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 > > >> > > >> > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > > >> Stay in touch when you're away with Windows > Live > > >> Messenger. > > >> > > > >http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_messenger_052008 > > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > > >Be a better friend, newshound, and > > >know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Stay in touch when you're away with Windows Live > Messenger. > http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_messenger_052008 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ