OT/old news/mice/ lavender

[Annie Grieshop]

Ah, Stephane, have you seen this research?  http://tinyurl.com/yvogeb  They
weren't just talking to you; they were singing!

The reason I like the Kness traps (the company I referenced earlier) is that
the bait sits in a small cup.  Pack the peanut butter down tight... and you
WILL get your mouse.  The traps that use flat bait plates (e.g., Victor)
don't work nearly as well.

I once had a shrew that lived in my basement.  Every night, it would pop up
into the kitchen through a hole in the floor, run along the wall, jump into
the dog's bowl pan, grab one piece of dog food, hop back out, and zip into
the basement again.  The dog, the cats, and I all watched this
performance........  Because I "started" baby chicks/ducks/geese in the
house, the cats learned they were not to eat anyone who lived in the house.
The rule backfired on me eventually, and the mouse population blossomed, but
it was a fun place to live for a while (for all of us).

Annie

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stéphane Collin [mailto:collin.s at skynet.be]
> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 12:05 PM
> To: 'Pianotech List'
> Subject: RE: OT/old news/mice/ lavender
>
>
> Hi Annie.
>
> Like you I hate barbarian solutions.  But the catch-and-release
> traps didn't
> work here : the mice managed to get the cheese without activating the trap
> (they walk on the vertical sides of the grid, get the yummy
> cheese, get out
> the trap, and then come proudly wave the score before running away; but
> then, these were genuine Belgian mice)
> Also, the ultra sound device seemed to have no effect here.  I do believe
> those little animals to be superiorly intelligent, and genetically very
> adaptive.
>
> I could evaluate the (un)effectiveness of my methods directly, because I
> live in one room, and I can see them run around, late at night, when they
> get awake.  They are quite funny in fact, and talkative.  They even can
> climb the walls, foreseen they are covered with fabric-like paper or stone
> like plaster.
>
>
> Best regards.
>
> Stéphane Collin.
>
>
> Stephane,
>
> How do you know the lavender actually repelled any of the mice?  You found
> little mouse shacks under other furniture?  They posted tiny Rooms Wanted
> signs on the lamp bases? <g>  (No nastiness meant -- I really do want to
> know.)
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