[ale] Critters in the Attic

[Jerald Sheets]

>>>fast forward<<<<

Setting:  5 miles away
Characters: People closest to that neighborhood


Person #1:  Where in the heck did this rat come from?
Person #2:  I have no idea.  We've *never* had rats around here before.


:-D


--j



-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of David
Corbin
Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 2:50 PM
To: ale at ale.org
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.
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