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Re: The Internet Has a Rat Poison Problem

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Post by pcmaffey »

WalterBright wrote: post #14

I use the old-fashioned snap traps. They work fine. Sometimes it's necessary to tweak the catch to make it more sensitive. They're made of wood and wire, and aren't an environmental problem. I live near a greenbelt and there's a never-ending invasion of mice. If I leave the garage door open and unattended, they're in in a flash and setting up shop. The only way to get rid of them is the traps, and you have to get rid…

The problem with most traps is that they only catch one at a time. By far the most effective way to deal with a mouse problem is a bucket with a ramp leading up to a cylinder(bought online) that spins and drops the mouse into the bucket when they come for the peanut butter taped to the cylinder. You can fill the bucket with water to drown them or something non lethal.

It can catch many mice at once, they stay inside the trap once caught, and there’s no messy cleanup/ rebating.

There’s nothing worse than a maimed mouse dragging a snap trap around your house all night…

Re: The Internet Has a Rat Poison Problem

#92

Post by ChrisMarshallNY »

lotsofpulp wrote: post #70
ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #43

It also has a gray market problem. I ordered a webcam on Amazon, some time ago. Amazon had it listed as “official,” and had a link to the manufacturer’s store page at the top. It was a “Fulfilled by Amazon” product, which should have told me that it wasn’t actually coming from the manufacturer, as the listing led me to believe. However, when I received the device, it was the Chinese version (gray market), with a fair…

Amazon used to have a webpage that clearly stated they commingle inventory from all sellers, so it has long been public information that when you buy something on Amazon.com, the seller you buy from does not matter.

It does matter.

If you order real stuff, and get fake stuff, then it matters.

Re: The Internet Has a Rat Poison Problem

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Post by netrus »

lotsofpulp wrote: post #70
ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #43

It also has a gray market problem. I ordered a webcam on Amazon, some time ago. Amazon had it listed as “official,” and had a link to the manufacturer’s store page at the top. It was a “Fulfilled by Amazon” product, which should have told me that it wasn’t actually coming from the manufacturer, as the listing led me to believe. However, when I received the device, it was the Chinese version (gray market), with a fair…

Amazon used to have a webpage that clearly stated they commingle inventory from all sellers, so it has long been public information that when you buy something on Amazon.com, the seller you buy from does not matter.

What I never understand: Why do they not put a sticker with an unique ID on the items (or require the seller to do so, with occasional compliance checks)? That way they could match customer complaints to the company that delivered the item, even if it is not the seller the customer bought from.

Re: The Internet Has a Rat Poison Problem

#94

Post by foxhop »

istinetz wrote: post #72
foxhop wrote: post #42

I moonlight as a YouTuber showing how to GROW food on 1/3 acre. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=p1ZIumjXukI The answer is snap traps not poison. Fight when the LAW of NATURE is violated, alarm systems all over the Conscious, Subconscious, and Unconscious UNIVERSE. Stop the CIRCULAR destruction of NATURE. The ONE verse of the UNIVERSE is a Trivium, Inputs > Process > Outputs Let's only put GOOD in the world.

Wot

Poison kills the target and has a blast radius down the "food chain".

Humans are terrible at 2nd order (or more) affects.

Re: The Internet Has a Rat Poison Problem

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Post by dexterdog »

pcmaffey wrote: post #91
WalterBright wrote: post #14

I use the old-fashioned snap traps. They work fine. Sometimes it's necessary to tweak the catch to make it more sensitive. They're made of wood and wire, and aren't an environmental problem. I live near a greenbelt and there's a never-ending invasion of mice. If I leave the garage door open and unattended, they're in in a flash and setting up shop. The only way to get rid of them is the traps, and you have to get rid…

The problem with most traps is that they only catch one at a time. By far the most effective way to deal with a mouse problem is a bucket with a ramp leading up to a cylinder(bought online) that spins and drops the mouse into the bucket when they come for the peanut butter taped to the cylinder. You can fill the bucket with water to drown them or something non lethal. It can catch many mice at once, they stay inside…

Yup. I had some in my attic with the start of cold weather. I put the bucket out for a night and had 7 in there the next morning.

Re: The Internet Has a Rat Poison Problem

#96

Post by SamoyedFurFluff »

ziml77 wrote: post #87
nefitty wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think it's also review shyness. My wife yelled at me once (like real, oh shit I'm in trouble, yell) for leaving a 1 star review for an Uber driver who sped the whole way and ran a red light.

What was her concern about leaving a bad review?

I’m this case a bad review could threaten someone’s livelihood and ability to feed/house themselves and their dependents. I feel a lot less bad leaving a bad review on an object on Amazon, but a bad review of a person who I know might very well lose everything because of even small changes in rating makes me nervous to rate them anything worse than a perfect score.

Re: The Internet Has a Rat Poison Problem

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Post by 14 »

I can’t stand that we live in world where one day in the need it questions things like but apocalypse and the disappearance of them, then the next I’m reading rat poisons easily bought to kill rodents (not confusing bugs and rodents but hate that we kill things in general). My city sprays lots of herbicides every year as well which is debatable if it is harmful to insects. Why are people so against bugs? I’ve let spiders live in my room for a long time. Rodents can be kept out of your house by securing your perimeter and making sure their are no holes in your vents or cracks in the wall. Why people are allowed to buy such poisons with no oversight how to properly use them is a failure in my mind. Can we please stop the attack on unwanted plants and animals through the use of toxic chemicals please.

Re: The Internet Has a Rat Poison Problem

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Post by 14 »

hunter-gatherer wrote: post #71
giantg2 wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you're lucky enough to have one move in. I have a bat house in hopes of natural mosquito control. It's been a few years and there's no sign of use.

Bats are amazing neighbors. For years our neighboor had a massive pine tree that was hone to a pretty significant bat population. We would always see them come out at night and start feeding. Mosquitoes were never an issue. A few years ago the tree had to be cut down because it was rotting inside and was at danger of falling down. Unfortunately the bats haven't returned, and everyone in my neighborhood is now fightin…

The only issue I have with bats is I am now terrified of them. Several years back my kids Taekwondo instructor, a 21 year old picture of perfect health magnificent human being, was killed from rabies after a bat brushed against him in the night while taking a pee on the side of the road. Months later after it was too late signs of rabies appeared and he died in hospital. It was devastating. The bats in my neighbourhood commonly swoop down near you if in the yard and it is now scary.

Re: The Internet Has a Rat Poison Problem

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Post by h2odragon »

An empty, upright, open 5 gallon bucket is an effective mouse trap. Put something beside it so they can get up to the rim, and make sure the inside's empty and smooth so they can't get out. After the first one falls in and dies of thirst, others will follow to investigate the smell. If you want to bait it initially a bit of peanut butter near the rim for smell should be enough.

We make a habit of leaving water and garden buckets upside down, outside, so we won't discover dead mice in them when we use them.

Re: The Internet Has a Rat Poison Problem

#100

Post by justsaying9 »

ziml77 wrote: post #87
nefitty wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think it's also review shyness. My wife yelled at me once (like real, oh shit I'm in trouble, yell) for leaving a 1 star review for an Uber driver who sped the whole way and ran a red light.

What was her concern about leaving a bad review?

Probably because the driver didn't actually do anything unsafe, and she actually appreciated him hurrying to get there instead of driving like a scared grandmother, like her chode husband does.
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