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DIY & Home Improvement

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3. If you are against killing them, you can try mothballs and/or peppermint oil.

Wed Oct 12, 2022, 08:21 AM

Oct 2022

We put the mothballs under our house and it works.

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any advice on how to get rid of rodents? [View all] Baltimike Oct 2022 OP

How big? LunaSea Oct 2022 #1

Do not use poison. A poisoned rodent can die in your walls. Auggie Oct 2022 #2

If you are against killing them, you can try mothballs and/or peppermint oil. Ferrets are Cool Oct 2022 #3

will that get rid of them if they're already there? nt Baltimike Oct 2022 #5

It has for us. We love to feed the birds and the squirrels so of course Ferrets are Cool Oct 2022 #6

Vote Democratic JohnSJ Oct 2022 #7

They hate cloves. IbogaProject Oct 2022 #8

Infestation of rodents BlueTexasMan Oct 2022 #10

Try to find how they are getting in TheRealNorth Oct 2022 #11

Peppermint Oil Simeon Salus Oct 2022 #12

The initial cost is a little steep Warpy Oct 2022 #15