In article <WbWdnbUthe1wJmXanZ2dnUVZ_vShnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
"Robert Bolton" <robertboltondrop@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> "Gary" <g.majors@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:47F62154.B52B1060@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Robert Bolton wrote:
> >>
> >> "Gary" <g.majors@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >> > "Dennis P. Harris" wrote:
> >> >> A black light will show quickly where mice & shrews navigate,
> >> >> since they piddle constantly, and urine trails show up nicely
> >> >> under UV light.
> >> >>
> >> > Dennis, that's great to know!!!! I've often wondered if my ferrets
> >> > have
> >> > been having any "accidents" on my carpets. And I do have a 48"
black
> >> > light
> >> > and fixture in my closet. I'll get it out tonight and check out
the
> >> > carpet.
> >> > Thanks for that info!! :)
> >> >
> >> At first I was thinking you were growing something in there, but it
> >> occurs
> >> to me you might just be storing it. Sorry, had my mind the in the
> >> gutter
> >> (or maybe the clouds).
> >
> > LOL! I quit growing things in closets almost 30 years ago. As you
> > realized,
> > the black light I have is only *stored* in a closet. I don't think a
> > black
> > light would be good for growing anything anyway. I used mine MANY
years
> > ago
> > just to enjoy the enhanced colors using the special paints and
posters,
> > etc.
>
> I've got a small one around here somewhere. Unless I tossed it out.
>
> Here's some info you might file under Shrew Control. The peanut butter
> laced with honey is a winner. I bought a Creamy jar of Skippy (maybe)
> that advertised having honey already included. It's aroma filled the
> kitchen tonight when I placed a healthy dab onto the mouse trap tab. I
> was thinking this just might entice the stinking shrew that I watched
run
> across the kitchen earlier today (earlier yesterday I suppose). I
placed
> the trap up against the cabinet adjacent to the refrigerator, as that
was
> where it had come from.
>
> 30 minutes later, one dead mouse.
>
> I feel better now.
> Robert
The guy who told me to mix honey in the peanut butter said he's caught
everything from mice to grizzleys with that bait. He used to run
trapline up by Paxson. Now he's a miner in the 40mile.
Jan
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