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How To Get Rid of Things: Forums Tag: pest control http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ How To Get Rid of Things: Forums Tag: pest control en Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:51:52 +0000 swello on "Gettin rid of ants during a move" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/gettin-rid-of-ants-during-a-move#post-1058 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:31:06 +0000 swello 1058@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ yea i figured as much about them moving into an already occupied area. Glad to know i'm not crazy for thinking it's a good idea. Unless someone else has a reason for it not to work. getagrip on "Gettin rid of ants during a move" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/gettin-rid-of-ants-during-a-move#post-1057 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:47:45 +0000 getagrip 1057@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ You don't want the ants in your new place and believe me THEY don't want to go either. They are the workers and need to get back to thier nest. Any ants you take with you will be killed off by the ants around your new place (if any) as strangers and invaders. Your idea is excellent, but leave the van at your old place so any ants inadvertantly trapped may get back to thier own nest. swello on "Gettin rid of ants during a move" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/gettin-rid-of-ants-during-a-move#post-1056 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 08:56:50 +0000 swello 1056@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ I'm in the process of moving right now as well as in the middle of a war with some sugar ants in our apartment. I've tried a lot of different solutions but none seem to be 100% effective. I've gone through periods of seemingly no ants to all hell breaking loose. Right now we are moving and obviously don't want to take these guys with us. Other than preventitive measures we'll obviously have to take once in the new place I was wondering if anyone had any possible helpful tips. One thing I was thinking about was, since we are moving in December and we live in southern ontario it gets pretty cold in the winter. So i was thinking that if we packed everything in the moving van and rather than moving it all in and out in one day. Leaving it in the van overnight to more or less freeze (or as close to it as you can get being in a moving van in the winter). Would this be an effective way to kill them?. Any feedback/help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Charli on "mice in my dorm room--help!" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/mice-in-my-dorm-room-help/page/2#post-1053 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 02:39:25 +0000 Charli 1053@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ You might try several different styles of traps. I use a brand called D-con I think that has a covering over the trap. Some mice love this one. I have one that catches 1 mice a day on average (it's caught 4 in one day when I resit it right away each time it caught somehting). We also use Victor Electronic mousetrap. Also very effective. We use the cheap spring traps (25 cents each) and a long arm trap. If you have several kinds and don't put a huge amount of bait on them you'll find you'll catch every one of them. A cat is a good idea too (although some dogs are excellent mouse and rat killers too). Mice will chew through brillo pads, steel, you name it. My husband used to work in pest control and he said given enough time and motivation mice will chew through anything. The problem with the sticky traps is the mice die a slow and lingering death and often scream, and squeak as they die. My husband said what the pest control people do is step on the mice after they are trapped if they are still alive. Save your money on the commecial attracted that is supposed to work better then peanut butter. It doesn't work worth a crap. If you use peanut butter let it dry out a bit and use a very tiny amount. Put out as many traps as you can. There is a website that shows you how to lay them out. Just do a search on google. Good luck rosie471 on "mice in my dorm room--help!" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/mice-in-my-dorm-room-help#post-904 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:31:46 +0000 rosie471 904@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ For mice, the exterminator did the right thing. Placing those snap traps and baiting them with peanut butter is good. You need to have patience. You were also very right about the activity during the bathroom being repaired. However, once there are mice in the dorm, they are probably still there. The electronic things are a waste of money. Cats won't always go after them either. My mom's cats play with the live mice seldom killing them. Poisons set around might help, but then the mice eat the poison and die inside the walls creating an odor that won't go away for a few weeks. Not good. As for the stink bugs, yes, they are annoying. There is currently no known pesticide to kill them off. They are harmless, but they do smell when squished. I prefer to catch one in a tissue and flush it down the toilet. Stink bugs do seem to be in your face all the time, but they do not bite. They are actually beneficial outdoors, eating smaller bugs. See my website greatinfotips.com for other pest control ideas. Christa on "mice in my dorm room--help!" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/mice-in-my-dorm-room-help#post-897 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:04:32 +0000 Christa 897@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ in case you are still baiting your traps, try salami it works! getagrip on "mice in my dorm room--help!" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/mice-in-my-dorm-room-help#post-896 Sun, 05 Oct 2008 07:31:46 +0000 getagrip 896@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ Stink bugs! I read somewhere that some primitive people eat those things! There you go Aimee..midnight snacks. I just don't know if you cook them first. LOL J it's not "student janitor" it's "Facility Custodian trainee" or "Facility Custodian I". You know we don't want to offend anyone on this site! samoya22 on "mice in my dorm room--help!" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/mice-in-my-dorm-room-help#post-882 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 09:08:31 +0000 samoya22 882@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ Hmmm, you know, I've seen those bugs before, but I've never had much of a problem with them--at least not up here in Minnesota anyway. It looks like physical exclusion and removal are your only options for control since they're really not looking for a place to eat or breed, but to overwinter, just like lady bugs and box elder bugs. "Get your caulk out and turn on the vacuum," my old boss would say just loud enough for the ENTIRE library to hear. This was back when I was a student janitor. burndi on "mice in my dorm room--help!" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/mice-in-my-dorm-room-help#post-878 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:47:40 +0000 burndi 878@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ Sticky traps work awesome too and if you do have any mouse accessible holes in your dorm room steel wool works the best to block them as mice will not chew through it. getagrip on "mice in my dorm room--help!" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/mice-in-my-dorm-room-help#post-868 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:35:33 +0000 getagrip 868@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ LOL I had a roomate just like that..His name was Phil. Aimee on "mice in my dorm room--help!" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/mice-in-my-dorm-room-help#post-863 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:41:28 +0000 Aimee 863@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ Nope, not boxelders. Here's a link to a picture of what we've got: <a href="http://trilogy.brynmawr.edu/mt/trinews/stinkbug.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://trilogy.brynmawr.edu/mt/trinews/stinkbug.jpg</a> samoya22 on "mice in my dorm room--help!" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/mice-in-my-dorm-room-help#post-854 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:58:48 +0000 samoya22 854@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ Oh...boxelder bugs! Yes, we have an article on those. Aimee on "mice in my dorm room--help!" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/mice-in-my-dorm-room-help#post-846 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:31:24 +0000 Aimee 846@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ We've never seen roaches. Ever. This time of year we do have this one kind of bug that gets in, but all the dorms have them--someone said they're some kind of stinkbug. They're totally harmless, but incredibly stupid. They'll just keep flying into the wall/ceiling over and over again. Other than that, I've been surprised how few creepy crawlies we have, since the house is so old. getagrip on "mice in my dorm room--help!" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/mice-in-my-dorm-room-help#post-845 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:53:20 +0000 getagrip 845@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ Excellent advice..Sanitation.how's it going with the situation. Also I was wondering about roaches in that old building.She's in a building built in the 1800's and converted into a dorm. Can you imagine the "things" that may be in the walls.? Aimee on "mice in my dorm room--help!" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/mice-in-my-dorm-room-help#post-824 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:59:15 +0000 Aimee 824@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ Sure. Folks, if you've got mice in your dorm room, or you know other people in your dorm have mice, the most important thing you can do is make sure your food is mouseproof. Don't throw away food or food wrappers in your trashcan in your room. If they learn there's no accessible food in your room, and especially if you put traps around the edges of your room where you've seen them running, they will eventually leave you alone and go bother someone else. getagrip on "mice in my dorm room--help!" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/mice-in-my-dorm-room-help#post-823 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:45:21 +0000 getagrip 823@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ Cool..can you keep us updated as I'm sure many people going back to school right now are having similar problems. Aimee on "mice in my dorm room--help!" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/mice-in-my-dorm-room-help#post-812 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 07:12:33 +0000 Aimee 812@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ I did, as a last resort--the traps were attracting too many ants. I don't know if it worked or not. After I caught that one mouse, we didn't see too many more. We had a brief scare--the next time I saw a mouse, it was a very small one. Very small. Didn't like that. Also didn't like the fact that I saw it run up to a trap, sniff it, and run away. Or that I later saw it halfway up the side of the box I'd stored my food in. But everyone in the building's been really good about cleaning and keeping food where mice can't get it. I think that's the biggest thing, really. Also, they finished the work in the bathroom--they replaced a lot of rotting wood, and sealed all that up. I think that also really helped. The pest control people and our maintenance guys are coming back next week to seal up as many holes as they can find, inside and outside. getagrip on "mice in my dorm room--help!" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/mice-in-my-dorm-room-help#post-811 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 05:50:02 +0000 getagrip 811@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ Did you try that product? I think I'd want something to repell rater than attract the mice. I'm interested as to what the Pest Co. is doing..anything? samoya22 on "mice in my dorm room--help!" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/mice-in-my-dorm-room-help#post-800 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 01:31:07 +0000 samoya22 800@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ That's how mice work. They lull you into a false sense of security, and the next thing you know... Aimee on "mice in my dorm room--help!" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/mice-in-my-dorm-room-help#post-797 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:46:33 +0000 Aimee 797@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ Not any more--keeping my fingers crossed, but ::knock on wood:: the last time anyone saw one was 11 days ago :) getagrip on "mice in my dorm room--help!" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/mice-in-my-dorm-room-help#post-795 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:17:34 +0000 getagrip 795@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ Got mice? Aimee on "mice in my dorm room--help!" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/mice-in-my-dorm-room-help#post-750 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:12:12 +0000 Aimee 750@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ One last question I had--I'm looking online and seeing stuff you can put on mousetraps that's supposed to attract them much better/faster than peanut butter and such...Does anyone know if it actually works, and/or what kind of stores might be likely to carry it? I'd like to give it a try, but not if I have to pay twice what it costs in shipping and wait a week. (example: <a href="http://www.tomcatbrand.com/product/25-mouse-attractant-gel" rel="nofollow">http://www.tomcatbrand.com/product/25-mouse-attractant-gel</a> ) Aimee on "mice in my dorm room--help!" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/mice-in-my-dorm-room-help#post-749 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:08:24 +0000 Aimee 749@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ My bedding's in the dryer, and I went over all my baseboards and shelves and such with Clorox wipes. There's still one big mystery. What have they been eating? Where have they been? I'm the only one who's ever actually seen them in my room. They got into one guy's granola bars last week, but other than that, there's been no evidence of them anywhere else in the building. I put all my food away before they could get to it. No one's found droppings anywhere. Maybe we just caught it really early, but it's still strange... getagrip on "mice in my dorm room--help!" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/mice-in-my-dorm-room-help#post-748 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:05:32 +0000 getagrip 748@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ Cool..now is there some way you can get a "blacklight". If you can.. you can check where the mice have been urinating. It will flourese and look yellow. Wash your desk top and any other surface you may use in your room, don't forget your bed. We may not respond all the time but people are reading this so keep us informed if you can. Aimee on "mice in my dorm room--help!" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/mice-in-my-dorm-room-help#post-747 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:36:15 +0000 Aimee 747@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ Update: got a mouse in one of my traps last night. There's been no evidence of mice anywhere in the building since then. We think we figured out why there was such a flurry of mouse activity on Tuesday night--they're doing some work (involving taking up some of the floor) on one of our bathrooms; it happens to be one room over from me. They started doing that on Tuesday morning; mouse/mice (no idea if it was more than one or the same one over and over again) were running around like crazy on Tuesday night. The exterminator went and checked that out before he left this morning, I didn't get a chance to ask him what he found. The current plan is to keep the traps in my room for a while. He also put a few in some of the common areas. The guys working on the bathroom are going to be on the lookout for any decaying wood, and make sure to replace it. Once we think we've gotten rid of the current mice, go through the building and block up as many of the holes as is humanly possible. (Like I said, it was built in the 1880s, you're never going to get all of them.) The exterminator's going to be here twice a week until we're sure they're gone. It's far too early to tell, but things look good right now. getagrip on "mice in my dorm room--help!" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/mice-in-my-dorm-room-help#post-745 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 06:09:40 +0000 getagrip 745@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ OK..good..and I'll shut up.sometimes getagrip needs to get a grip. Can you let us know what happens? Aimee on "mice in my dorm room--help!" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/mice-in-my-dorm-room-help#post-744 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:35:48 +0000 Aimee 744@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ getagrip, I know they're not any type of long term solution. Or even a particularly good short-term one. But what I need right now is to stop them running around my room long enough for me to sleep tonight. The pest control guy comes back in the morning, he and I are going to have a good, long chat. getagrip on "mice in my dorm room--help!" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/mice-in-my-dorm-room-help#post-742 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:48:28 +0000 getagrip 742@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ Well GOOD LUCK..but snap traps are NOT the answer here. Consider this..rodents carry parasites ie. fleas mites . When the snap trap kills the host what happens? All those fleas jump off and on to a new host. Now who is that going to be? We learned that about 500 years ago with the bubonic plague. A glue board will also catch all those little buggers or..better yet catch the rodents live and let them go in the Deans office. Please pass this along to the people who are paid by your parents to take care of you there. Sorry, I said I was getting pissed off but I deleted it so I wouldn't offend anyone.Let us know what happens. If needed let us know who these people are and we'll contact them. Aimee on "mice in my dorm room--help!" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/mice-in-my-dorm-room-help#post-741 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:51:01 +0000 Aimee 741@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ Oh damn it all. Those traps he left yesterday? Well, they haven't caught any mice, but they've started attracting ants. I can't win! I asked our maintenance department this morning if I could have more traps, since there seemed to be more mice in my room last night than we knew we had in the building, and they kept me awake all night. Their response? Wait until tomorrow, the guy wants to place the traps himself so he can track the activity. ... I went out and bought myself six more traps and baited them with real peanut butter (the organic real peanut kind--has a stronger smell) and chocolate chips. Not staying in my room tonight. Wish me luck! getagrip on "mice in my dorm room--help!" http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/mice-in-my-dorm-room-help#post-740 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:28:13 +0000 getagrip 740@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ LOL LOL Well either the mice are talking about you or your next door neighbor has overnight company they shouldn't have!! Don't forget the mice had the room to themselves for the last few months and they think it's their's. Isn't the Pest co. due tomorrow?