[ale] Critters in the Attic

[Jeff Hubbs]

I don't think anyone around here has contracted plague!

Jeff

On Tue, 2005-01-25 at 15:21, Greg wrote:
> 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.
> 
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