Keeping our pets safe from pests

[ann]

hello, since its hot and thats when all the bugs come out i thought i should share some pest prevention tips to keep our pets safe . cinnamon repels ants and can be sprinkled over fresh fruit and veggies to keep aunts from getting to it. for those of you who who feed feral cats, to stop aunts from getting to the food you leave out, draw a chalk circle around the dish. chalk repels aunts like cinnamon does. to catch mice humanly, take an empty bucket or similar object, and place it on the floor. balance a ruler half and half over the bucket and put some peanut butter on the end of the ruler. make sure it is placed so that the mouse has a way to climb on the ruler. the mouse will climb to get the peanut butter and fall into the bucket. then you can release the mouse in the woods or a feild . you can also take a plastic container with a lid, and cut and x into the lid, kind of like the hole for a straw in a cup of soda. push in the flaps. fill the container with nuts, seed, apple, whatever you want. the mouse can squeeze through the flaps, but not back out. then you can release it. if you have fly traps or bug zappers, place them so birds and other wild life cant be harmed by them. for those of you who live near bears, string you bird feeders on ropes between trees so bears cant get to them. please share any of your pest prevention tips

 

[BoomBoom]

Very helpful thread. Im curious to hear everyone's methods. I also use cinnamon and chalk to repel ants. I lined all our windows and door frames with them.

To repel spiders, I spray a vinegar solution on the window screen, tiles and window frames. I'm not sure if there is a better safe alternative but so far I haven't seen any spiders around.

 

[ann]

sounds like its working, ill definatelt try that. when i was little i woke up to a spider siting on my pillow inches away from my face !

 

[paulhanlon]

I don't have to deal with mice, bears etc its just them dang pesty house spiders and flies on a hot day the spiders I just catch and release and the flies get stuck to the zap paper I know where the spiders are coming from as there is a little hole in my bedroom floor which will be getting a thin bit of wood put over it and nailed down other than them to our birds are safe.

 

[Featheredsamurai]

I try to keep my aunt away from my pets food too lol

Great tips about keeping ants away and also catching mice

 

[SpringCottageParrot]

Wasps do not like garlic. When I removed a wasps nest they immediately started to make a new nest in the same place so I rubbed the whole area with a garlic so the juice ran out. The wasps decided it would be better to annoy someone else.

 

[ann]

I try to keep my aunt away from my pets food too lol

Great tips about keeping ants away and also catching mice

lol once my aunt allmost ate cat treats because she thought they were cheezits .

 

[Featheredsamurai]

I try to keep my aunt away from my pets food too lol

Great tips about keeping ants away and also catching mice

lol once my aunt allmost ate cat treats because she thought they were cheezits .

XD that's so funny LOL I once gave some pellets to my nieces but they ended up liking them and wanting more D: