We owned and operated a seasonal fishing camp/resort out in the bush. Our cabins, lodge and washroom facilities were basic & simple. It was a summer business. In the fall we closed down, and in came the mice, although we lived year round on site with 5 cats! I tried everything to protect the cabins, house, etc. from the mice! Now you cannot mouse proof over 11 acres of resort out in the bush, can you? Thanks to a old timer bush man we did.
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I'm going to try this since we have a problem with rats and mice.
Zig
I live in a apartment mice are coming in thru walls under rad pipes is that where to put it
Gives a whole new meaning to "gotta go"!
Thanks for the great tip! I won't use any kind of poison.
This is fantastic - I can't bear to kill anything, and I don't. Won't use fly sprays, cockroach baits etc, and we have had a mouse problem from time to time.
I am giggling at the shear simplicity of this and how you explained how it works ;-) I'll spread the word :-) Thanks!
Hello, does the "Gastric Distress and Results" not smell bad insite the cabinets and between the walls?? I would hesitate about this because the "Results" might be on a plate or bowl. Yuck.
Thanks so much for the tip. My SIL is deathly afraid of mice (can you imagine a very pregnant lady on top of the washing machine screeching for anyone to save her from the little mouse that ran across the floor?). Today she lives in a retirement complex and has a gentleman friend set traps for her mice every night.
Post By auntbaba (Guest Post) (11/12/2008)
Hello, does the "Gastric Distress and Results" not smell bad inside the cabinets and between the walls?? I would hesitate about this because the "Results" might be on a plate or bowl. Yuck.
I am giggling even more now. There's going to be this result whether or not there's Exlax so might as well have a couple Exlax moments and the critters then 'move away' because of the 'distress' rather than have permanent poopy continue in the walls and on the plates ;-) LOL !!!
WOW. I thought I had heard it all when someone said to put "GRITS" on "FIRE ANT" hills & once they carry them down to the Queen Ant they will explode as soon as digested...but this gives a whole new meaning to explode! Thanks for the advice, I will be trying it.
Hi could you please explain what grits are & how to set them up to use to deter all the unwanted rodents.
Cheers from Oz
Grits are made from hominy corn, it's a hot cereal that is popular in the Southern U.S. Here's a Wikipedia article with more information about grits.
I don't know how they are supposed to work for rodents.
Too bad it doesn't work on snakes!
We have tried everything to get rid of mice, but nothing seems to work for long. We will be trying this.
When you mentioned "the bush" I immediatly assumed you were in AK...then I remembered they don't live up there!
It's one of the best things about AK is no spiders, snakes, or rodents. Well, maybe as pets but that is about it.
Mice and Rats have a one way digestive system, according to Mother Earth News. That is why feeding them cola will make the little tummies "pop". But whatever works is whatever works, huh? Good tip!
I think 'the bush' is in Australia ;-)
I thought of sleeping pills but I thought xlax I didn't know anyone thought of it till I see this
I looked this up because someone told me in a store about exlax. I said how does this work? She said it dehydrates them. I definitely don't care if it kills them. I had built a small shed with shingles I sliced off off logs. It has lasted 6 years, but now I find pack rats have chewed holes in the roof-or something did to get at them. They have also chewed insulation off of power cords.
Is Exlax the little chocolate squares used by people for constipation? We call them Laxettes in Australia. You would need to spend a LOT of money to buy enough boxes to kill hundreds of rodents I imagine! We have a mice plague in regional Australia at the moment & the poisons our lousy Government is supplying is making our owls, raptors, reptiles & thousands of native animals die in epic proportions.
Thankyou USA for stopping the Koala fur trade decades ago & thankyou USA for boycotting our Kangaroo skin trade on sports shoes & clothing.
I want to say a big thank you from all our native animal lovers in Australia.
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