Baited Breath? Methinks would make the mousetraps hypersensitive. Past my bedtime, I'm outtahere. Sid >Have your cat eat cheese, then hide around the corner with baited breath. > >There's always the steel wool idea. It's supposed to keep mice from chewing >through openings. I know it would discourage me! > >Not the micest thing to do to the poor little critters, but D-Con on the >bottom board, and elsewhere (watch kids and pets) does help eradicate the >whole brood: This from sad experience. > >Alan Barnard >Salem, Missouri > > >> [Original Message] >> From: Ron Nossaman <rnossaman at cox.net> >> To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org> >> Date: 05/02/2006 10:31:29 PM >> Subject: Re: Yet another mousie >> >> > Sorry to belabor the issue, but does anyone know of a good mouse >repellant? >> > >> > Thanks, >> >> >> We have one cat that brings in live snakes about once a week >> all summer (I evicted a little beauty today). Another that >> specializes in live mice, though not as often. I can catch the >> snakes and take them back outside, but the mice elude me like >> they do the cat that brings them in. Short of a gasoline >> filled moat surrounding the house, electrified floors are the >> only thing likely to work, and that only on barefoot mice. The >> ones with the galoshes just clomp on through until one of the >> other cats takes offense at the noise keeping him awake, and >> eats them. If you do both, I'd recommend a low voltage, high >> amperage charge to fry the little rodents with minimal arcing. >> >> Personally, I prefer the snakes. >> >> Ron N -- Sid Blum sid at sover.net
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