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Osprey
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That's what I use. They say it's Perry Como and Vaughn Monroe songs at mouse frequencies.
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mcfez
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From our experance owning a farm....
Family cats do not do a good job of keeping mice/mole/rats in check.
What will work is this: A barn cat. This is a cat that you put only water out for it. You do not give it a name. Don't pet it. No beds. So forth. It's
a expert killer....mostly at night. Barn Cats can be adopted.....
If she/he starts to look a little skinny...just throw a fish or (?) out in the field.
Our mole issue is 90% gone.
Repellents...I spent too much time and money for zero results.
Traps? Where r u going to release the critter? The neighbors house that you dont like?
[Edited on 9-27-2010 by mcfez]
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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mcfez
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Coincidence of this subject
Believe it or not.
After engaging in this post with all my experienced remedies for mice.....
Went out to my brand new 90 day old freezer in the garage yesterday....and it's shut down. Dead. Zero. Rest in Piece. 
Call Home Depot. They call G.E. They just left.
Rats!!!! Yes rats. Lunched four wires.
Cat in that barn......having a long talk with him.
This is a true story. So...do whatever to rid the mice and rats.
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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sanquintinsince73
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Stickers
WARNING: WHEN BOILING THE PEPERS WE EVIDENTLY CREATED TEAR GAS AND HAD TO EVACUATE THE HOUSE FOR A FEW HOURS! Not kidding |
In the '70's I was bussed from E.L.A. to the San Fernando Valley for junior High. On rainy days I would burn dried chili peppers inside the bus and it
had the same effect as tear gas. Had alot of fun doing it till I got suspended from the school bus and had to take the R.T.D. 35 miles to school.
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Throw black pepper on the top of a hot wood-burning stove and see how fast it'll clear out the riff raff.
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My wires on my Honda Odyssey got chewed after parking for one week at Bahia de Los Angeles. My friend parks his wheels on piles of mothballs
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Try this (a remedy for ground squirrels):
Take a 5 gallon bucket, fill it 2/3 with water. Cover with the surface of the water with sunflower seeds (in the shell), which will float. Using a
piece of wood, place a ramp up to the bucket, which will allow the mouse or rat access to the sunflower seeds. They'll go after them and drown because
they can't get out of the bucket.
This did work for ground squirrels.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mcfez
What will work is this: A barn cat. This is a cat that you put only water out for it. You do not give it a name. Don't pet it. No beds. So forth. It's
a expert killer....mostly at night. Barn Cats can be adopted.....
[Edited on 9-27-2010 by mcfez] |
When I was growing up on a dairy farm in MT, I took a home study course in taxidermy. After shooting and mounting about 50 barn pigeons I decided to
move up to a barn cat. The one I shot and stuffed was nice and plump and came out so perfect that my mother let me put it on a table in the entry
hall. Sure enough, shortly after that she invited the neighbors over for dinner and as soon as they saw the mounted cat the wife flew into a rage
because I had shot their house cat. MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE A REAL SKINNY BARN CAT.
Bob Durrell
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| Quote: | Originally posted by durrelllrobert
| Quote: | Originally posted by mcfez
What will work is this: A barn cat. This is a cat that you put only water out for it. You do not give it a name. Don't pet it. No beds. So forth. It's
a expert killer....mostly at night. Barn Cats can be adopted.....
[Edited on 9-27-2010 by mcfez] |
When I was growing up on a dairy farm in MT, I took a home study course in taxidermy. After shooting and mounting about 50 barn pigeons I decided to
move up to a barn cat. The one I shot and stuffed was nice and plump and came out so perfect that my mother let me put it on a table in the entry
hall. Sure enough, shortly after that she invited the neighbors over for dinner and as soon as they saw the mounted cat the wife flew into a rage
because I had shot their house cat. MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE A REAL SKINNY BARN CAT. |
thats hilarious
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rocmoc
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Throw some moth balls in the area and a little under the vehicle. Personally I use d-CON mouse & rat poison. Have never had a cat or dog get in
the stuff and suppose to be single kill. Single kill is where the poison kills the mouse but does not transfer should the mouse be eaten by a cat.
Read on the net that one of the reasons mice & rats eat auto wires is the wire coating is made from corn oil.
rocmoc n AZ
[Edited on 11-29-2010 by rocmoc]
rocmoc n AZ/Mexico
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woody with a view
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i came across the foto of the implement.
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Did you know that mice were partly responsible for Hitler's failed Operation Barbarossa?
They put 1/3 of the tanks out of comission during the assault for weeks as the Wehrmacht spent valuable time rewiring the tanks.
With the onset of winter, you can't blame the little rodents.
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mcfez
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| Quote: | Originally posted by durrelllrobert
| Quote: | Originally posted by mcfez
What will work is this: A barn cat. This is a cat that you put only water out for it. You do not give it a name. Don't pet it. No beds. So forth. It's
a expert killer....mostly at night. Barn Cats can be adopted.....
[Edited on 9-27-2010 by mcfez] |
When I was growing up on a dairy farm in MT, I took a home study course in taxidermy. After shooting and mounting about 50 barn pigeons I decided to
move up to a barn cat. The one I shot and stuffed was nice and plump and came out so perfect that my mother let me put it on a table in the entry
hall. Sure enough, shortly after that she invited the neighbors over for dinner and as soon as they saw the mounted cat the wife flew into a rage
because I had shot their house cat. MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE A REAL SKINNY BARN CAT. |
OMG
Another great campfire story to tell!
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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Have a weasel/ermine or two to keep the rodents at bay, hyper little dudes. Feed 'em chicken skin to keep 'em hanging around. Fun to watch.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by woody with a view
i came across the foto of the implement. |
You can substitute a paper plate for the can. It works!
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