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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 405246" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>husband found the thing about peppermint oil online. I had only told him about it ten times - literally ten times told him to do it. Then I told him to go google it and all of a sudden he makes this <em>amazing</em> discovery that peppermint oil will repel mice. Gee. Amazing alright. Amazing that he could still talk and I didn't whack him upside the head. He actually had the nerve to get upset with me when I didn't get excited over his "discovery" and to ask me if I knew it worked why didn't I just tell him!!!!!!!!! I think I didn't speak to him for 2 days because I was so peeved over the rudeness of it all. He had actually ARGUED with me about the peppermint oil not working and he just knew it so he didn't need to try it and he even picked up the cotton balls with peppermint oil that I had put out.</p><p></p><p>Now <strong>I</strong> knew it worked because both Marg and Star told me about it over a year before that and I had done it qutie well. We live WAY out in the country and every house in our developemnt and the neighboring ones all battle mice all year long. It just is what it is when you live this far out. Esp when most neighbors have big woodpiles. We don't because I won't have a fireplace and thank you in the same house. It is one of the few things that still triggers his asthma. (We are blessed that he now only has maybe 4 days a year that his asthma is really bad. He hasn't even used his inhaler at school this year and only used it when he had a cold over the summer. </p><p> </p><p>Anyway, the peppermint oil works really well. As for the attic, squirrels LOVE to chew wiring, so get a squirrel trap and get it OUT. I have heard that cat food will attract them, but I don't know if I believe it. If it is a raccoon it could be as big as a small dog. They are LOTS bigger than squirrels. Anyway, get a trap up there and try peanut butter, then try cat food if that doesn't work. Sorry about the Ozzy wakeup. Why did you not poke df to go deal with it? I would have. </p><p> </p><p>I clean everything with bleach. If we use another cleaner I then go over it with bleach. Even with mouse pp you only need 1 tablespoon of bleach in 1 gallon of water to make it kill the germs. using more bleach will NOT make it work better or faster.</p><p> </p><p>by the way - do you know how to make a substitute for clorox 2 laundry bleach? The color safe bleach? Use 1 cup peroxide and water to make 1/2 gallon. use 1/2 to 1 cup in the laundry. AWESOME on biological stains and keeps bright colors bright. There IS a connection. Mouse pp to cleaning. Bleach for cleaning to laundry to non-clorox bleach. See, there IS method to my madness.</p><p> </p><p>We may try the jello. I have never heard of that one. I do know they will gorge on cheese and then the sodium kills them. Too much pbutter will also kill them if it has salt in it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 405246, member: 1233"] husband found the thing about peppermint oil online. I had only told him about it ten times - literally ten times told him to do it. Then I told him to go google it and all of a sudden he makes this [I]amazing[/I] discovery that peppermint oil will repel mice. Gee. Amazing alright. Amazing that he could still talk and I didn't whack him upside the head. He actually had the nerve to get upset with me when I didn't get excited over his "discovery" and to ask me if I knew it worked why didn't I just tell him!!!!!!!!! I think I didn't speak to him for 2 days because I was so peeved over the rudeness of it all. He had actually ARGUED with me about the peppermint oil not working and he just knew it so he didn't need to try it and he even picked up the cotton balls with peppermint oil that I had put out. Now [B]I[/B] knew it worked because both Marg and Star told me about it over a year before that and I had done it qutie well. We live WAY out in the country and every house in our developemnt and the neighboring ones all battle mice all year long. It just is what it is when you live this far out. Esp when most neighbors have big woodpiles. We don't because I won't have a fireplace and thank you in the same house. It is one of the few things that still triggers his asthma. (We are blessed that he now only has maybe 4 days a year that his asthma is really bad. He hasn't even used his inhaler at school this year and only used it when he had a cold over the summer. Anyway, the peppermint oil works really well. As for the attic, squirrels LOVE to chew wiring, so get a squirrel trap and get it OUT. I have heard that cat food will attract them, but I don't know if I believe it. If it is a raccoon it could be as big as a small dog. They are LOTS bigger than squirrels. Anyway, get a trap up there and try peanut butter, then try cat food if that doesn't work. Sorry about the Ozzy wakeup. Why did you not poke df to go deal with it? I would have. I clean everything with bleach. If we use another cleaner I then go over it with bleach. Even with mouse pp you only need 1 tablespoon of bleach in 1 gallon of water to make it kill the germs. using more bleach will NOT make it work better or faster. by the way - do you know how to make a substitute for clorox 2 laundry bleach? The color safe bleach? Use 1 cup peroxide and water to make 1/2 gallon. use 1/2 to 1 cup in the laundry. AWESOME on biological stains and keeps bright colors bright. There IS a connection. Mouse pp to cleaning. Bleach for cleaning to laundry to non-clorox bleach. See, there IS method to my madness. We may try the jello. I have never heard of that one. I do know they will gorge on cheese and then the sodium kills them. Too much pbutter will also kill them if it has salt in it. [/QUOTE]
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