Re: Shrew Control

"Bob Officer©" <bobofficers@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> I have three small battery powered lights. one is a combo l/s wave
> light, and the other two are just long/short. They are used at night
> to find minerals which react to UV light.
>
>>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 know in the wild, the shrews will infest just about anyplace that
> has food available. I left a wax paper tub of crackers out one night.
> nothing was left by "morning".
>
This will be a life long chore, I'm sure.  I won't worry about it so long
as 
I can trap the ones that get in, but this particular one had me worried. 
It's a pain having to keep all of the food out of all floor accessible 
cabinets though.  I probably just need to learn how to prevent them from 
slipping into those.

Robert