PREP Charcoal Filled Socks to Keep Rodents Out??

[Elza]

I just read this and am curious if it is true. Anyone ever hear about this or use it yourselves?

According to the article you stick some charcoal into socks. Place the socks around the area and inside equipment cabinets to keep rodents away. It sure would make my life easier if this works.

Just curious to see what others have to say before I go to the trouble of trying it.

 

[Publius]

I have kept charcoal in an old buss used for storage and it does not seem to keep them out of the buss.

 

[Kathy in FL]

Only if you pour essential oils like peppermint on the charcoal first.

 

[anney]

Yes the peppermint oil works for us.

 

[Knoxville's Joker]

Only if you pour essential oils like peppermint on the charcoal first.

is that personal experience speaking?

 

[Knighttemplar]

Stinky dryer sheets work great.

 

[Gingergirl]

About 6 years ago I had mice coming into the basement where the Nat Gas line came into the house.
I tried traps. After the first mice got caught, no more.
Tried poison, but it didn't seem to attract them.
Planted peppermint around the gas meter. Haven't seen mice seen then.
Some people are concerned that peppermint is invasive. It does send out runners which I cut back once or twice a year.
2 years ago I came across another hole one the other side of house I cut a big handful of the peppermint and stuffed it in the hole. No mice.
Of course, a good mouser is effective too, but she died of old age a long time ago.

 

[Kathy in FL]

is that personal experience speaking?

Peppermint oil, lemongrass oil, and a few other pungent essential oils keep them out of our barn and out from under our vehicle hoods.

Now if you want something you can buy, then Grandpa Gus. We get it in the big gallon spray bottle, transfer it to a commercial grade pumper and we use it to shoot the attics of any of our buildings that are dealing with rodent infestations ... rats, mice, squirrels, 'coons, 'possums, etc. You need to keep things cleaned up, but sometimes you need to cut down the population and infestation before you can even get to that point. Those big sticky traps help with that as well.

 

[Kathy in FL]

About 6 years ago I had mice coming into the basement where the Nat Gas line came into the house.
I tried traps. After the first mice got caught, no more.
Tried poison, but it didn't seem to attract them.
Planted peppermint around the gas meter. Haven't seen mice seen then.
Some people are concerned that peppermint is invasive. It does send out runners which I cut back once or twice a year.
2 years ago I came across another hole one the other side of house I cut a big handful of the peppermint and stuffed it in the hole. No mice.
Of course, a good mouser is effective too, but she died of old age a long time ago.

Steel wool in holes help with that as well. I also go with redundancies.

They also make this expanding foam spray that has rodent proofing in it.

 

[Millwright]

Heh

Charcoal might absorb the warfarin they ingest.

 

[Kathy in FL]

Here's a couple of the products that we've used with success:

 

[Scrapman]

Irish spring soap.

 

[Mrsmonty]

Irish spring soap.

Tried this in our camper and ended up with Irish Spring soap shavings all around.
Peppermint and lavender moth balls seem to work.

 

[etdeb]

All this is repellant but if they are inside we'll they leave?

 

[Illini Warrior]

been around facilities that are saturated in coke & charcoal residue - don't seem to affect the rodents >>> see no logical reason why it would

 

[Publius]

People that have their money invested in Charcoal manufacturing would benefit greatly from people doing this.
Some years ago wife was wanting to buy large amounts of Bay Leaves to keep bugs and mice away and she picked this up somewhere on the Internet and I told her if it worked people would have learned about it long, long ago.
Someone is making money from fooling people into do stuff like this it's the only reason I can think of for them to do this.

 

[Dobbin]

Owner mixes 1/2 powdered sugar and 1/2 baking soda for mice.

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The following recipes all use common household products as the bait to entice the mouse and the poison that will eventually kill it.

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Dobbin

 

[kyrsyan]

Here's a couple of the products that we've used with success:

Will these work with squirrels?

 

[bracketquant]

About 6 years ago I had mice coming into the basement where the Nat Gas line came into the house.
I tried traps. After the first mice got caught, no more.
Tried poison, but it didn't seem to attract them.
Planted peppermint around the gas meter. Haven't seen mice seen then.
Some people are concerned that peppermint is invasive. It does send out runners which I cut back once or twice a year.
2 years ago I came across another hole one the other side of house I cut a big handful of the peppermint and stuffed it in the hole. No mice.
Of course, a good mouser is effective too, but she died of old age a long time ago.

Cut the bottom out of a 8 - 10 inch plastic pot (or put several more holes in the bottom), bury the pot almost to the soil line, plant the peppermint in the pot.

 

[Kathy in FL]

Irish spring soap.

That works in the orchard to keep the deer out of the trees but that's about it.

Will these work with squirrels?

Yes, in our experience. It has sure kept them out from under the hood of our vehicles which were having stuff gnawed on ... hoses, wires, etc. I suppose they might have been attracted to the coolant but once I started using that stuff no problems since. Just wait until your engine block is cool before spraying it. And if you drive through a lot of puddles, dry and then reapply.

 

[kyrsyan]

So for reasons that are purely me, I happen to have a big bag of charcoal briquettes that I'm not planning on using for grilling. And a pile of super stinky fragrance oils from a store I ran a couple of decades ago.

So I decided to do an experiment before I go spending money. I am currently marinating one of the briquettes in clove oil. It's not pure. I can't use it for anything but fragrance. And my allergies typically don't allow for fragrances.

But the body might allow stinky briquettes. They seem to keep the scent contained while still stinking of it.

I'll test a couple over the next couple of weeks. If it works, I'll finally have a good use for those oils.

 

[pauldingbabe]

So for reasons that are purely me, I happen to have a big bag of charcoal briquettes that I'm not planning on using for grilling. And a pile of super stinky fragrance oils from a store I ran a couple of decades ago.

So I decided to do an experiment before I go spending money. I am currently marinating one of the briquettes in clove oil. It's not pure. I can't use it for anything but fragrance. And my allergies typically don't allow for fragrances.

But the body might allow stinky briquettes. They seem to keep the scent contained while still stinking of it.

I'll test a couple over the next couple of weeks. If it works, I'll finally have a good use for those oils.

I love a good experiment!

Please let us know your findings when you get a chance.