I have been plagued with a mouse problem since October. I have spent over $150 on this dang thing and I still have a problem with mice in the walls. I seem to have gotten it so they cannot enter my apartment but I hear them clawing the walls. I tried mothballs, my whole apt stinks of mothballs including my clothes and still they won't go. I found a site on the computer that Peppermint Oil works to repel them and that is more pleasant than mothballs but don't want to spend the money if it isn't going to work.
2007-01-28 12:04:15 · 8 answers · asked by Barbara 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
No, it won't work. Try using copper wool at the entrances and exits. Anything else they'd be able to chew through. I also heard coyote or fox urine will work, but I can't find a source to verify that (it might've been from an article about repelling shrews).
If you'd like a cheap, homemade, no-kill trap, try using a coffee can. Cut some cross-slits in the top, spray the inside with a generous amount of Pam, and bait the bottom with peanut butter. They'll be able to get in, but not out.
2007-01-28 12:10:01 · answer #1 · answered by Mickey Mouse Spears 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Peppermint Oil Mice
2016-10-30 07:11:11 · answer #2 · answered by javoronkov 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with Moggie. Put the birds up somewhere the rodents can't climb or reach. Store all food items away in airtight containers so that no scent is left of them, and do not leave garbage out. Do not leave crumbs or food items out, either. As soon as there is no reason for rodents to be in your house, there won't be. They only keep returning if there is something they need or want that is easily accessible (eg. food). I've heard of a device that issues high frequency sound waves through the walls that drives out rats, mice, insects, etc because it bothers them or hurts their ears. The problem here is that although it may not bother we humans, dogs, etc. it probably will harm your birds... The livetraps may also work well in your case. I remember once having a saavy rat in the house I'd just moved into who knew all the tricks of the trade. He tore up the rat trap my parents had bought (and ate the bait before leaving), wouldn't go anywhere near to poison, would walk INSIDE the stove (he obviously knew his way around) and played with the live trap. I'd say kudos to this rodent for evading all the traps (and destroying them), if only he hadn't been so annoying to have around! Sure enough though, later we found that the previous owners of the home had left a package of ramen noodles behind the stove - and this is what he'd been feasting off of. After removing the noodles, we never saw or heard him again. We also had a dog - she knew he was there, but there was nothing she could do about it lol.
2016-03-18 00:59:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No :( I added 16 Oz. of peppermint oil to 800 square feet. The ENTIRE PLACE smells of peppermint. Mouse still out and about. I know this post is from 9 years ago, but it is still active, so I wanted to help people currently looking it up.
2015-09-30 06:10:53 · answer #4 · answered by lehti 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have heard that but i never tried it. I used Brillo pads that worked real good no more mice. As for the inside of your wall keeping them out ? You will have to find the way in from the outside and plug that hole too. With an apt. that might be tricky. I don't want to kill them either its just gross. But who wants to deal with a mouse they caught in a no kill trap??? EWWW. Once they realize they cant get in anymore they will leave no food source, if they r just in the the wall that's better then in your food right? Good luck.
2007-01-28 16:11:23 · answer #5 · answered by umindy78 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You say apartment. Have your landlord get in an exterminator. They have the know how and do a much better job at getting rid of mice. Most landlords would not like to lose a good tenant to rodents that they could take care of with an exterminator.
2007-01-28 17:57:03 · answer #6 · answered by janeyw 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
We tried it and it did not work. We just learned to live with the mice because be did not want to use poison (pets). We also tried the high pitch sound generators to no effect.
2007-01-28 12:08:10 · answer #7 · answered by Rickey W 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they dont like wormwood, thats a herb, grows to a large hedge, see if you can find someone with it growing and I sure they would let you cut it back, you could try putting that into your wall cavaties, it smells nice and keeps fleas and miths away too.
2007-01-28 18:08:20 · answer #8 · answered by Yo Mum Mum 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋