[TRM8ER]

Do these actually work? Just wondering, I threw out some pellets, so hopefully that will take care of the little f$*kers.

[4.6stanger]

yeah they do....my buddy had them assholes in the backstorage room of his shop. Threw them pellets out in all corners and areas where you'd think they hide and BUH BYE!!

[BigJnSA]

those wont work on your crabs!

i dunno if they will work. keep the area clean and then spread bait. thats worked when we had an ant problem.

[96greengt]

Originally Posted by BigJnSA

those didn't work on my crabs!

Fixed

[GateJockey81]

the electronic things you plug in are bs. the federal trade commission or whatever is in charge of scam products is making them do research to see if the things prove what they say.

[Mustang_68_Coup]

Originally Posted by quick_silver

Do these actually work? Just wondering, I threw out some pellets, so hopefully that will take care of the little f$*kers.

What kind of critters are you trying to evict??

[TRM8ER]

Originally Posted by Mustang_68_Coup

What kind of critters are you trying to evict??

some mice.

[96greengt]

get a cat

[TRM8ER]

Originally Posted by 96greengt

get a cat

can't we're highly allergic to cats.

[96greengt]

well in that case, never put rat poison anywhere, cuz they eat it and die where ever and you'll never find them. Traps would be best, (especially in the attic if they reside there). Bait it with peanut butter, set it and check it everyday for the kill.
Not too sure on the pest repellers though.

[txlen]

GETTA SHOTGUN !!!... 410'S WORK GREAT !!! LOL....

[ImpactStang]

Originally Posted by GateJockey81

the electronic things you plug in are bs. the federal trade commission or whatever is in charge of scam products is making them do research to see if the things prove what they say.

plus they send power spikes through your house which can damage lower end equipment

[BigJnSA]

is this in your apt?

[TRM8ER]

Originally Posted by BigJnSA

is this in your apt?

nah, this is in the house we moved into 3 weeks ago.

[keg65]

The poison seems to work, I always wondered about the electronic ones, but I hate to waste a 20 to find out they don't.

[aguilarf]

They don't work for long.

Do ultrasonic pest repellers drive away pests?

No. Controlled studies have shown that ultrasonic pest repellers are ineffective at driving away wild rats and other pests. Specifically, ultrasound is no more effective than audible sound (Bomford and O'Brien 1990).

Ultrasonic collars do not drive fleas off of cats and dogs. Ultrasound does not drive away fleas or cause any change in flea activity patterns (Brown and Lewis 1991, Koehler et al. 1989). Ultrasonic cat collars have no effect on flea egg-laying, development of larvae, or flea mortality (Hinkel et al. 1990). Ultrasonic collars made no difference to the number of fleas on cats (Dryden et al. 1989).

Ultrasound does not keep wild animals away from roads. Ultrasonic devices did nothing to alter the behavior of moose (Muzzi and Bisset 1990), mule deer (Romin and Dalton 1992), or kangaroos (Bender 2001).

Ultrasonic devices are ineffective at repelling pests. Ultrasonic pest repellers do not repel cockroaches (Gold et al. 1984, Ballard et al. 1984), mosquitoes (Sylla and Kremsner 2000, Foster and Lutes 1985), white-tailed deer (Belant et al. 1998, Curtis et al. 1997), bats (Hurley and Fenton 1980), cats (Mills et al. 2000), starlings (Bomford 1990), pigeons (Griffiths 1988, Woronecki 1988), and many other bird species (Hamershock 1992).

Ultrasonic pest repellers do little to repel unwanted rodents. Rodents may be driven away for a few minutes or a few days, but they tend to return to their nesting and feeding areas even in the presence of ultrasound (Pierce 1993, Timm 1994). Ultrasound has not been shown to drive rodents out of buildings or to cause above-normal levels of mortality (Timm 1994).

Why don't ultrasonic pest repellers work?

Ultrasonic devices do not work because rodents rapidly become accustomed to repeated sounds (a process called habituation). Mice and rats learn that the ultrasound from the pest repeller isn't dangerous, so they gradually get used to it and return to their nesting and feeding areas.

In addition, ultrasound is quite weak and attenuates very rapidly with distance from the source (Lawrence and Simmons 1982). Half the energy of ultrasound produced by pest repellers is gone at 15 feet, and no energy remains at 30 feet. Ultrasound is therefore very short-range (Askham 1992).

Lastly, ultrasound is blocked by intervening objects like walls and furniture. Ultrasound cannot travel through these objects and cannot go around corners. Therefore, walls, doors, and furniture cast "sound shadows" behind them. Rats and mice can easily use these silent areas for auditory shelter, thus avoiding the ultrasound altogether.

What do rats hear?

http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2001/05/fyi0128.shtm

[BigJnSA]

Originally Posted by quick_silver

nah, this is in the house we moved into 3 weeks ago.

congrats, man! houseparty?

[Mustang_68_Coup]

The best is a plain ol' mouse trap with (as stated before) peanut butter packed in the bait holder .... guarranteed to catch 'em. And you know exactly where to find the little bodies ... wherever you put the trap!!

OR ...

D-Con poison. It's the second best thing around .... you'll find little dried up carcasses every so often, but nothing too nasty -- unlike those sticky traps where you find struggling mice stuck in the primodial ooze ... (knowing they die a slow death bothers me!)

[96greengt]

Awwww, Traci has a heart for cute, little, pretty rats...

[TRM8ER]

Originally Posted by BigJnSA

congrats, man! houseparty?

as soon as we get all our furniture delivered and boxes unpacked J.