Moth balls
2007-01-11 12:09:57
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answer #1
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answered by LoneStarLou 5
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There is a recipe for homemade mice repellant and a homemade humane mouse trap here:
http://www.helpinganimals.com/wildlife_livingWithMice.asp
I've had great success with this humane trap in my house:
http://veganstore.com/index.html?stocknumber=266
I've caught over ten mice with it so far and it can be used over and over indefinitely.
If you do live trap mice, please be sure to check the traps several times a day and release the mice promptly, approximately a mile away from your home. It is much more cruel to allow a mouse in a live trap to slowly starve to death than to kill it quickly with a snap trap. When you release the mice, do it in an area with some sheltering bushes or plants. If you are a kind person, you might also leave a little bird seed or oatmeal for them.
The absolute cruelest traps are glue traps. Mice have been known to gnaw off their own limbs and tear off their skin in an effort to escape, as they starve or dehydrate to death or suffocate in the glue. It can take three to five days for them to die. Poison isn't any better, as the mice die slowly and painfully from internal bleeding. It can take up to a week for them to die, and then they smell as they rot behind your walls.
It doesn't take much extra effort to be kind. You will feel better and so will the mice! Good luck!
2007-01-12 14:53:51
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answered by Anonymous
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Moth balls & dryer sheets both help, but are not 100% effective. I'm afraid you'll have to find out how the mice get in & block it off. Then you can use traps and poison to get rid of the ones still in there. Sorry!
2007-01-12 03:36:20
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answered by Husker41 7
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FIRST OF ALL-CAT URINE SMELL DOESN'T WORK-I HAVE 2 CATS AND THREE DOGS-IN MY HOUSE-AND I HAD A MOUSE ALSO-I KNOW HE WAS HERE BECAUSE I FINALLY CAUGHT HIM IN THE TRAP-GUESS WHAT ELSE I FOUND-MICE POO IN THE LIVING ROOM -FAMILY ROOM (THESE 2 ROOMS ARE WHERE MY CATS HANG OUT-THERE IS A LITTER BOX IN THE LIVING ROOM ALSO) MY BEDROOM CLOSET-THE LAUNDRY ROOM AND THE 2ND BEDROOM-MY DOGS HAVE 1 SIDE OF THE HOUSE AND THE CATS CAN PRETTY MUCH GO WHERE EVER THEY WANT BUT THE DOGS CAN'T GO IN THE CAT AREA-THE MOUSE APPARENTLY WENT WHERE EVER HE WANTED SO TRY THE MOTH BALLS AND SEE IF THAT WORKS.
2007-01-11 20:35:56
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answered by Anonymous
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But how do you get them off the moth?
I've also heard that cayenne pepper will work.
2007-01-11 20:15:30
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answered by busterdog 2
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yep moth balls ... they do work well. i use them and not only mice but snakes stay away..
2007-01-11 20:11:22
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answered by beachnut222000 4
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i'm told moth balls work.they work for snakes and cats. good luck.
2007-01-11 20:11:30
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answered by Anonymous
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Lift up your arms and let them near your armpit. I guarantee they will die instantly!
2007-01-11 20:09:30
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answered by Anonymous
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cats
2007-01-11 20:09:50
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answered by Herr Raging Boehner. 5
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try cat urine
2007-01-11 20:10:23
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answered by Rama 2
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