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Need Help with a Rodent Problem
The only way to get rid of them 100% is a rat trap. It's gross but easy. At night, just put a dab of peanut butter on some bread, set the trap and turn off ...
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- Get traps. Glue traps are gross because you have to dispose of a hrashing rodent & it's usuallu in the middle of the night. Mice travel along the perimeter of rooms so...
- call in a professional maybe a squirle or rat get in Good luck
- Not sure what it could be. We had chipmunks in our attic and inside our walls once. We bought things that plug into the walls and are supposed to deter rodents from co...
Help! I Have a Mouse/rat in My Car :(
Set the traps. I had a rat get in my car and it made its nest in my engine and ate the wiring harness on my brand new car (only 4 months old). ...
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- Well, I don't know about humanely, but my hubby was told by a rat exterminator to buy a rat zapper and lure it to go into it. It took a few days of the rat trusting a...
- If we're talking about being humane...put a hungry cat or snake in the car for a few nights. That's nature, right???
- Critters multiply. Where there is one there are many! Set the traps. I had a rat get in my car and it made its nest in my engine and ate the wiring harness on my b...
Squirrel Infestation Problem
I've tried poison, rat traps, and wildlife traps. The poison didn't seem to do anything. The traps get set off but never actually catch the squirrels. ...
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- M., Have you tried moth balls? We had a few years ago a problem with possums (however you spell it). I would trap them and then take them to the coutry and let them ...
- Have u tried calling your local animal services? We had a problem with bats and they came out and tried to help us.
- Hi M., You could call critter control...1-800-critter. Good Luck
Getting Rid of Rats/mice.
Last night my husband put out two glue traps and one old fashioned wooden snap trap with some peanut butter. This morning? Nothing. So maybe the rat only ...
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- Rats are really bad this year. Traps are the way to go if you are uncomfortable with poison. As posted above, you can buy the traps anywhere, like Home Depot or Loew...
- Try MetroGuard ###-###-####. We always ask for the same tech-Nick. He does an awesome job and we had boxes set out in garage and flower beds to attract and they check ...
- You're not the only one! :o) A few years ago we were given a treadmill that had been in a storage building for a while. It was in our garage for about 2 weeks when ...
Ideas for Mice Bait
I think Peanut Butter and the larger 'rat' traps work better because they have to actually get all the way on the trap to get to the peanut butter. ...
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- When we lived in the country next to fields we used old fashion traps with butter, that worked really good but a new one got in every couple weeks so we ended up getti...
- I know you said that you've used peanut butter, so I won't suggest that - :) - we also used cheese whiz, as it stuck to the trap better! Good luck!!
- I agree on the peanut butter, but we also used what we found they were getting into. Sunflower seeds were one of their favorites. We tried the live traps, sticky, an...
Squirrel in the Attic
Ended up, it was a rat! We couldn't even catch it in the rat trap. D-con saved us! The rat eats it and it becomes totally dehydrated. ...
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- I have the same problem and have recently asked for the same help on another site. The answer that everyone seemed to have is fox urine. You can get it at Wal-Mart a...
- Hi J., Go to a feed store, there is one on Ave. K in Plano, and get some fox urine (yes! you can buy urine in a bottle!) Anyway, just squirt some of the urine on s...
- ok, I just had an exterminator here because of ants I can not get rid of. He told me to go to a feed store and get fox urine. You put some on cotton balls and his dad ...
Looking for a Non-harmful Way
I am not sure of any natural way to keep them out thoughmaybe googlehumane and safe rat removal I am sorry I know there are humane traps that you can use to ...
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- Rats are totally disgusting, aren't they? We used to find rat poop by our back porch everyday. Finally, I went and bought a bulk container of cayannne pepper and spr...
- The best way to get rid of the rats, and safest way for both your kids, dogs and the rats themselves, is to get rid of the reason they are there in the first place. A...
- I'de be losing my mind if I were you L.. I really think I'de move and leave the problem to the next buyers/renters. Have you written your town mayor or gone to town me...
Need Help with Mice Problem
Our professional only used traps, because he said the poison would be all over ... table and put away, I saw tons of mice droppings...and a rat dropping. ...
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- One of the things our exterminator said to do is to go around the interior as well as the exterior of your house and any opening (like around pipes) to put steel wool ...
- I've heard that you can put peppermint oil on tennis balls or cotton balls around your house (pantry, etc) and they hate the smell and will stay away.
- We like the glue traps. We use a pretzel stick w/peanut butter on it in the middle of the glue trap & when the mouse walks on it trying to get the peanut butter, ya go...
Scratching Noise in Between Walls
We ended up setting traps out sure enough we..." ... reason my mom decided she wanted a pet rat and after she got two of them we never had a mouse problem ...
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- Hi M., My name is A.,if I were you I would check the exterior of your home and look for the tiniest of holes,even if you think nothing could fit thru they prolly cou...
- Hi M. my name is J. and I agree with Andrea go outside and look to see if there are any holes and plug them even the tiniest ones. Mice are very flexible rodents anoth...
- M. We had a problem also. we called Terminex and had them come in. we purchased to fake rocks cost at about 90.00 They fill the rocks up with bait that attracts the...
Help! Ants in My Home!
You can try closed ant traps. The idea is that they take home the bait and poison the entire colony, but for a little while you ..... rat traps · black ants ...
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- Windex...spray it where they are on the floor it interrupts their trail.
- There are 2 kinds of ants - some that are enticed by sugar and some that are enticed by grease. If you buy those little covered traps, you need to get the right kind....
- Hi A., First, you have to be diligent about sweeping floors and cleaning the kitchen counters. It's something that I'm terrible about doing often enough, and I'm su...
