seen recently, that might also be true of some national leaders.
-Gnobuddy
In the States we have a mixture sold as "Critter Ridder" that consists of black and red pepper extracts. It repels all the usual problematic critters, including skunks and rats. A colleague at work had a problem with rats getting into the engine compartment of his car and chewing up the wires. Regular applications of Critter Ridder keep the rats at bay. I saw a picture of the wires in question - they looked like they'd been mangled with a pair of diagonal cutters, but it was rats that did the deed.
The natural things that keep these vermin in place are snakes and things like mongooses and owls. There are a balance to be kept and that does not happen any more. People put out poison for rats and the owls get killed when they eat that rat before it dies. Also where they live is different today. Lots of buildings and noise, so their habitat has changed , the number of predators decreases and vermin increases. The balance is disturbed, not only by rats and mice
Around Halloween, we coat our outdoor pumpkins with tobacco sauce to keep the squirrels from having a feast. Works great. Maybe put a lot if it into a spray bottle for easy application.
Was that "Tabasco", victim of auto-spell?
Many years ago, I used to spray my mom's roses with water in which cigarettes had been soaked for a few days, to kill the aphids which were always trying to infest them. That stuff could legitimately have been referred to as "tobacco sauce".
-Gnobuddy
Was that "Tabasco", victim of auto-spell?
Many years ago, I used to spray my mom's roses with water in which cigarettes had been soaked for a few days, to kill the aphids which were always trying to infest them. That stuff could legitimately have been referred to as "tobacco sauce".
-Gnobuddy
Spell check changed it. Should say Tabasco as in hot sauce. Don't think tobacco sauce should be used, the vermin might get addicted
Squirrels can get addicted to tobacco to start with.
Squirrels and cigarettes
Once they are done they go onto the hard stuff.
Crack-crazed squirrels terrorise South London • The Register
Squirrels and cigarettes
Once they are done they go onto the hard stuff.
Crack-crazed squirrels terrorise South London • The Register
Perhaps the mice are thirsty?
A nice bowl of antifreeze might slake their thirst.
FARM SHOW - He Uses Anti-Freeze To Kill Rats And Mice
Note date. 2003. Since about that time, antifreeze makers have started putting embittering agents in their product, to reduce deaths of dogs, cats, and husbands.
See also this page:
(He says this all applies to mice also.)
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Snake poop (available from pet stores) or cat poop in the area and they will be gone.
Stainless steel pot scourers work perfectly for plugging entry points.
Funny anecdote: A friend complained that he was not catching any crayfish in his newly purchased traps (and expensive licence) that he checked and rebaited each morning.
Turns out he was using cheap octopus trimmings as bait, there were laughs all round, octopus is a main predator of crayfish !.
Dan.
Stainless steel pot scourers work perfectly for plugging entry points.
Funny anecdote: A friend complained that he was not catching any crayfish in his newly purchased traps (and expensive licence) that he checked and rebaited each morning.
Turns out he was using cheap octopus trimmings as bait, there were laughs all round, octopus is a main predator of crayfish !.
Dan.
I had heard the same thing but after 14 yrs in this 108 yr old house with cats and mice, sometimes very brazen mice that actually run across the kitchen floor right in front of us I know there is not much substance to this conjecture and it seems myth like.
We have two siamese cats and I am by far the better mouser.. LOL
Humane traps with peanut butter bait are very effective, currently mouse free thanks to these. (My former disposal method was not approved by my wife, I now generally leave them in the nearby marsh.)
That's what we had and had to take it to an extreme as these were partly escaped or perhaps released pet rats. Them there ginormous black ones and a family of gray normal ones as well.
We set the large neck breakers throughout the house and it took just a couple of days to get the adults but the babies didn't come out until they noticed Mom and Dad weren't coming back anymore and they had to venture out for food. That was a week into it. Another week and they were gone.
Trap placement is very important. Always keep them against a wall and hide them in places you would hide if you were a rat like behind couches and the sort.
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