NPR reported that a scientific study showed that, contrary to popular cartoon gospel, mice do not like cheese.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2006 8:15 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] How to Rid Your Home of Mice Aloha all, We discovered several years ago that mice love ivery soap. My friend used it in his shower and there were little teeth marks in it. So now when I load a trap, I just shave off a little piece of the soap, put a drop of water on the trap, press down the piece of soap and wait for the trap to snap. I always put the trap on a couple layers of newspaper. This makes cleanup easier. At 08:50 PM 9/9/2006, you wrote: >Hi >As with most pests, keeping mice out of your home in the first place is the >best way to avoid infestation. > >Protecting Your Home > >Steps: >1. >Keep your lawn mowed. Mice do not like to travel through short grass. > >2. >Remove wood piles, trash and debris from your home's perimeter. Elevate wood >piles 18 inches above ground level. To protect yourself when cleaning out >wood >piles, trash or debris, be sure to wear protective clothing: long-sleeved >shirts, long pants, gloves and boots. > >3. >Check all vents and repair damaged screening with 16- to 20-gauge 1/4-inch >hardware cloth. Check the crawl-space doors to ensure that they fit tightly. >Check where pipes enter the building. In wooden walls, place sheet-metal >collars around those entrances. In stucco, stone or brick walls, use cement >fill. > >4. >Fill cracks and crevices around the foundation and eaves with caulk or foam. >Steel wool can be used, although it rusts. > >5. >Remove food sources by placing all food items, including pet food and bird >seed, in tightly sealed containers. Clean up fallen bird seed. Keep trash in >containers with tight-fitting lids. > >6. >Avoid vacuuming or sweeping mouse droppings, due to the dangers of >hantavirus, a deadly virus spread to humans through contact with rodents and >rodent urine >and droppings. Droppings should be misted with a strong household >disinfectant (chlorine bleach) and wiped up with paper towels. > >Trapping and Baiting > >Steps: >1. >Place traps or poison pellets near holes and in places where you've seen >mice. The trigger should be as near to the hole as possible. > >2. >Use fruit, candy or peanut butter as bait if your trap requires bait. > >3. >Check traps daily. > >4. >Put on thick gloves and remove the carcass from the trap once a mouse has >been caught. > >5. >Wrap the carcass in newspaper or a plastic bag and place it in an outside >garbage can. > >Overall Warnings: > >Mice can carry diseases. Some of them - such as hantavirus - are potentially >fatal. > > >Snap traps, super glue and nuts by eHow Friend >I have had a big problem with mice. I tried the peanut butter on the snap >traps and they licked them clean. Then I tried the peppermint oil and that >didn't >work, it didn't bother them a bit. So, I read online that someone super >glued an almond to the snap trap so I used a small piece of cashew instead >and >so far, so good. > > > > >To listen to the show archives go to link > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html >or >ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > >The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. >http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > >The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. >http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml > >Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions > From Various List Members At The Following Address: >http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ >Visit the new archives page at the following address >http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy >Man list just send a blank message to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Yahoo! 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