Fall is finally losing ground countless army of pests and we are sliding into the far corner tormented over the summer, sprayer, finally quietly breathe. But there it was! In place of harmful insects comes a Horde of voles, which, not finding anything to eat in the deserted garden, rush straight to our homes.
Compared with insects, these pests are much more dangerous: they not only affect their extraordinary voracity and omnivore, but also carry severe infectious diseases. Therefore, noticing the first signs of rodent activity in the room, an urgent need to go on the warpath.
Specifically for this I brought together in one article proven ways struggle with mice. You have to choose the most appropriate option depending on where you will deploy the fighting: in a private house where you live year-round, preserved for the winter cottage, barn or cellar.
Comrade in arms
Residents of villages from time immemorial kept in the economy of cats, so they helped to fight rodents. They are rarely allowed in the living room – they are mostly domestic life, catching the pests in the local area. But if this fall brisk voles made their way inside your home, invite the cat for the winter in a warm cozy room, because this is the easiest and safest way to get rid of uninvited guests.
But don’t feed your furry mate, or he completely lost the hunting instinct. And if in your economy there is no such fighting companion yet, it is high time to show mercy and to warm at yourself the homeless handsome man.
Snake spirit
Don’t be alarmed, I’m not suggesting you have a snake in the house to catch mice. But you can visit a terrarium, zoo or pet store and ask workers to pour into a jar of dry snake feces.
Such a product, laid out near the mouse moves, instantly force rodents to leave the occupied territory. The method, to put it mildly, unusual, but very effective!
Aromatherapy
If the presence of snake feces in your own home does not give you optimism, play on the acute sense of smell of mice in a different way. Buy at the pharmacy essential oil of mint, lemon balm or citrus. Moisten with oil cotton balls and spread out where mice appear most often and where, in your opinion, make their way into the room (vents, cracks in the baseboards, the front door, etc.). Periodically update flavors, as essential oils after a while evaporate and cease to repel rodents.
The same effect can be achieved if spread out in bowls, open boxes or just on the floor dry grass peppermint and Melissa-these plants often grow on the plots of gardeners. Do not throw away the peel of oranges, tangerines and other citrus fruits – these cleansers will easily replace the essential oil from the store. The scent of wormwood and tansy will also scare away mice-these herbs can be collected in the vicinity or bought at the pharmacy.
Rodents can not stand the smell of birch tar, naphthalene, turpentine, kerosene and formalin. But because these “flavorings” smell quite unpleasantly, their use for struggle with mice in non-residential premises. Liquid products are poured into bowls or soaked in pieces of rags. Naphthalene is used in the form of balls or mixed with sawdust powder in the proportion (1:1).
Banish rodents from the premises and special purchased repellents, which are offered in the form of powder or granules and exude an unpleasant aroma for the animals. Such products from the store usually do not affect the human sense of smell and do not contain toxins, so they can be used both in household buildings and in living rooms.
Treat with surprise
Some comrades have come up with a more sophisticated way to deal with mice, it is not suitable for sensitive natures and people tenderly related to all living things. You will need a mixture of wheat flour and alabaster, which is prepared in a ratio of 1:1. A treat to put on the floor and put a bowl of water. After such a “treat”(mice do not feel the presence of alabaster in the flour), rodents will experience severe indigestion, as the mixture will begin to solidify like cement.
Painful death for rodents promises to make a mixture of lime and sugar. No less effective a treat using wine corks. It needs to be finely crumbled, mixed with bread crusts and flavored with unrefined sunflower oil. Once in the stomach of the little animal, the cork will swell, and then clog her intestines.
Ash
Free and effective means of combating rodents – wood ash, which you can more than stock up after the autumn pruning of the garden. Cover the floor with ash (it should be dry) of the basement of the house or cellar, using at least 1 bucket for every 10 m².
Since the animals often lick their paws, alkaline ash will quickly get into their stomach and cause severe irritation. After such torments mice prefer to find a more comfortable place to winter.
For human ash is not dangerous, it can only get dirty. Therefore, during the backfilling, do not forget to leave clean passages for yourself. And be patient: the mouse, soiled in the ashes, will first carry it around the house, but after a short time to leave the room.
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