We used DCon in our house; one day we found a nice pile of it in a sofa......brought in by the mice for future eating. That was the last of the DCon use for us. ----- Original Message ----- From: Ron Nossaman <RNossaman@KSCABLE.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 12:01 AM Subject: Re: Mice In The Piano. > >Not to smart about this, but a cat will keep mice away. As far as I know if > >there are mice in the house, there is really no other way to keep mice out of > >a piano. > > > >Willem > > Used to have an excellent mouser - a pacifist. He's catch 'em outside > (dozens of 'em), bring them in the house where it was warm and turn them > loose. Fortunately we also had other cats - opportunists, who followed him > around and batted clean up. I suppose all this would fall into the "mixed > blessings" 'cat'egory, but I think the lesson is that the only way to keep > mice out of the piano is to vacuum pack it, bury it, submerge it, or keep > it burning. Any of these options seem to have a certain potential for > peripheral entertainment, if not effective mouse proofing. > > Seriously though (ugh), D-Con behind the knee board is the way to go for > rodentia discouragement. They *WILL* get in, even if they have to teleport, > they'll eat the D-Con first, and will tend to lose enthusiasm for bridle > straps and key buttons as they become distracted by the process of dying > horribly by poisoning. > > It's a pretty tough point to argue. > > > Ron N
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