Posted on 12/01/2018 1:27:41 PM PST by Chickensoup
I am thinking of starting back up with a laying flock in a couple of years.
I think there were some Norway rats around from the stream who dined on the outdoor grain.
I may do this to them .
Will it kill it and dispose of the body?
Will it kill it and dispose of the body?
Then it can call me and tell me about the kill. LoL
***They always seemed to be able to get the bait from the old Victor wooden traps.***
The way I fixed the victor traps was to take a needle nose pliers and slightly bend the “set” on the trigger you hook the hold down wire in to make it release with less pressure. Then I would stick a small piece of bacon fat on the trigger under the hook. If I used peanut butter I rub it on the bottom of the trigger.
Works well.
A national infestation....yeah - right.
In the future, please post your hysteria in chat where no one hears it.
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That is why chat is a cheese hole.
No one hears us.
Nazi!
I am probably going to get banned for that!
I use a product called Just One Bite made by Farnham. One pound brick looks like peanut brittle. Costs about $8-9 a brick. I get mine at the local farm supply store.
Remove the outer packaging. Put brick into double Ziplock bags, hit with hammer & break up. Scatter behind appliances & benches in garage.
Kills big rats, also, like Norway Tree Rats.
beautiful calico.
My daughter’s calico was beautiful... but stupid.
Mice were smarter.
Hard to find beautiful and smart in one package.
So my son tells me.
Zizu is anything but stupid. And, being a rescue from the street, she is an avid predator. No mouse would survive for long in my home. She’d find it, catch it, and make it dead. She is also a super affectionate playful little imp. I really lucked out getting the total package in this little former waif.
And it has been a banner year for mice. And rats too, particularly in the Washington DC area, and in some congressional districts too.
To Die,
In the Rain,
Alone,
In Silence.
I’m okay with that.
BTW, don't be silly about Nazi helmets. Cockroaches don't have hands. They can't make helmets!
With Arduino, you can build anything you want! We could set up a robot to take it to your trash can. Or maybe a conveyor belt given how bad it is this year.
Sustainable mouse population control?
German roaches invade, take over as a occupying force and and are only gone after a all out war against them is waged.
Orkin wfollowup.spraying along baseboards etc have seen 2 since stomped on them think the cats might keep them not sure that was in the 70’s was got some food grade diatomaceous earth don’t know if that would help w/roaches or not was fighting fleas but didn’t have to break open the bag
Actually, it turns O2 into O3.
I live in Wisconsin. I have been catching between 0-3 mice per day (zero is rare) since August, around the air conditioning unit outside my house. We moved here in August. The AC soon died. Called heating/cooling contractor who quickly found mice had chewed wires in the exterior unit. Ever since I have engaged in daily combat using 10-12 victor traps. The day I buried 3 mice in one hole was fun.
We live in the country with woods nearby. Used to live in country with no woods. Being a farm girl, I am used to setting mouse traps and the more tricky (dangerous for me) rat trap for gophers.
One year I finally saw a rat for myself (rather than on TV when they show a rat taking a slice of pizza for a walk). Rats took up residence in my horse barn! I took care of that PDQ with victor rat traps. Never saw rats again. Had one skunk in the barn, shot it, buried it.
Mouse traps are easy. Rat trap got my pointer finger once, ouch. I hate setting those. Have no cats. Although that is a great way to have very few perhaps no mice.
End of rodent rant
Thanks for this great thread!
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