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Re: [T3] Irish Mice
I have a feral cat that lives in my neighbor's blackberry bushes, but
comes to my barn every morning to help my sheep eat their scraps and
then hunts mice all day long!
On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 8:34 AM, Cybernotchback
<cybernotchback@yahoo.com> wrote:
> From: Keith Park <topnotch@nycap.rr.com
>>what a mess!Ê Its back to the mothballs next winter... I dont care how bad
> they smell!
>
> I've had the same experience with the soap, they WILL eat anything and everything if they are hungry enough. ÊMoth balls don't really work either at least in my experience.
>
> The only thing that I know of that does work at getting rid of mice is the neck snapping mouse traps. ÊThe new style "no touch traps" work too. ÊI know traps aren't for everyone and I personally hate to do it, but the mice are too destructive and messy. ÊIf there is an alternate food source they will even learn to avoid the traps, (or at least the peanut butter and nuts on the traps). ÊAs much as I've tried to seal everything up they still find a way into the buildings, (this year they dug out a crack and loose cement around the rocks on our stone porch). ÊEven our two tenacious terriers don't deter them either. Nasty little buggers.
>
> Good luck!
>
> John
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