[tcb] Re: Friday not bus related question for home owners

  • From: Neil <nbmdude@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 07:27:39 -0700 (PDT)

Both...they ARE toxic.
--- Brian Denning <i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> i guess they would keep the moth man at bay too.
> 
> i'll try that. is it just the odor that makes them
> go away or do they eat them and die?
> 
> > Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 09:11:14 -0500
> > From: evilscientistboo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [tcb] Re: Friday not bus related question
> for home owners
> > 
> > After going to the Ft. Worth Arboretum and seeing
> the rare butterfly/moth show I have no compunction
> about using mothballs.
> > 
> > especially considering one of the Moths is,
> literally, Mothra.  Now I know why Godzilla wanted
> to kill that mofo.
> > 
> > That Atlas Moth.  It was sitting on a tree but it
> was at least 10 inches across.
> > 
> > http://www.buginabox.com/acdub.html
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > >From: Neil <nbmdude@xxxxxxxxx>
> > >Sent: May 2, 2008 9:04 AM
> > >To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >Subject: [tcb] Re: Friday not bus related
> question for home owners
> > >
> > >Buy a boat load of moth balls (yeah, I
> know...those
> > >poor moths) and distribute them around the
> atic...
> > >--- Brian Denning <i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > >
> > >> 
> > >> how in the heck do you get a living thing out
> of
> > >> your attic? most likely a squirrel.
> > >> 
> > >> lemme give you some history. We used to have
> this
> > >> 50' tv/cb/ham radio tower sticking through the
> roof.
> > >> well the pest guy said that that is where the
> > >> squirrel's are getting in. so we removed the
> > >> antennae patched the hole in the roof on the
> top
> > >> side and the bottom side. filled all crevasses
> with
> > >> foam and metal and tar. there is no chance in
> hell
> > >> the squirrels could be getting in or out of
> that
> > >> area. i've walked all along the roof, don't see
> any
> > >> spot where they could be getting in or out. the
> > >> gabel end is in perfect shape with no holes in
> the
> > >> screen that covers it. i don't know where they
> are
> > >> getting in at, but they are still getting in 3
> > >> months after removing the antennae. i have
> bought
> > >> the pest spray that smells horrible that the
> > >> squirrels, mice, cats, dogs, rodents of other
> sorts
> > >> can't stand and it seemed to work for a month.
> i've
> > >> also bought a couple of those sonar high
> pitched
> > >> things that rodents can hear and makes them go
> away.
> > >> that seemed to work for a month or so...but
> this
> > >> morning while sitting on the crapper (you get
> all
> > >> the gory details) i heard what sounded like the
> > >> critter dragging something across the attic
> floor.
> > >> 
> > >> there is poison up there too. the thing won't
> die or
> > >> go away. i am thinking about buying a live trap
> but
> > >> that won't stop the next one from getting in.
> where
> > >> do you think it could get in and what can i do
> to
> > >> make there temptation of getting in stop?
> > >> 
> > >> sorry for the non bus content
> > >> 
> > >>
> >
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