How long is the string, is it so long that they have to walk the string to get to the can, or is it just a little longer than the can?
Mashall S Khanna wrote: > It sounds horrible, but no worse than rat poison, which causes them to > die a slow death also. My brother has a summer cottage, which gets > infested with mice in the winter. He came up with this: A gallon > bucket. Poke a hole in the bottom of a soda can and run a string > through both ends. Suspend the can across the top of the bucket and > attach with the string. Spread peanut butter around soda can Put > anti-freeze 1/3 way up in bucket. I think this was mainly because of > it being winter, don't know if it's necessary in warmer weather. First > try, he caught 13. I always used traps. They love chocolate. They > don't suffer, but it's much harder to deal with! :o( Sally > > Ode Coyote <odecoy...@alltel.net> wrote: > > > > Old time rat poison that won't kill anything else. > 1 part portland cement > 9 parts flour > Mix dry and leave in bowl near water. > ..I just had to ask what those porcelain curlicues were in > the crawlspace > under that 90 year old house. > > Rats can probably burp..or fart, but they can't regurgitate > [throw up / > toss cookies] > > I have no problem with pet rats or any animal that's > properly trained and > cared about. > > Ode > > > > At 01:38 PM 5/13/2005 -0400, you wrote: > > > >Jim Holmes said, > >They will chew away the insulation of 100 foot power > >cables through to the wiring in several spots. Why? > >They like the plastic taste? Or are they just > >sharpening their little teeth. > > > >Actually, if a rat doesnt chew on things, his teeth > >will grow right through the top or bottom of his head.>He > MUST chew! > > > >To get rid of wild rats, I read in Mother Earth > >magazine some years ago that putting out bowls of Coca > >Cola for them to drink would do it. Rats have no > >burping mechanism (the article said), so when they > >drink it, it kind of blows them up inside. If you make > >it diet soda, it will kill them even if they dont > >internally burp to death (unless they have the sense > >to avoid it). > > > > > > > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > >Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca > > > > > >-- > >The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing > Colloidal Silver. > > > >Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: > http://silverlist.org > > > >To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com > >Silver List archive: > http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > > >Address Off-Topic message! s to: > silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com > >OT Archive: > http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > > > >List maintainer: Mike Devour > > > > > > > > > >-- > >No virus found in this incoming message. > >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > >Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.9 - Release Date: > 5/12/2005 > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.9 - Release Date: > 5/12/2005 > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Yahoo! Mail > Stay connected, organized, and protected. Take the tour
