[ale] Critters in the Attic

[Greg]

Why do you want to release a rodent into the wild ??  Have we learned
nothing from history (The Plague in Europe).  Rodents are vermin - they
bring disease and pestilence to man and other animals.  Though needful to
the environmental food chain they are still vermin and should be destroyed.
And yes I am serious.  Folks have been killed by the diseases in rodent
droppings and from the fleas that they harbour.

Greg

-----Original Message-----
From: David Corbin [mailto:dcorbin at enttek.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 2:50 PM
To: ale at ale.org
Cc: Greg
Subject: Re: [ale] Critters in the Attic


On Tuesday 25 January 2005 02:40 pm, Greg wrote:
> For mice use steel wool.  Put it between the boards of your house and in
> *any* and *all* holes.  It apparently sticks the little critters in the
> nose or something but it works.  For your traps I would suggest peanut
> butter as bait.  I am assuming you are using the big steel teeth mouse
> traps that kill.  You really don't want to capture and release rodents and
> such - they just come back.

Nope.  Cage traps.  Bated with Apple, peanut butter, and seeds.  Worked
wonders.  We caught a rat 5+ years ago, we just hauled off some 5+ miles
before releasing.