Re: IML: "Rodent Away" ??

["Val Dutson" <r40gto@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I was the state wide domestic rodent control biologist for the state of
California for many years and now retired and live in Ashland, Oregon.  If
there is no food,  the rodents will not be attracted to your storage place.
There can be no food within a couple hundred feet of the building so watch
for food crops near by.  All animals need food, cover and water to survive.
Eliminate one or more and you control them.  To eliminate them during
removal of the food use snap traps between the food source and their nesting
area.  If you use an anticoagulant like Decon they take a few days to bleed
to death (usually internally)  and then it is in an inaccessible places like
inside walls or inside the seat of your Imperial- so use rat snap traps for
rats and mouse traps for mice.  If you use a mouse trap on a rat they learn
after one slap on the nose not to go near any trap again.   A rat trap for a
mouse will often times just get the tail and then a trap shy mouse.   During
this time of year the rodents (including house mice)  will try to find a
suitable place for the winter-- with food, cover and nesting material.   You
can spread a powder such as flower (lightly) around the food source to see
tracks to determine what the critter is using the food.  Pet food has always
been the primary source of domestic rodent food.   I have stored my cars in
a chicken coup for the last 25 years and have not had any damage.   But,
there is no food any where around.  Good luck.  Val
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "roger crabtree" <rcrabshish@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 11:07 AM
Subject: Re: IML: "Rodent Away" ??


> Hi gang,
> I have a 40x50 shop that is in the country.  When we
> started to use it for storage of the boat and camp
> trailer, I was worried about this problem. I used
> decon and moth balls and place them on the floor of my
> shop.  My in-laws have been in the grain business for
> near 50 odd years.  They use a product around the door
> of the grain bins called "Mouse Out".  When they close
> the main doors to the bins they spray this stuff on
> the bottoms of the doors.  I have used a similar
> product sold by Ace hardware but it doesn't seem to
> last as long.  They get the Mouse out product from
> Cenex (was Farmers Union).  I also place bounce dryer
> sheets in all of the vehicles I store.  This seems to
> keep out the spiders and other undesirables.  To date
> we have have had no problems (knock on wood).
> RC Billings, Montanaaaa
>
> --- ahogangoat@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > What were the suggestions for putting something in
> > the garage or in the car to discourage rodents?
> > Wasn't there some type of dryer fabric softener
> > sheets that were supposed to do the job?
> > Tim  '57 Custom
> > -------------- Original message -------------- 
> > The bleach and water 1/10 sounds good for
> > disinfecting. To get rid of the bleach smell and
> > also help with the rodent smell there is also a
> > product called ODOBAN which when mixed with water as
> > per instructions can be used as a spray deoderant. I
> > used it in a 1949 Packard and what a difference it
> > made! I sprayed it under the seats just in case
> > there might be a residue I didn't want directly on
> > upholstery.
> >
> > I bought a gallon jug of ODOBAN at Sam's club about
> > 4 years ago and have used it for a lot of jobs. It's
> > a great cleaner/disinfectant for bathrooms. Anything
> > you scrub with it leaves a nice, fresh scent as does
> > the spray deodorant method.
> >
> > Ned 48 Crown Imperial
>
> =====
> RC Billings, Montanaaaaaa
>
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