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Once the mice invade your home, you will want to use traps or poison to kills them, but the key is always to prevent them from entering your house in the first place. Here is a how-to for using mothballs and other strategies to keep mice far from your home. ... Put any open food like cereal and rice in plastic,
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Mice Repellent Recipes. Tips and recipes for repelling mice. Post your ideas. ... Place used kitty litter from a litter box in small tubs in several places around the garage. Mice think. "it smells like a cat, must be a cat - I'm outta here!". By Diana...
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Do not use mothballs. Mothballs contain camphor which is a carcinogen. (I have learned that from several reputable sources). My grandmother had ... Last year we had mice in our camper, had to clean and disinfect everything. I read a tip that they didn't like dryer sheets (I just bought the cheap ones at the dollar store).
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Mothballs will help keep mice at bay in both the home and in the garden. They also deter deer, rats, squirrels and rabbits. The active ingredient in mothballs is a chemical that is toxic to moths. In other creatures, this chemical can be toxic or simply unpleasant enough to keep them out of ... More Articles Like This...
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If you are uncertain where the mice are getting in, consider spots like pipes, cracks in the foundation, attic windows, chimneys and places where rot is present or the foundation may be crumbling. ... Do Mothballs Keep Mice Away?
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My Grandparents always used mothballs, apparently mice don't care for that scent, either. I had used them in the attic with some success, however my family loudly protested that all of the Christmas decorations stuck like mothballs (which I didn't mind because it took me back to Grandmas) I will try the Bounce next.
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Mice and rats are repelled by fresh or dried mint leaves, oils of mints, camphor and pitch pine. ... Mothballs, sea onions, white lavender, wormwood, corn chamomile and spurge also repel mice. ... (Mothballs should not be used where food crops are grown.)
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Re: What ingredients are in mothballs? Date: Tue May 5 10:33:38 1998; Posted By: Dan Berger, Faculty Chemistry/Science, Bluffton College; Area of science: General Biology; ID: 889871314.Gb ... What ingredients are in mothballs? Why would these ingredients keep animals from a food plot? Why would the ingredients found...
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There are some safer alternatives you can use instead of mothballs when you want to protect your family as well as your wool! I've gathered up the information below from various places both on and off the net.
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