LOL!! I just read that peppermint oil (not extract, the actual oil, which is toxic so keep out of mouths of rugrats) on cotton will repel mice quite well. I plan to buy some today and stuff under the mouse entrance into our house (from neighbors house) and see what happens. Will post results!!
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 10:50 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: D'keta > > We have Brooklyn mice. Even if we had cats, they're smarter than cats, > dogs > and ferrets. We've already weeded out the weak ones (they're the ones who > get killed every year.) The ones we have have survived for six years > straight. They have superspeed and (apparently) super strength. They get > caught in traps and get out, leaving fur behind. > > : ( > > Todd, I'd vote for you if you could invent a better mouse trap -- one that > > would kill Brooklyn mice. > > Judith > >Mouse problems. Every fall it seems that there's a mouse who decides to > >inhabit our place. You'd think that with a cat and four very active > curious > >ferrets, that thing would be live bait so to speak. But no. The ignores > the > >thing and the ferrets are too clueless to do anything. I imagine that > this > >thing could run right over their noses before they'd react. > > > >larry > > > >-- > >Larry C. Lyons > >ColdFusion/Web Developer > >EBStor.com > >8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 > >Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 > >tel: (703) 393-7930 > >fax: (703) 393-2659 > >Web: http://www.ebstor.com > > http://www.pacel.com > >email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. > >-- > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Fleischer, Beth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 12:39 PM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: RE: D'keta > > > > > > > > > We are having a mouse problem at the moment > > > Kavik is INTERESTED for sure. > > > He looks at the mouse running from his dog food closet into > > > the kitchen with > > > great interest. Then he looks at me like "What WAS THAT? > > > Mom, GO CATCH > > > IT!" > > > > > > But he isnt' lazy, he pulls me on skis for miles. > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Kevin Gilchrist [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 4:56 AM > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > Subject: RE: D'keta > > > > > > > > I stayed with a cousin in Boston for a month who had a Samoyed and a > > > > mouse problem. > > > > I'll never forget watching TV with the dog lying on the > > > floor between me > > > > and the TV, and a mouse running around the living room > > > floor between me > > > > and the dog. > > > > > > > > The dog didn't take a bit of interest, he just looked at it once and > > > > went back to panting at the TV. > > > > Couldn't believe it. Laziest dog I ever saw. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Philip Arnold - ASP [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2001 09:36 > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > Subject: RE: D'keta > > > > > > > > > > > > > Aren't there collars for that? :) > > > > > > > > > > That give a spurt of some foul smelling thing everytime > > > the dog barks > > > > > or something? > > > > > > > > They tried that - it made it bark more!!! It actually enjoyed the > > > > noise/smell, so it barked so you would do it more... stupid animal > > > > > > > > > And can't you train out that behaviour when the dog is little? > > > > > > > > The Dogs are very dominant, so they aren't that easy to > > > train - esp when > > > > the little buggers are barking all the time... it got > > > kicked out of the > > > > training school as it barked so much > > > > > > > > Philip Arnold > > > > Director > > > > Certified ColdFusion Developer > > > > ASP Multimedia Limited > > > > T: +44 (0)20 8680 1133 > > > > > > > > "Websites for the real world" > > > > > > > > > > > ********************************************************************** > > > > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > > > > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to > > > whom they are > > > > addressed. If you have received this email in error please > > > notify the > > > > system manager. > > > > > > > ********************************************************************** > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
