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Anyone ever try this product? It's called Shake Away-(claims to have odor of fox urine) I am getting desperate-want to rid my yard of chipmunks and mice, and enjoy it again!
sizzled
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I tried this but after the stuff wears off, they come right back.
I wonder if stuffing the holes with steel wool would discourage them?
I don't want to use poison and affect the higher food chain.
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Actually, I use these mouse traps that look like large plastic clothes pins.
You put peanut butter in them and they trap the head of the mouse, which suffocates them.
You don't see a mess but just open them up to release the dead ones.
I actually attract REAL foxes this way!
I did try the 'predator' urine but it got too expensive to keep replacing it. (After it rains...)
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By chipmunks do you mean what we call(I Think they ae called 13 stripe ) striped ground squirrels?? Or do you have different animals there? They live in oversize mouse holes in the lawns??
Just wanted to add,,,the metal wind up trap, like a metal bread box,,, can trap alot of mice one after another.Disposing of the 'LIVE' mice is a bigger problem. (Maybe a bucket full of water and immersed for 10 minutes??) IF you wish you can take them miles from home and set them loose!! OR invite a cat convention of neighbor hood cats
Popcorn(unpopped) is excellent bait in the tray, or cheese, or grain of any kind(Like squirrel corn you buy at the store.)
Bait stations can work well too,,,protects the bait from pets!!
IF you have deer in the yard,,,a four poster insecticide dispenser food feeder is essential!!(AND very effective). You can google those. It takes awhile to be effective but tick counts subsided greatly with those!!
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On the site where the "Shake Away" was recommended there was another suggestion that I tried which has worked already (caught 2 since last night)!!!
Yes Don-I think we are talking about the same critters. They dig tunnels everywhere & forced us to repair our brick patio last year-
Fill a 5 gallon bucket 1/3-1/2 full with water-throw in sunflower seeds & prop a board or big stick along the side-
***Edited to remind those with small children that 5 gallon buckets are a major cause of little people drowning!!! Please be aware of danger!!!****
Once they get in -can't get out. My husband couldn't believe they were stupid enough to fall for this! Sure beats trying to relocate them-read it has to be 5-6 miles away! No way am I putting them in my car!
Had tried using "the better rat trap" with peanut butter & bird seed, but after catching a few they figured out how to get the goodies without setting off the trap. Dang rodents!
Feel like a murderer, but I refuse to give up my yard! At least there is no poison involved-Was ready to buy a BB Gun!!!!
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I know the mice are vectors, and we keep a score cards: us vs. mice. We're ahead right now. I used to have cats to keep the place free of mice...
Maybe this is a really naive question, but--Do we know for sure chipmunks are vectors? I love them... we have a few on our property, and they don't bother anyone/anything. I don't want to capture, kill or remove them if I don't have to. (I've got my fingers crossed that they're safe critters.)
Same thing goes for squirrels--vectors? Raccoons? Are there any animals we encounter that are NOT vectors?
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We had a "killer" cat for 7 years who ran everything off our property! Since she died-it is like a chipmunk highway in my yard!
Though I live close to the woods, (many deer out there) and have gardened extensively for years-NEVER saw a tick until last summer, and this AFTER rash & swollen knee symptoms. Hate to think of all the ticks I didn't see!
I do think the chipmunks are as bad as mice (I've been keeping score on the mice too! Caught 13 since fall up till 2 weeks ago in basement!)
A rodent is a rodent....I used to think one or two chipmunks were cute-no more! They have MANY babies....Ugh
I am on a mission! (This from a once peaceful person-) Declaring war on all tick vectors on my property! Think you gotta do what you gotta do! Posts: 249 | From finger lakes, ny | Registered: Jul 2006
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it's all about biodiversity and keeping the natural balance. These little animals and rodents are thriving because of overdevelopment which destroys their predators' habitats.
since we can't reverse all this suburban sprawl, try to encourage a fox habitat in your yard. Or get a couple Weimaraners
We're dog-sitting for two of them and thankfully some foxes and a hawk showed up recently...we're getting sick of making them drop the woodchucks, bunnies, mice, etc before they come in the house!
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