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Natalia · 03-05-2006, 05:17 PM

Any advice for encouraging them to move out?

I bought a live trap (will set up tonight), filled the holes with expanding foam and bought those electonic plug-ins to chase them away. I have also put tea tree oil around my food.

Now the mice are moving to other areas and with children on homeopathic remedies, I don't want to douse the house with tea tree or eucalyptus oil.

Natalia

MotherMoon · 03-05-2006, 11:25 PM

Mice love expanding foam. They may nests of it. Use steel wool. You can buy large packages at your hardware store in the refinishing department. Plug all holes with that. A cat helps but you can't feed it cat food or it won't hunt mice. Dogs are good but tear up a room chasing a mouse. Don't ask how I know. But, I have not found a sure-fire way of getting rid of them naturally. I am going to plant peppermint all around the house later this spring. We live on 15 acres, with only about 2 being trees. The rest is old cow pasture. We have happy when we only have mice. We have rats this winter. But, only under the house, not in, yet.

laideebugz · 03-05-2006, 11:56 PM

Try Peppermint oil, put a few drops on cotton balls and put them around the house. Mice hate the smell. It really works. I reapply every few weeks to keep the scent strong enough to repel.

Good luck!!

-gina

Natalia · 03-05-2006, 11:58 PM

Yikes. I've already sprayed the foam in. Maybe I'll get lucky and these mice will hate it...

My sister suggested cats too, but my husband is very allergic.

dreamseeds · 03-06-2006, 11:04 AM

Peppermint is a great suggestion. Mice do not like mints and I make peppermint soap and put it down in my shoppe below the house. I have not seen a mouse in the 3+ years I have lived here and I live in the Ozarks with 5 messy kiddo's

The peppermint fills the air down there and I suspect it has been what helps our home stay rodent free.

I wish it worked for the racoons..lol