On Mar 30, 11:19 am, "Robert Bolton" <robertboltond...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> I've been in this house for just about 6 years now and have more or less
> had a problem with shrews from day one (I just didn't know it). After
> doing pretty well with traditional mouse traps, we've now got a least
one
> that is smart enough not to touch traps anymore (or at least not to eat
> cheese).
>
> I occasionally go in a zone on weekends where I stay up way later than I
> should. When that happens, I binge eat. Last night it was muffins,
then
> chocolate chip cookies, then crackers. When I finally hauled my butt
> upstairs at 3 am, I left an unopened pack of soda crackers on my
computer
> table. This morning I find that one end has been eaten through by a
> stinking shrew, which means the sucker climbed up my computer cords to
get
> to it.
>
> We pretty much keep all food that is not canned or in glass up in the
> cupboards that are above the kitchen counter. No sign of shrews up
there,
> but any place below counter top, like drawers, is subject to invasion.
>
> 1) What can I do to get rid of these pests??? Switch bait? Buy some
fox
> smell liquid that is supposed to make them run away in a panic? Get a
> stinking cat? The idea of rodent poison bothers me as I don't want
these
> guys tracking that stuff around, and they'd probably learn not to eat
that
> too, no?
>
> 2) What can I do to keep them out once gone? Pour Fox smell around the
> perimeter? Would this scare off the bunnies and birds that come to
visit?
> Should I stick a metal sleeve up the bottom of my siding so they can't
> enter walls from the outside? What about the garage door?
>
> Any advice would be greatly appreciated,
> Robert
Use peanut butter for bait, cheese is only for Jerry on the old
cartoons. Cheese is way down the list of favorite foods for vermin.
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