<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2963" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>They are not fond of citrus smells. Orange peels will discourage them. So will Irish Spring soap. I live in a rural setting and my fearsome Felix doesn't get them all. Besides the issue of the nest and all that implies, the viruses they track around are a real concern. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>They can be discouraged without being directly harmed. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Robin Blankenship, Mouseketeer First Class</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=collin.s@skynet.be href="mailto:collin.s@skynet.be">Stéphane Collin</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, August 22, 2006 7:11 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Mice thread</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello list.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have a mice family refugees that elected my house as new place for their living.  While I find those animals way cool, intelligent, funny, even talkative (?), well, my wife doesn't.  So I'm now trying to catch them the easy way, in order to move them to the next field out there (but those animals manage to eat the cheese without engaging the trap system ; I'll have to use my brain too).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My problem is that I'm about to leave for holidays, and I'm afraid that I won't catch them all before.  As they are aware that there is no nest like a Wurzen nest, I suspect that they could ruin my pianos in no time, which would be no cool.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So may I ask if someone knows of a trick to keep them out of the pianos while I'm away ?  I have no cat, and can not get one, because I have larger dogs.  If possible, I would like to stay away from anticoagulent chemics, because my religion forbiddens that to me.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any advice ?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best regards.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Stéphane Collin.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>