Subject: Fw: Fw: rat baiting - predator urine
Date: Jun 15 15:03:40 1999
From: Marguerite Bevis - mfly.bevis at worldnet.att.net


So, there you go! Steve has informed us where we can find the stuff.
Thanks, Steve! I couldn't imagine where to start looking.

Sorry, but YUCK! I am very thankful I am not having a rodent problem right
now... I remember the way that stuff smelled... However, one could always
try, using a little bit inside at first to drive them out, then using it
outside to keep them out. I'm sure it wouldn't take much.


-----Original Message-----
From: Aubert, Steve <Steve.Aubert at METROKC.GOV>
To: 'Marguerite Bevis' <mfly.bevis at worldnet.att.net>
Date: Tuesday, June 15, 1999 2:54 PM
Subject: RE: Fw: rat baiting


>McClendon's hardware in Woodinville, WA. stocks several types of predator
>urine. I never looked for Bobcat.
>email steve.aubert at metrokc.gov
>
>> ----------
>> From: Marguerite Bevis[SMTP:mfly.bevis at worldnet.att.net]
>> Reply To: Marguerite Bevis
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 1999 2:31 PM
>> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
>> Subject: Fw: Fw: rat baiting
>>
>> I knew someone would ask. I have no idea where you would get a bottle of
>> Bobcat urine or how one would obtain such a substance. (Do you say, "Just
>> fill this container, Mr.. Bobcat?") Someone had given my friend his
>> bottle
>> as a gag gift and he just hadn't thrown it away. It was an experiment
and
>> it worked. I will say that it is not a practical rat/mouse deterrent
>> since
>> the odor is repugnant to humans as well as rodents.
>>
>> However, after my friend & his bottle left, I inherited an orphaned
kitten
>> which I determined to keep inside because of my love for watching my
>> feathered friends outside and my abhorrence of feral cats.
>>
>> Interestingly, although I never saw the cat catch a mouse, it seems that
>> merely his presence drove the mice away. I guess that is an argument
for
>> inside cats.
>>
>> By the way, if Mr.. Leno decides to pay somebody, I get dibs!
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jim Rosso <jrosso at mediaseek.com>
>> To: Marguerite Bevis <mfly.bevis at worldnet.att.net>;
>> tweeters at u.washington.edu <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
>> Date: Tuesday, June 15, 1999 2:09 PM
>> Subject: Re: Fw: rat baiting
>>
>>
>> >OK, I gotta ask. Where does one get a bottle of Bobcat urine? I mean the
>> >questions abound. How do you convince a bobcat that it wants to be
>> checked
>> >for drug use? How does a bobcat get it into a bottle? Does this guy have
>> an
>> >extra supply since I'm fresh out?
>> >
>> >On a more serious note, I would assume that those housebound mice had
>> never
>> >smelled a bobcat before, so I wonder what reservoir of instinct caused
>> them
>> >to say, "Oh, shucks, I smell the urine of a bobcat, we better leave!" (I
>> >have been told that mice are very careful with their language even when
>> >confronted with a smelly bobcat. This is one of those surprises that
>> just
>> >brightens up a day.
>> >
>> >How much would Jay Leno pay for this story?
>> >
>> >At 12:55 PM 6/15/99 -0700, Marguerite Bevis wrote:
>> >>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.
>> >
>> >Jim Rosso
>> >Issaquah, Washington
>> >425-392-8440
>> >jrosso at mediaseek.com
>>
>