Mnhorsemom Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 I live in a 110 year old farm house in the toolies. It's getting to be fall in good ol' Minnesota and the mice are coming in to find their winter home I had read that mice do not like the smell of peppermint. I put some dendtric salt in the bottom of a plastic cup and added peppermint EO and put them in my drawers several weeks ago, it seems to be helping cause I have not had any mouse poop (BIG YUCK) in the drawers. I do, however, find it on my counter top and on my stove (BIGGER YUCK) so...I was thinking I would try to make a cyclo/peppermint EO spray to spray on those surfaces. Would that make the counter and stove top sticky or gross? I also have a problem in the fall with Japanese lady bugs. They were introduced to our area a number of years ago as a natural preditor for some bugs that were hard on the potato crop and since they don't have any natural preditors they have gotten out of control. I get so many in the house I have to use the vacume cleaner to suck em up. I had heard that rosemary will repel them and was thinking about a spray for that too. TIA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorrie Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 I haven't heard of this but why not? I would give it a try and see what happens. I guess worse case your house will smell good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melly Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 i would say give it a shot too, if it makes the counters sticky, you wipe them, no big deal right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbtddr Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 i keep mouse poison out year around in places ware kids can not get to it. i have not had any for years now since i started doing that.used to fight them all the time tell some one told me that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mnhorsemom Posted September 23, 2005 Author Share Posted September 23, 2005 I have cats and dogs in the house so I won't use poison. Even if I put the poison where they can't get to it if they happen to eat a poisoned mouse it can make them sick. You would think with 2 indoor cats I wouldn't have mice. Maybe if the dang cats didn't spend the entire night sleeping in the bed with me they would have more time to catch those rodents Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeana Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 I have also heard of things you plug in that make a sound the mice don't like, but we can't hear. I don't know if they work. I don't think they are expensive though and they have no poison. I know what you mean with the indoor cats. I have two and they could care less when a mouse lived in our room for about a year. But give them a fuzzy toy and they are all over it and ready to kill it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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