Folk remedies for mice

Mice in their activities are guided by the sense of smell. By smell they find food, determine the enemy, navigate in space, find a pair for breeding. The smell attracts rodents or repels. This property is used against them by man, if it is decided to wage war by folk means. In addition to smell, mice are also afraid of sound. If you understand all these subtleties, you can get rid of pests in a short period of time, to prevent them from returning to their former places. What are mice afraid of?

Rodent Unpleasant Fragrance

What smell of mice are afraid of, people determined by observation, trial and error. During the tests, it became known that rodents do not tolerate pungent odors. Fight off mice with pharmaceutical preparations, plants, essential oils, and flammable liquids.

Singe wool

If the mice settled in the house for a long time, are not going to be evicted, you can apply one effective, not very humane way. Catch the mouse, set fire to the tail, let go. A frightened animal will run to the mink to its relatives. Rodents do not tolerate the smell of burning wool. The mouse itself will chase its relatives.

The rodent scares off even more the smell of the cat’s burning hair. Lightly trim the pet, arrange a nightmare for rodents. If there is no animal in the house, you can set fire to an old woolen product, or a skein of thread, shove it into a hole.

On a note!

How to scare away mice, if there is a cat in the house, even the most lazy, the question should not arise. Cat urine from mice is the best repeller. No one can tolerate its pungent smell, especially rodents. Also cat can eat a mouseif he catches.

Plants

Some plants not only scare away rodents by smell, but also affect their well-being. Folk remedies from mice can be much more effective than professional ones.

• Sagebrush. The grass emits a strong odor that the mouse cannot tolerate. Sprigs of a fresh plant are laid out in places where rodents have been seen in burrows, if the location is known. The result is more effective if the room is fumigated with grass. Set fire to twigs of wormwood walk around the apartment. Smoke makes its way into the smallest crevices, takes out rodents anywhere. Instead of wormwood, you can use tansy. The effect is similar.
• Peppermint from mice is one of the most effective ways to control rodents. For humans - a safe and even useful remedy. Tear off fresh leaves of the plant, spread around the perimeter of the room. If the mice settled in the apartment, you can create an aura of persistent mint smell using essential oil. Drop peppermint oil on a candle, light it. A pleasant aroma will smell throughout the room, smell for a long time, drive the mice crazy.
• Grouse bulbs. The root of the flower has an unpleasant smell of onions, which causes fear in rodents.
• Black root. Affects the nervous system of rodents. Mice hear him for several meters, trying to quickly hide. Contact with this plant is fraught with a severe mental disorder. The smell haunts the pest everywhere, gradually driving it crazy.
• Swamp rosemary. It contains poisonous oils. After contact with the plant, mice receive a lethal dose. The rest of the individuals flee from him, where the eyes look.
• Chamomile.Pyrethrum is an effective remedy for many pests, safe for humans. Tincture may be used. According to reviews, the effect is even better.

If impossible to find grass from miceYou can buy a collection or extract in a pharmacy, it will also work. But it should be scattered in larger quantities.

In addition to plants, you can use fruits - orange. Persistent orange zest flavor lasts a long time, but does not cause discomfort in humans. Scatter the peel around the room. You can also put garlic cloves.

Pungent liquids

You can scare away mice effective means with a strong, pungent odor.

• Ammonia. They pour it in a saucer, put it near the mink, wipe the baseboards, the floor, the places where rodents were seen. Prepare a solution. 10 ml of the drug are poured into 1 liter of water. Wipe the furniture. These smells do not like mice, try to stay away.
• Vinegar from mice is one of the most effective, affordable means. The farm is always there, and if not, you can buy at the nearest grocery store. Pour in a saucer, as in the case of ammonia, or diluted in water. Use intolerable vinegar solution for mopping, furniture processing. Concentration does not play a special role. The main thing is that the smell is persistent. Repellent only helps in this case.
• They are afraid of tar odor mice. But it is better to use it in a non-residential house, in the country, or when you can spend the night in another place. Wet a rag, put in places where mice like to be. The same effect of the smell of kerosene, gasoline, solvent, engine oil.
• Chlorine and chlorine odor expels all pests. Floor cleaning should be done several times a week. Suitable detergents with its contents.

On a note!

Boric acid from mice does not have a smell and this is dangerous for rodents. The toxic substance is scattered on the floor surface. Upon contact with poison, the animal stains the coat. Tries to get rid of language contamination. Poison enters the stomach. To speed up this process, boric acid is mixed into food - baits are prepared. Use flour, grain, cereals, seeds, sausage, fried lard, smoked sausage, a crust of bread. This method of fighting rodents does not involve scaring away, but involving them in poisonous food.

You can use pepper to scare away. Sprinkle in places where pests like to run. Pepper on the skin of the legs causes a burning sensation. Lime has the same property.

Scaring sounds

To the question of what sound the mouse is afraid of, you can immediately answer - loud. Animals crawl out of the shelter with complete silence. The slightest rustle guards them, they hide in a shelter. To scare away rodents in the garden, they use windmills, tin cans, tap a tin with a stick. In the house, apartment, such an event is not so effective.

There is another answer to the same question - extremely quiet sounds are afraid of the mouse. This is the basis of action ultrasonic rodent repeller. The device emits waves of different frequencies that a person does not pick up, but they hear rodents. Constantly staying in this state makes mice and even rats flee.

It is recommended to use several repellers in the house, since the walls do not let in sound, furniture and carpets on the wall interfere. The effect is not immediately felt. Pests can take out a sound repeller for about a month. The frequency of ultrasound is periodically changed so that the animals do not become addictive. Mouse repeller is sold in Moscow in a specialized store, in online stores.

Frightening off is one of the surest ways to get pests out of your home. Next, you should ensure that they do not have the opportunity to return to it.