[Noisebridge-discuss] The rats are getting ballsy

[Harry Pottash]

I think that's a good place to start. I also have some rural friends who
swear by peppermint oil as a rat repellent. They just soak some string in it
and run it around the edge of whatever they want to keep rat-free, and it
apparently works like a charm for a few months until the oil all evaporates.
Though clearly you still need to get the rats that are already in the space
out as well.

On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 3:16 AM, Melissalynn Perkins <
melissalynn.perkins at gmail.com> wrote:

> I wasn't intending that the rats be killed, I just know that they like
> peanut butter. Another thing that is awful about the kill traps is that they
> don't always kill right away. Plus they are messy.
>
> Simple idea: http://glass.typepad.com/journal/2005/09/how_to_catch_a_.html
>
> The engineer's version:
> http://strobist.blogspot.com/2009/03/building-better-mousetrap.html
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 2:42 AM, David Stainton <dstainton415 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I think the long term solution to the rat problem is going to involve
>> keeping the place a little cleaner and plugging the hole that they
>> enter the Noisebridge area from...
>>
>> Closing the glass gate isn't going to do anything. We share the
>> building with a produce vendor and therefore the rats are here to
>> stay in this building... But that doesn't mean we can't prevent them
>> from entering the Noisebridge area.
>>
>> I would love to help plug the holes with cement mixed with glass!
>>
>> ~david
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