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Re: Getting rid of rodents,,,W/O Cats!

To: DANIEL RAY <danray@bluegrass.net>
Subject: Re: Getting rid of rodents,,,W/O Cats!
From: Peter Landy <plandy@idt.net>
Date: Sun, 28 Dec 1997 13:48:15 -0800
I concur with Dan that this is a food chain problem.  Rat Terriers can
be very effective but high maintenance.  A tribe of mean cats should
convince these rodents to stay on your neighbor's side :-)

Peter Landy
'74 Bgt

DANIEL RAY wrote:
> 
> Mike:
> Too bad, because a big, mean cat would probably be a great "Final Solution" 
>for those rodents. Maybe a Rat Terrier, Beagle or Dachshund? hehe
> Sounds like you have an ecological problem that poisons and repellents might 
>not solve...need to change the food chain around in that garage somehow!
> Dan
> 
> From:   Mike Lishego
> Hello,
>         I'm getting ready to install the new carpeting into my 'B, but it 
>will sit in
> a garage with a rodent problem.  My father and I have been putting out a 
>fresh tray of
> D-Con since I've been home with no real success.  As an odd aside, my 
>neighbor has
> fished 38 dead rodents of all kinds out of his pond in the past few 
>weeks...Anyway,
> the little suckers have eaten my old seats apart and I found two dead mice 
>trapped in
> the cylinder bores of a headless engine.  What can I put in my car to keep 
>them from
> nesting in my wiring or eating my new carpet?  It's obvious that the D-Con is
> pointless, since more animals come into the garage to take their dead 
>comrades place.
>  What about mothballs?  Cedar?  Electronic pest repellers?
>         Thanks in advance, however, cats are out of the question...8-(
>

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