I found some mice droppings in the shed last autumn. I was thinking of using all sort of ways to repel them, but most of the ways seem all too harrowing.
But I then started using petrol engine powered garden tools - multi tools with hedge trimmer, grass trimmer and chainsaw, and garden vac.
When I got cans of petrol and engine oils and stored them in the shed, and then mix them and fill the fuel tanks of the tools in the shed too. While mixing and filling, there usually are plenty of leaks onto the floor, and petrol smell leaks on everywhere.
And time to time I start the engine, and run them in the shed while I am tidying outside of the shed, which fill the shed with fumes.
So my shed is leaking out of petrol, oil and also exhaust gas, and I think it made all the insects like spiders and wasps run way from the shed, and also evicted mice too.
I found some mice droppings in the shed last autumn. I was thinking of using all sort of ways to repel them, but most of the ways seem all too harrowing.
But I then started using petrol engine powered garden tools - multi tools with hedge trimmer, grass trimmer and chainsaw, and garden vac.
When I got cans of petrol and engine oils and stored them in the shed, and then mix them and fill the fuel tanks of the tools in the shed too. While mixing and filling, there usually are plenty of leaks onto the floor, and petrol smell leaks on everywhere.
And time to time I start the engine, and run them in the shed while I am tidying outside of the shed, which fill the shed with fumes.
So my shed is leaking out of petrol, oil and also exhaust gas, and I think it made all the insects like spiders and wasps run way from the shed, and also evicted mice too.
No more mice droppings in my shed now.
Traps or poison are far more enviromentally friendly than pumping out fumes and adding to the destruction of the planet.
"Life returns. Life prevails. Resistance is futile" Rusty the dalek
Traps or poison are far more enviromentally friendly than pumping out fumes and adding to the destruction of the planet.
But petrol engine powered tools save time for the jobs. And compared to number of vehicles on the road and factories around the world fuming out gas, number of power tools in use would be fraction of fraction to make any difference to the planet.
Traps and poisons can harm other animals nearby, so we decided not to use them at all.
Gosh, 28lbs is very heavy for a cat, mine’s big but the vet really told me off because he weighed 18lbs! He had to go on a diet as she said it was too much strain on his hips and his heart.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
What s his weight now @ Lyn? I worry as our puss weighs a stone, he's fed on Fit 32,plus Felix flakes wet food. But only a couple of teaspoons at night,as a treat. Did you have success with a diet?
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The best solution for rats and mice is a cat. Though most cats will not tackle a fully grown rat, they will deter them. Cats do need a bit of training in a garden ie. a good sand pit for toilet so they do not scratch anything up. But otherwise I cannot imagine a garden without one.
We have at least a dozen cats visit our garden throughout the day, still the rats come, SWMBO won't allow poison, so all I do is flood the area with water on a regular basis.
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But I then started using petrol engine powered garden tools - multi tools with hedge trimmer, grass trimmer and chainsaw, and garden vac.
When I got cans of petrol and engine oils and stored them in the shed, and then mix them and fill the fuel tanks of the tools in the shed too. While mixing and filling, there usually are plenty of leaks onto the floor, and petrol smell leaks on everywhere.
And time to time I start the engine, and run them in the shed while I am tidying outside of the shed, which fill the shed with fumes.
So my shed is leaking out of petrol, oil and also exhaust gas, and I think it made all the insects like spiders and wasps run way from the shed, and also evicted mice too.
No more mice droppings in my shed now.
And compared to number of vehicles on the road and factories around the world fuming out gas, number of power tools in use would be fraction of fraction to make any difference to the planet.
Traps and poisons can harm other animals nearby, so we decided not to use them at all.
I worry as our puss weighs a stone, he's fed on Fit 32,plus Felix flakes wet food. But only a couple of teaspoons at night,as a treat. Did you have success with a diet?
A A Milne