Hi Jed, Another brain fog typo... they're called "Bait Blocks"... not the brand I use but pretty much the same product:
http://www.tractorsupply.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay_10551_10001_28980_______14345%7C14378%7C28980?listingPage=true I buy mine from the local True Value and Ace Hardware stores... cheers, skipp > "Jed Barton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > wow, tell me about these bite blocks, this sounds interesting. > How do they work? > > _____ > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of skipp025 > Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 7:27 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: mice at repeater sights > > > > Hi Jed, > > You hopefully try to first eliminate rodent access to the radio > room/vault. Step two of the access issue is to eliminate access > to any radio/repeater cabinets. > > They can be killed and removed using a number of methods, it's > just a question of what happens to them at the time they expire > (die). > > Mice can be captured and relocated, but the process is much > more involved versus killing them and hopefully being able to > remove their remains. > > The hardware store sells "Bite Blocks", which seem to do the > mice in pretty well. D-Con also works but doesn't seem to last > or work as long term as Bite Blocks do. > > I've also tried electric shock, ultra-sonic and humane trap > devices... but I keep going back to Bite Blocks as the easy > way to deal with unwanted rodents. > > Many radio vaults don't have the major mice in the walls or > roof issue like a home might so they often leave looking for > water and or die out in the open where you can remove them > fairly easy. > > In one very remove radio site I service there is no practical > way to keep them out of the vault, so I keep a spread of Bite > Blocks out on the floor and repeater cabinets and the radio > equipiment for the most part remains unmolested. The resultant > dead mouse mess is not really a big deal to clean out. > > Much better than having the mouse get into the equipment. > > cheers, > skipp > > > Jed Barton <jed@> wrote: > > > > Some of you pros have delt with this i am sure. > > A commercial repeater that i do some work on, i went up to the sight > > after over a year, and let's just say it was a horrible sight. > > The mice brought the repeater to its knees. > > Anyone have some advice on getting rid of the little bastards and > > keeping them away? > > Anyone else delt with this problem? > > Mice are evil > > Thanks, > > Jed >
