primitives genocide mice with chewing gum, laxatives

[franksolich]

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Oh my.

morningglory  (1000+ posts)     Sat Sep-04-10 10:27 AM
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It worked! Mouse in kitchen eradicated with Spearmint gum.

We hate to use poisons. I read on the vast internets that Wrigley's Spearmint kills rats efficiently. We got a mouse in the kitchen last week. Could see signs of it's foraging. I put out a rolled-up stick of Spearmint Gum. Next morning: gum gone and no signs. Next night another stick of gum, and no mouse signs this morning. The gum was pristine, so it looks like one dose did it. That beats the deadly poison we can buy at the feed store by 4 days.

beac  (1000+ posts)      Sat Sep-04-10 11:29 AM
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1. Interesting,. I had heard of using springs of mint to repel them, but not this method.

I've recently heard spearmint gum repels pantry moths. We're experiencing a horrible infestation right now and the sticky pheromone traps just seem to fill up and attract more moths.

Guess the price of a pack of gum is worth trying it.

WhiteTara  (1000+ posts)       Fri Sep-17-10 08:18 AM
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2. well, I'm trying this

I found mouse droppings in the basement (cats seem to be off duty!) and I hate poisons too.

LWolf  (1000+ posts)        Mon Sep-20-10 08:23 AM
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3. I wonder if it works on packrats.

They live under the house and are so aggressive, despite traps, poisons, steel wool, etc. that I've given up using lower cupboards all over the house. It's easier to disinfect them and replace traps, etc. when there's nothing else in the cupboard.

HarveyDarkey  (938 posts)        Sun Sep-26-10 01:44 PM
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4. You would be surprised what Ex-Lax will do to them

They love the chocolate flavor.

Vinca  (1000+ posts)      Sun Sep-26-10 03:45 PM
THE HIP-IMPAIRED VINDICTIVE PRIMITIVE, A NOTORIOUS RE-SELLER
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5. Whole cloves are also a good deterrent for mice.

We get them in bulk at the natural food store. I throw about a tablespoon of them in the back of the kitchen drawers.

Cats are easier, cleaner, cheaper.

[I_B_Perky]

HarveyDarkey  (938 posts)        Sun Sep-26-10 01:44 PM
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4. You would be surprised what Ex-Lax will do to them

They love the chocolate flavor.

I live a hundred yards from a river so we get rats all the time. Big river rats. The local hardware store has some great stuff that kills rats so I use that. I never heard of using ex-lax. What does it do... make the rats shit themselves to death? I'll stick with the stuff the hardware store sells. It's cheap and very effective.

LWolf  (1000+ posts)        Mon Sep-20-10 08:23 AM
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3. I wonder if it works on packrats.

They live under the house and are so aggressive, despite traps, poisons, steel wool, etc. that I've given up using lower cupboards all over the house. It's easier to disinfect them and replace traps, etc. when there's nothing else in the cupboard.

So you just let the rats win? Sorry. I'd hire a pro exterminator if that happened to me. Something tells me that your house/property is a mess.

[crockspot]

I always keep a mouse trap on the kitchen counter top right next to the stove. There seems to be a nationally advertised mouse trail from the stove, along the backsplash, behind the sink, to the toaster, where they feast on toaster leavins. The trap was unsprung all summer (they only come in when the weather turns cold), but the opening of the fall mouse invasion season was heralded the other night with a SNAP and a pathetic squeal in the middle of the night. The traps are cheap (about 75 cents each) and effective. I don't even need to bait them, just place them along their known trail, they run right over it without fail, like there must be a AAA mouse map they pass around from Fall to Fall. I don't have to worry about the dog getting ahold of a poison mouse, and there is the added bonus of knowing that the mice suffer horribly before they die. 

[diesel driver]

I always keep a mouse trap on the kitchen counter top right next to the stove. There seems to be a nationally advertised mouse trail from the stove, along the backsplash, behind the sink, to the toaster, where they feast on toaster leavins. The trap was unsprung all summer (they only come in when the weather turns cold), but the opening of the fall mouse invasion season was heralded the other night with a SNAP and a pathetic squeal in the middle of the night. The traps are cheap (about 75 cents each) and effective. I don't even need to bait them, just place them along their known trail, they run right over it without fail, like there must be a AAA mouse map they pass around from Fall to Fall. I don't have to worry about the dog getting ahold of a poison mouse, and there is the added bonus of knowing that the mice suffer horribly before they die. 

Amen to that!  I HATE them damned critters almost as much as I hate liberals and DUmmies.

[diesel driver]

beac  (1000+ posts)      Sat Sep-04-10 11:29 AM
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1. Interesting,. I had heard of using springs of mint to repel them, but not this method.

I've recently heard spearmint gum repels pantry moths. We're experiencing a horrible infestation right now and the sticky pheromone traps just seem to fill up and attract more moths.

I've heard that government handouts attract more and more DUmmies. 

America is experiencing a horrible infestation of them right now, starting with the DUmmie-in-chief at 1600 Penn. Ave. 

[JohnnyReb]

I've heard that government handouts attract more and more DUmmies. 

America is experiencing a horrible infestation of them right now, starting with the DUmmie-in-chief at 1600 Penn. Ave. 

I haz duh cure.....we give the DUmmies giant blocks of Spearmint gum, no gummint cheese, no foodstamps, no welfare, nothing but Spearmint gum......look upon it as a "spearmint" in vermin control.

[miskie]

I always keep a mouse trap on the kitchen counter top right next to the stove. There seems to be a nationally advertised mouse trail from the stove, along the backsplash, behind the sink, to the toaster, where they feast on toaster leavins. The trap was unsprung all summer (they only come in when the weather turns cold), but the opening of the fall mouse invasion season was heralded the other night with a SNAP and a pathetic squeal in the middle of the night. The traps are cheap (about 75 cents each) and effective. I don't even need to bait them, just place them along their known trail, they run right over it without fail, like there must be a AAA mouse map they pass around from Fall to Fall. I don't have to worry about the dog getting ahold of a poison mouse, and there is the added bonus of knowing that the mice suffer horribly before they die. 

We get maybe one a year that manages to squeeze in somewhere during the cold. The cat usually solves that problem> I suspect its through the basement, as it is constructed of huge granite rocks. I think they find space between the stones to wiggle in every now and then.

Thankfully the cat loves the basement, so we let her down there to do whatever she needs to do.

[true_blood]

I haz duh cure.....we give the DUmmies giant blocks of Spearmint gum, no gummint cheese, no foodstamps, no welfare, nothing but Spearmint gum......look upon it as a "spearmint" in vermin control.

HA HA!! I like it.
Go chew some gum DUmmies!

[AllosaursRus]

If my three cats don't get 'em, my Lab is a sadistic serial killer when it comes to mice!

She follows me out to the barn every day waitin' for me to move bales of hay! I once saw her get a colony of nine before you could blink an eye! She doesn't eat them either, she just crunches 'em up and slings them to the four corners! I think she enjoys it way too much! hope I don't run outa mice! Who knows what her evil mind will turn to if that happens!

[diesel driver]

If my three cats don't get 'em, my Lab is a sadistic serial killer when it comes to mice!

She follows me out to the barn every day waitin' for me to move bales of hay! I once saw her get a colony of nine before you could blink an eye! She doesn't eat them either, she just crunches 'em up and slings them to the four corners! I think she enjoys it way too much! hope I don't run outa mice! Who knows what her evil mind will turn to if that happens!

THAT'S why I have a Dachshund.  My ankles may take a hit, but I'll be ok. 

[Toastedturningtidelegs]

I never heard of using ex-lax. What does it do... make the rats shit themselves to death?

As a matter of fact yes!

[DefiantSix]

I live a hundred yards from a river so we get rats all the time. Big river rats. The local hardware store has some great stuff that kills rats so I use that. I never heard of using ex-lax. What does it do... make the rats shit themselves to death? I'll stick with the stuff the hardware store sells. It's cheap and very effective.

River rats don't give me the shivers nearly as bad as the wharf rats next to the ferry dock in Bremerton do.  I once saw one the size of a cocker spaniel jump 6-8 feet in the air, grab a seagull from mid-air, drag it back down to the mud flat and begin eating it while the gull was still flappin' around wondering What.The.****???

[AllosaursRus]

River rats don't give me the shivers nearly as bad as the wharf rats next to the ferry dock in Bremerton do.  I once saw one the size of a cocker spaniel jump 6-8 feet in the air, grab a seagull from mid-air, drag it back down to the mud flat and begin eating it while the gull was still flappin' around wondering What.The.****???

WOW!!! Way more info than I needed to know about wharf rats!!!!!

I thought pack rats were disgusting! I used to have to raid their nests back in the day i lived in the high desert, in order to get my sockets back! Nasty critters!

[zeitgeist]

With all the cats in the neighborhood you would think a few could do some pro bono in my yard, but no all they seem to be able to do is crap in the flower beds.  My last cat was a great mouser, lasted twenty years.  May have to consider a new one.

I did a winterization on the motor home this weekend which included mouse prevention moth ball bags everywhere. Mice love vehicles of all types, more so if they are sedentary for long periods.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqr5upX6-0w&feature=related[/youtube]

Speaking of big mice. :rotf

[I_B_Perky]

River rats don't give me the shivers nearly as bad as the wharf rats next to the ferry dock in Bremerton do.  I once saw one the size of a cocker spaniel jump 6-8 feet in the air, grab a seagull from mid-air, drag it back down to the mud flat and begin eating it while the gull was still flappin' around wondering What.The.****???

We got one river rat about 10 years ago that was huge. The rat trap didn't even kill it... only gave it a headache. It was the size of a small dog. It and my WV Brown Dog got into it and my WV Brown Dog got his ass handed to him. First animal that had ever done that to him. That was the biggest rat I have ever seen. It seemed to be immune to rat poison too. It wasn't immune to my Marlin 22 mag though. I had just finished cleaning it in my shop when he decided to show up as I was carrying it back to the house. Two hollow points later and he went to rat heaven.

I never heard of using ex-lax. What does it do... make the rats shit themselves to death?  As a matter of fact yes!

Ha! Like I said I had never heard of using it. I guess the stuff they use to prep you before a colonoscopy would work better.  I know it made me shit like I had never shit before! It wouldn't have surprised me to see my tonsils come out of my ass after drinking that stuff.