<VV> Mice in the Garage

[Tony Underwood]

At 08:37 hours 07/04/2005, AeroNed at aol.com wrote:
>Cement and sugar. I think it's 2/3 cement, 1/3 sugar. The cement dries them
>out so they're not decomposing and stinking up the place. This is just
>hearsay,  haven't actually tried it myself.
>




Back in the dark ages, my grandpa used to rid the basement of mice and rats 
with a mix of gunpowder and hamburger, half and half, doesn't take much, 
churned it into a clay like mass and pinched off chunks, rolled it into 
little pellets and just "seeded" the coal bin and basement with the 
pellets.   Couple days later, there would be dead mice and rats all swelled 
up like overweight hamsters.

Obviously this won't work with any pets around.

Not sure if it was cellulose gunpowder or black powder...  my grandmother 
told me the story of how they used such to get rid of basement and barn 
pests etc.

Me, I still have these cats.


tony..