Hi John,

I had an interesting experience in a country house in Texas which had a lot
of mice. A friend of mine had a bottle of Bobcat urine, of all things and
sprinkled small drops gingerly around the house. The mice disappeared. Go
figure.

-----Original Message-----
From: John Shelton - ext. 4051 <johns at OHSU.EDU>
To: tweeters post <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Date: Tuesday, June 15, 1999 12:43 PM
Subject: rat baiting


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>Rodents are a problem anyone who feeds birds is likely to encounter.
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>What happens when you poison 4 or 5 rats and they die in some unreachable
>spot under your house? Something died under my house three years ago and I
>had to install an exhaust fan in the foundation to get rid of the smell.
> Since it was mid winter my heating bills skyrocketed for several weeks.
>
>If anyone has experience with traps, I'd really appreciate your advice.
>
>John Shelton
>Portland, Oregon
>johns at ohsu.edu
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