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Keith True · 10-18-2021, 08:04 PM

I have a 96 Dodge dump truck that doesn't get a lot of use.Always chasing mice out of it.A couple of years ago I put a bar of Irish Spring soap in it.A couple of months later I got in it and found thousands of little green soap shards.It looks like they ate them and passed them right out the other end.I've tried all brands of dryer sheets,they made nests with them.The mint bags from tractor supply seem to be doing OK right now.I used mothballs years ago like the old timers did,they did seem to help.While I like to poison mice,I don't do it here anymore.My neighbor raises/rescues/trains/shows birds of prey.I see them dive bombing the swale behind my sheds quite a lot.It's like a buffet for them.I understand it won't bother some birds,but it does kill the owls.

10-18-2021, 08:04 PM	#16
Keith True Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Epping N.H. Posts: 2,991	Re: Mouse retardant - dryer sheets I have a 96 Dodge dump truck that doesn't get a lot of use.Always chasing mice out of it.A couple of years ago I put a bar of Irish Spring soap in it.A couple of months later I got in it and found thousands of little green soap shards.It looks like they ate them and passed them right out the other end.I've tried all brands of dryer sheets,they made nests with them.The mint bags from tractor supply seem to be doing OK right now.I used mothballs years ago like the old timers did,they did seem to help.While I like to poison mice,I don't do it here anymore.My neighbor raises/rescues/trains/shows birds of prey.I see them dive bombing the swale behind my sheds quite a lot.It's like a buffet for them.I understand it won't bother some birds,but it does kill the owls.