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> From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu On Behalf Of Michael Algernon
> Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 3:43 PM
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> 1)  Are mousez driven away by ultrasonics ?

Some pests are temporarily driven away by ultrasonic's, they eventually get
acclimated to the sound and it stops bothering them. Often pests will move
off on their own (better food or shelter elsewhere) leading to the reports
by some people of ultrasonic units working (confusing correlation with
causation). The US FTC has tested dozens of devices over the past few
decades and has ruled that at best they have a temporary effect. In 2001
they started legal action against 60 manufacturers but, the manufacturers
got a get out of jail free card in that all they have to do is put
"temporary" in the small print. Some of the manufacturers now say, be sure
to leave the device in place to keep the temporary effect working.

> 2)  If they eat poison ( I am adverse to killing creaturez ) do they
> crawl under your dishwasher and die and rot and stink ?

They're too small to stink up the place but, I still prefer to use spring
traps and dispose of the corpse.

> 3)  My next door neighbor has put out poison and it looks like some
> meez came over here and regurgitated blood on my counter.  Is this
> possible ?

Yes, I've seen bloody mouse vomit near dead poisoned mice when my brother
used poison. He's since switched to spring traps, poison and glue traps are
disgusting (we found a dead three legged mouse who chewed off a leg to get
out of a glue trap).

> 4)  Are mooses smart enough to avoid traps ?  I have read they are
> not...... mine seem smarter.  ( Actually they are not mine, just
> illegal aliens )

Not smart just lucky, sometimes their touch is light enough that they lick
the peanut butter off the trap without setting it off. I just reapply peanut
butter and put the trap back, so far my record for a lucky mouse is four
times got away, fifth time got it.

Paul

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> MA

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