Oh man! Yes this has been the season for heating elements crashing, pipes deciding they did not want to drain, and mice liking the way things feel in our house now that we have no cat! Knock on wood-I am so glad the frig is still working at our house and that the mice can't get into it! Take care and be not worried. It is always somethin…
Oh man! Yes this has been the season for heating elements crashing, pipes deciding they did not want to drain, and mice liking the way things feel in our house now that we have no cat! Knock on wood-I am so glad the frig is still working at our house and that the mice can't get into it! Take care and be not worried. It is always something. Thank you to the Great Gilda Radner for these words. They are always true. And just to prove it, my hubby decided we needed to have chickens AGAIN (although I swore off them once they had all passed on to the Great Chicken Roost in the sky). So he will be picking up chicks tomorrow and the new worry will be keeping them alive and my husband from going mad taking care of them. Oh boy!
Yeah the mice thing? I have a doublewide on a pad - no cellar & after listening to chewing noises in the winter I finally found a successful answer. Its called Rat Magic - get it at my local feedstore & it doesnt kill anything only deters them. I sprinkle it all around the outside of the house & it appears that it works. I guess it could be chipmunks too but since they ae rodents technically seems to be successful all round.
I dont want rodents underneath the house but I also do NOT want little bodies all over. Know what I mean?
Good luck with the chicks - and keeping them alive.
Thanks for the tip Maggie. We have been live trapping but if there is something to put out that won't kill them (or other critters) that seems perfect. We'll look into that for sure. Fortunately they're only field mice but goodness, they love our house!
Wrote & lost an entire reply! Now if I can just remember what I said... the gist was this stuff I bought claims NO-NONE danger of killing other creatures whether wild or domestic. Many years ago I made the mistake of putting out D-Con because of all the large rodents attracted by various chickens, ducks & rabbits wasted food. Once was enough - no matter how I feel about rats I will NEVER use stuff like that again. But it took years to find something that actually did what it said - at least I think it does!!
Oh man! Yes this has been the season for heating elements crashing, pipes deciding they did not want to drain, and mice liking the way things feel in our house now that we have no cat! Knock on wood-I am so glad the frig is still working at our house and that the mice can't get into it! Take care and be not worried. It is always something. Thank you to the Great Gilda Radner for these words. They are always true. And just to prove it, my hubby decided we needed to have chickens AGAIN (although I swore off them once they had all passed on to the Great Chicken Roost in the sky). So he will be picking up chicks tomorrow and the new worry will be keeping them alive and my husband from going mad taking care of them. Oh boy!
Tell him to join Joyce Vance's "Civil Discourse" substack - she's very seriously into chickens.
Yes she is and hers are really beautiful! As I said before (I think) I like chickens,.
Yeah the mice thing? I have a doublewide on a pad - no cellar & after listening to chewing noises in the winter I finally found a successful answer. Its called Rat Magic - get it at my local feedstore & it doesnt kill anything only deters them. I sprinkle it all around the outside of the house & it appears that it works. I guess it could be chipmunks too but since they ae rodents technically seems to be successful all round.
I dont want rodents underneath the house but I also do NOT want little bodies all over. Know what I mean?
Good luck with the chicks - and keeping them alive.
Thanks for the tip Maggie. We have been live trapping but if there is something to put out that won't kill them (or other critters) that seems perfect. We'll look into that for sure. Fortunately they're only field mice but goodness, they love our house!
Wrote & lost an entire reply! Now if I can just remember what I said... the gist was this stuff I bought claims NO-NONE danger of killing other creatures whether wild or domestic. Many years ago I made the mistake of putting out D-Con because of all the large rodents attracted by various chickens, ducks & rabbits wasted food. Once was enough - no matter how I feel about rats I will NEVER use stuff like that again. But it took years to find something that actually did what it said - at least I think it does!!