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Steven

Caught one of these on one of the bengalese nest this morning :x when feeding and changing the birds water. I tired to quickly get it but it ran away.
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Diane
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:o :shock: Do they eat the eggs?
I had them just after I got the aviary before any birds started nesting.....bait stations seem to have done the trick.
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gomer
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bloody buggers of things.
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Might have to leave some bait out for them Steven
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Greg
Steven

I was reading a book where it says to use pure essential oil peppermint to stop mouse I tried it and haven't seen any mouse in weeks :D
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Touch wood Ive only had one caught in a trap and no others seen, and thats in the middle of peak mice season here....
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never heard of that one.anything worth a try though.
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Steven

Same didn't even know that till I saw it in a book and thought to give it a try and its working good so far so I am going to keep using it.
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