On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 07:50:31 -0700, Happybattles <happybattles@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
|>> As for stuff like Mothballs, Bitrex, it stinks, it
works...great
|>> for the outdoors and maybe add a lot of Sulphur, but Peppermint oil is
a bit
|>> pricy at some $12 per 25ml...it works but is it cost you a mint....and
has
|>> to be reapplied every 3 months or so.
|>
|>Bitrex has no odor. Again, getting your facts wrong... very wrong.
Bitrex is a smell/taste that they use in harmful chemicals like
*ammonia* so kids won't be compelled to use it. Stinks to me....
|>Mothballs are more poisonous than cigarettes and should never be used
|>lightly. Peppermint oil is unproven and unless you've got some
Naphthalene/mothballs have been hyped up as a poison causing
everwhere from cancer, to cornea bleeding, but they DO stink and should
curb
a rat's/whatever voracious appetite quite well, (especially at 60,000X
olfactory) till they get accustomed to it...which will take a long time.
|>scientific evidence or a re****t from a university you shouldn't
|>mention it.
Peppermint oil or better yet Oil of Peppermint, any Mint stuffs, *if
you do a Google search* have been proven to be successful in mice/rat
deterrents, some from universities, but mostly from consumer practical
users
who for the most part find it successful in most Forum Discussions....and
pricy.
I found that micturation would not do much to their current path,
but they seem to take a chance and run it anyway.....
There's also a lot of caveat emptor sales of "Rat-Away" stuff with
claimed coyote, bobcat, whatever micturation being sold, but I thing
*Sulphur* might be the most economical answer as directed for outdoor
use....
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