Mice And Rats - Best Non Toxic Removal Formula
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Cornmeal, not flour. Rats are notorious for getting into the corn bins on farms. They love corn. Love it. So, cornmeal and baking soda in equal parts. Cornbread mix is even better.
I didn't have much luck with flour/baking soda mix or the coca and baking soda as much as you see on some videos . Vermin seem to have different tastes depending on the season . Cheers
@@SteveRobReviews Is it ALL PURPOSE FLOUR or some other kind of FLOUR ? What about ROACHES 🪳 from our yards ? Please write about it in the future !!
@@robertbeacham6286 any kind of flour
They also love flour. Too much if you ask men
As a kid, we used to have rats eating all the dogs food, which was out in a detached garage. I gave them their own bowl of dog food, with Portland cement sprinkled on it. Then I had a bowl of water right next to it. After a while, the rats were gone.
Thanks Ron I hope many read your comment 👍
Boric acid, baking soda and bacon cheese whiz. As a retired professional exterminator that was one of my options.
First I’ve heard about so many recipes for doing this & everyone swears by their recipe. But you’ve done detailed research on several recipes so people would have ideas what could happen especially in snow. I live on the west coast so mine might be different too. But I’m now happily subscribed to your KZhead channel so I’ll try to let my results.
Thanks Gloria much appreciated.
I had rats in my garage. Tried traps.... didn't work. Tried those green poison blocks.... didn't work. I finally tried peanut butter and baking soda....mixed about 50/50...and rolled in golf ball size. Within 2 days i dont see rats, i dont hear rats.
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That's the key, 50% baking soda. Every other KZhead video I've watched says 50%. I reckon that's partly why most of his didn't work, needed more soda as he only used ⅓ (although I'm aware it seemed the critters weren't touching them regardless, so maybe not). I've just put down flour and yeast as got no bicarb atm. Fingers crossed!
I've heard that rats are smart and will figure out that what you're doing is killing them; therefore, you just have to change it up from time to time. A lot of variables, probably depends on how hungry and desperate the mice and rats are.
Hi Martin Great point and so true as you have mice and rats that will not like some baits at all. I find the baits and traps I put out are easy to use on mice but rats won't go near anything new so it takes at least a week or two for them to go near. I find changing up the baits as well as locations works best but in the end during winter their very hungry and not so picky and that's when patients pays off👍
@@SteveRobReviews Thanks for the reply.
I’ve raised mice and rats they are beyond intelligent. Normally they stick together like a family. So if you see one look for the next
Yes, I’ve actually had pet rats…they are very smart.
@@SteveRobReviews Use Nitrile Gloves At ALL Times For Sanitation And For Not Leaving Your Human Scent Behind.
I guarantee you 1 box of Jiffy cornbread mix and an equal part of baking soda. Mix together and place in a cheap plastic container. Put small holes on either side near the bottom. Rats and mice cannot pass gas and implode.
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thanks, for the new tip, i used cheap corn meal with equal amount of baking soda, tracks in about one week, then all my mice gone.. i picked up two dollar store plastic boxes, cut a hole in the end for them to enter..brick on top, to keep it from flying away it worked.
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It's also good to use as a guide what you've seen them eating. Rats got into one of our houses due to some bad masonry and we found a few of their food stashes under some cabinets. They'd been stashing dog kibble that my pooches dropped on the floor (word of advice, NEVER leave a dog bowl with food still in it on the floor. Put it in the refrigerator until next feeding). With that in mind, we know they like the brand of kibble-I'm going to crush some up and mix the powder with baking soda and maybe some flour. The smell of that kibble is something they're familiar with, like and won't be put off by. I'll report out my success here.
What happens when they die in your wall..You will live with the smell for months..Try live trapping.. They got into my home, and I got rid of every one of them..They love peanuts.
@@janc8199 Good luck with trapping, the rats we dealt with were too cunning to fall for that. These are cunning creatures and they learn very fast what to avoid. The only thing that worked for us was getting rid of ALL potential food sources for them-if you can't put it in the fridge or seal it in tupperware, toss it. Then mix up some baking soda and corn muffin mix and set it out. We never detected a smell from a decomposing rat in the home, they may have crawled out into the garage before they died and it was winter-maybe their bodies freeze dried? If a trap works for you, more power to you. All the traps we set out did nothing and we used peanut butter, cheese and even peanut butter cups with chocolate-they're too wary to be lured in by that.
@@janc8199 b Trap 🪤 Inside 🪤 But - Bait Inaccessible Void Areas. It's a Myth You Can't Bait INSIDE! (Practice Prevention: Weatherstripping, And Using Other Ways For Energy Conservation Will ALSO Help Keep Rodents Out)
@@mikechevreaux7607 I found how they got into my home, closed it up, but the babies must have been still in my home and closed them in..I used the metal trap cages and put peanuts in it, and caught every one of them..they were young so thank goodness not old enough to breed.
Once bait is taken, they find water right?
I'm using Jiffy Cornbread Muffin Mix made with the Honey Mix and the Arm & Hammer Baking Soda! I cut a hole in the front of a container with a lid that comes with it from the Dollar Store! Put the Mixture in it for a few weeks and just waited! They were going Crazy! 🤪 For this mixture. Then I put the icing on the cake. I bought some DeCon Mice Cubes. They're wrapped in cellophane or thin plastic and they're soft in nature. I took an old disposable plastic fork and mashed and I mixed it in with the mixture and I literally watched them walk around in a drunken stuper like state. And this works like a Charm! They were dropping like Flies! I don't own any Pets so, you can't put it down if you have Pets! That's the down Side. BUT, THIS REALLY WORKS!!! It's been about 3 months and No Mice!
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About a year ago, I had a problem with rats getting into my car bonnet every night and chewing off some of the insulation cable and other pieces of plastic. Every morning I would find fresh stools and pieces of food, fish bones, etc. I tried everything I could think of to get rid of them to no avail. Then one morning the car wouldn't start and the lights on the dashboard would not light. I checked the battery, which was about six months old, and to my surprise it was tightly connected as usual, although some of the insulation had been bitten off by the rats. Since it was still under warranty, I took it back to Battery Centre and after trying to recharge it they told me it was completely gone although they couldn't understand how, so they gave me a new one. The mystery is that since that day the rats have never come back. I don't know what keeps them away or what happened to the battery.
Wood pegboard. That's a blast from the past. There are some really neat wall mount tool holders theses days. Thanks for the rat tips.
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Thank you for good research. I just run my leaf blower and vacuum cleaners. the noise is a deal breaker for those tiny ears. I also put cayenne pepper around where I think they might be entering.
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Great idea!
I talked to a rodent control guy once who said the leader of the rat pack takes most of the food in the beginning & hoards it. Whether it's poisoned food,, regular food, or plain out rat poison. He'll eat it & when that one dies the others will then start eating what's being found & that's why it takes a bit for you to realize the rats are going & then they're gone. I never seem to have any luck without poison which I hate using so I'll be trying this method. Thank you. My chickens & I pray it works. :)
Hi Diane So far what I have learnt from experimenting with non poisons is they do work but not one mix is the best as you must try different ones for every location including traps . I will never get rid of them all forever but so far I have few vermin around now . Cheers 👍
Hey Steve, well this is interesting and helpful - I have the same situation…neighbour’s compost bit has attracted rats. I’m definitely going to try this. Thanks so much, cheers
I have had good success with it as I've had them feed and then nothing for a month so for me it's worked great . Cheers Ed 👍
Hello and thank you so much for all of the information in your video. My friend put pb balls and baking soda all over the kitchen, he was afraid to tell me he saw a mouse. When you also talk about the corn bread muffin mix and baking soda, do you leave it on a plate dry? Or mix it with water and make balls. Thank you so much!
Just mix it dry and put it out on a small dish 👍 Thanks.
Just wanted to say thank you for your great work ! I will put this to work for me
Thanks for taking a look. 👍
Thanks for sharing your research. I've been trying cake mix, oatmeal, OR cornmeal mixed with sugar and baking soda. So far they only like the cornmeal mixture, but I can't tell how much I've reduced the population. I'll put out some peanut butter & baking soda today and hope that I hear way less in my ceiling in a few months.
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It will be interesting to see how things turn out at the cabin. With an endless supply of mice to test formulas results should be quite different! Keep ua updated Steve👍
Yes an endless supply of testing specimens 😅 Cheers Marc 👍
Plaster of Paris was mentioned here which is what I use only I mix with maple flavored instant oats, the sugar with attract them.
Hope nobody’s pet gets into in 😮
A good alternative to peanut butter is Marzipan. A powdery Mexican peanut candy. I lay some down on a sticky trap and they cannot resist it at all. They see their friends get stuck in these traps one after the other and they STILL go for it. Maybe it will work great to mix with the baking soda.
I just found it on Amazon and will try on sticky traps in the house...pray it works...to date they have avoided my traps..errr. just moved in and...yuck. need to eradicate these little suckers
@@deborahdeborah.science.min1563 be sure not to use too much as it can reduce the effectiveness of the sticky trap. Cut the candy into larger chunks and line up in the middle of the trap.
I got a small Havahart live trap and filled a six gallon bucket with water. As soon as I catch a rat, I'll put the whole trap down into the water bucket to drown it. After a few minutes of inactivity, I'll dump it into the bathroom bucket and then bury it to be fertilizer for the poor soil here. And I'm bucketing all dry food in Tidy Cat Litter buckets with lids which can be got free in bulk from a cat rescuer. Who otherwise has to throw them away.
Thank you!!! A builder cleared a field and woods behind our subdivision and we all got covered up by mice and rats😢 I finally gave up and used poision. I want to leave something out I don't have to worry about around my dogs. Putting it in the attic and walls too.
That is so common as many places instruct builders to clear only in the winter months to prevent the vermin from invading near by homes , if you get a winter.
@@SteveRobReviews we do but not much of one. About 3 or 4 cold weeks. Last winter we had 3- 4 days of 0 degree weather -9 below. The utility company ran rolling blackouts!!! UGH. I keep my house on 58, after 3 cycles of 30 min of power and 30 minutes NO power my house was 32 ° inside. It took it 2 days to get back up to 58. I had crisco clay pot heaters by my pipes and insulated by bales of plastic covered hay outside. I'm more prepared this year.
@@SteveRobReviews I also used a lot of peppermint oil in my house and car. I had 4 get in my vehicle!! And die under the back seat. 😡😡😡 newer Hyundai Santa Fe Ltd. So not a crappy car.
@vickigonya9432 Wow thats horrible.
I am going to try this peanut butter and baking soda trick. I am having a problem with rats getting into my grill. I also like the box idea. I have dogs and would not want them to get into the mixture. Thanks. Good video and I have to say - I love your accent.
Thanks , the baking soda will not harm any other animals but rats and mice . Now your dog will smell the peanutbutter for sure and try to eat it so I would definitely put the bait in a box with a heavy weight on top too. Cheers 👍
Back when DCon was available I used a 3" downspout pipe fit a yee in the center of 2 3' sections, a stand pipe with a cap for refilling. Would work for this too. I've got a infestation in my yard, mixed p butter, both with B Soda, B Powder, the rats aren't touching it, but I've got a dozen rats in the Victors. Not touching the p butter. They did eat the almonds under the corn meal/ B Soda. It war here and one way or another they are going down. Will try the pipe tee along a block wall fence shortly and see what or if it gets chewed on
Hi Jo Not all vermin go for every bait but the peanutbutter and only baking soda works great for me . Maybe your not mixing it well enough or too much baking soda . 50-50 does well for me but if you can see any white from the soda it's not mixed enough. Try less than half soda and see how you do.
Jiffy cornbread mix and equally amount of baking soda.. The Love this. I did use peanut butter soda balls that works good too.😊
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just jiffy cornbread with honey and baking soda does the trick...make sure you use gloves. when they smell human scent they will not go near it.
I'm glad the peanut butter worked for you. I've tried it and all it did was make them fat and more aggressive, so much so they started carrying away my containers. Then I saw them popping up in the area looking for more. I finally had a pest patrol drop some poison. Within a week, all I have is dead rat smell and can't find the carcasses.
thats the problem with these methods if they wor is they will die in places i can not get them so they stink up my whole house
Carrying the jar took me out🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
How do you get rid of the smell of you can’t find them
im told the smell lasts for about 10 days but that is if you don't mind having the remains of dead mice all over your house in places you cant get them, but im not sure anymore about this method, i caught two small mice and put them in cages and left this feed for them and they did not seem to touch it or if they did it did nothing to them @@savannahdee3478
I was scrolling through KZhead, came across your channel. I log on just to see what you were working with. I also have a fool proof concoction I thought of sharing with you if you didn't know about it. Start with 5 table spoons of baking soda, mix it with 5 table spoons of jiffy corn muffin mix. I put a hole on the side using a ice cream container. Keep in mind my problem was inside, you my need a container for outside weather. I seen results in two days.
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Great job. Outstanding information. I live in CA and we have 'root'/'fruit' rats here all over and mice. The rats are the real challenge. Not sure what type of rats you have there. I will be trying some of these mixes. I learned a lot on my own, some from a Stanford report, and some from a Terminix employee that we shared experiences upon. The rats have been a journey. I will drop some of this today and try to comment back in a month or two (our rats don't do new objects so rapidly for the most part. Its in their makeup.).
Thanks Ernie Never seen a rat growing up but the rats came in containers and ships that brought them in. They are nasty forsure but the baking soda seems to keep them in check.
I see the B.C. flag on the window...im on Vancouver Island...i ordered the Jiffy corn bread mix and baking soda and really hope it takes care of this issue! 50/50 mix I've been told it works perfect! Hopefully! Anywho thanks a whole bunch for sharing this! Cheers, Jerbs 👍🏻🇨🇦
BC is awesome. You will be amazed how well it works when you no longer see them taking the bait but keep it out as a prevention measure. Cheers 👍 🇨🇦
I read that too
I'm in Vancouver and mice and rats are a huge problem. I'm in an SRO, a senior, and my room seems to be the mice hub of the building. I've tried powders, peanut butter and Vitamin D3 and they don't touch anything. I have glue traps too. I had to buy large bins to hold my food and books. They were eating my books! So I'll try the peanut butter and baking soda. Maybe buy some other traps too. I'm cleaning up poop every damn day.
I've thrown dryer sheets under my sink where had mice seemed to help also use traps with peanut butter
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That is a very important point to consider, and I am glad you made mention of that. Baiting station will attract as much as it can poison... not only the one you targeted first. I might have missed something in the explanation, but what baking soda does to the rodents? Thanks!
I've seen videos where it creates gas in them and they don't or can't burp or fart and they die. That's the logic I found why baking soda works.
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Thank you !! I shared this with my mother so we are going to attempt using this concoction 🙂 she's really excited to use it. Especially being that it's cheap 👍 I'll let you know if it works or not as you say thank you so much you're so appreciated 🌹🙏
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Did it work?
I love your mice traps, awesome idea. Thanks.
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I put out some Jiffy mix with baking soda, all winter and into spring, and they loved it, so far this summer I'm waiting to see if they come back, they will come back I'm sure, they always come back.
Never get them all so keep it up to keep them down 👍
My black cat Ello is a great protector! Peppermint plant turn into a spray around the house will make them turn around and leave too
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RECIPE IS 1/3 CUP BAKING SODA ARM &HAMMER 1/3 SUGAR 1/3FLOUR OR 1/2 CUP CAKE MIX OR JIFFY CORNBREAD MIX 1/2 CUP ARM AND HAMMER BAKING SODA PLEASE PUT IN ACCESSIBLE TO SQUIRRELS
I keep a piece of green poison on a tray in basement. When it is biten I find it is usually winter. I then deploy the diff Baits in basement and I deploy the cameras to make sure nothing moving upstairs
Good idea , glad to see your on top of it 👍
Great idea Steve, I am going to try that on our property after we relocate next month. Cheers. Larryz
Give it a go Larry , so far its much easier than snap traps and won't affect any other animals if they get to it . 👍
@@SteveRobReviews Jiffy corn bread mix baking soda, 50/50 done!
great research , thanks for posting your experience , for 15 years I never saw a rat on our property > my since 2 years established Garden Compost seams to be the answer to the problem of today :) graded cheese , flower and baking soda are in place :)
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I've tried peanut butter too ..they love their peanut butter. I've heard they love corn meal.. makes sense as they love my neighbors farm he's a cash crop farmer.
I don't use the PB in the heat of summer as it melts and attracts ants but the rest of the year it works great.
4 tbsp baking soda 4tbsp jiffy corn meal mix.
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Thank you! Hopefully we can get the critters in our attic.
I'm sure you will see some results 👍
Rodents like GRAIN ! We don't have any feed stores in our area so I'm going to try instant oatmeal with the fruit bits and baking soda. Wish me luck !
Good luck Norman 👍
Did it work?
I tried a 50/50 mix of baking soda and corn muffin mix and the rats were all over it first night I put it out. I also did a roughly 50/50 mix of baking soda and peanut butter and put some out in various places and that works great too.
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Did it kill them
@@user-js1lt1mo1z so far no. They are still eating both mixes. every night. Maybe I need to add more baking soda?
@thayne559 I experienced that as well but over time the bait is not eaten as much as it's not the same vermin always eating the bait. For me it took a couple of week and now I don't see any bait taken so either the vermin are gone or they they don't like the bait . I'm thinking the bait worked but it does take time. I also leave the snap traps out as well and I'm not catching anything either . You never get them all but so far I have very little around compared to before.
@@SteveRobReviews I have a camera on the area so I can monitor them. They are definitely eating both so ill keep putting it out.
Someone said to use cinnamon for the sent to attract 🐀. I also read borax will do the trick. So add lots of borax to your concoction. It looked it up and they need to consume a large amount of the poison ingredients. 🐁🐀🐭🌻🌾🌻 I think they love corn and try oatmeal.
Interesting . Thanks Linda !!!
@@SteveRobReviews Corn muffin mix (Jiffy) and baking soda works.
I once tried peanut butter with a tiny bit of potassium cyanide and it worked quite well. This was indoors so no worries about squirrels and other critters.
where do you buy potassium cyanide?
@@dee1408 Look under gas chamber supplies and accessories.
I used to breed mice they are attracted to cardboard like Mac n cheese boxes Raman noodle boxes cereal boxes. The reason is they chew thru it do they can make there nest with it. Oatmeal boxes grits boxes. They are very smart you want to use new boxes that they can chew thru
Interesting, thanks 👍
They will make there nests in the warmest places. Behind a stove in a closet. In tubs. Whatever they can chew thru. Even plastic. Field mice are very different then pet store mice because they can jump about 8 ft thru the air. They have skills for survival
I’m not a rat biology expert, but is there a chance that they’ve just learned to associate the taste of peanut butter with feeling sick? I was reading that the baking powder doesn’t kill all of them, it also makes a percentage of them sick. If that’s so wouldn’t they learn to stay away from that taste? Anyone know?
Works for me but I don't have every kind of vermin either.
Good evening Steve, I'm catching up night tonight on your channel 👍👌😉 Very interesting and informative video Steve 👌🧐👍 Cheers 🍻
Hi Dave Your busy tonight I see doing some undercoating 👍
@@SteveRobReviews 😇🤣👍 Yes I was oily man for sure 🤣👍
I like using plaster of paris. Sets up in their system. Have mixed it with bread crumbs and sugar. Seems to be working but also going to try the peanut butter idea.
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Quick oats oatmeal mixed with plaster a paris. The powder clings very well ti the quick oats. When it looks like you've added maybe too much, that's good. Put it out . let them eat it up. The plaster paris tuns rock hard inside the rat when it contacts moisture. No poison needed. Works terrific. Use it year round.
Interesting James , Thanks I'll try it 👍
I’m using baking soda and honey cornmeal (jiffy) and it works. 50/50 in a container w/hole. I will try the 50/50 peanut butter and baking soda. I’m in Nampa,Idaho.
Good stuff Pamela !!!!
What is it about this mix, how does ot kill rats? Ty
From what I have heard, the rodents eat the mixture and when the baking soda hits the stomach acid, it bubbles up. Like when you mix baking soda and vinegar. The rodents can’t get rid of the gas like mammals can and that’s how they die. The “Jiffy” is just to attract the rodents.
Hi Pamela, tried the same mixture but I had no luck with it. Maybe I did not leave it out long enough. Any suggestions would be appreciated 😊
Slow and steady wins the race. Good formula for a deterent for the vermin 🐭. Cheers Steve
Hi Lloyd It's this or I get a herd of cats 🐈 😅😅
@@SteveRobReviews Lazy cats around my neighborhood just watch the rats but don't do anything.
@@workonitm8 That's the same thing with people on my street , their cat people I guess 😅
Just what I needed to know. Thank you for making this video. I tried traps but they sadly killed a couple of birds. Commercial poisons I have reservations about if they become carrion, especially living in a housing area with kids and pets.
Thanks for watching Richard 👍
I did boric acid and peanut butter so far I’ve found one rat dead and can smell another one somewhere dead. Although I still hear some crawling around.😢
jiffy honey corn meal and baking soda half and half works well. The reason is rats cannot belch or fart , they eat it and they die and it won't harm other animals especially your pets if they eat the rat
Looks like you found a recipe that works at home. The adjustment for up north is probably a smart move 👍
Dave it's definitely not as good as a herd of barn cats 😅
What about peanut butter and boric Acid ? I have roaches too. Wouldn't that kill two things with one stone ?.
I never tried it .
Hey I just wanted to share what worked for me. I put small pieces of Ex-lax (dollar general chocolate kind even) down in the holes made by them. Try not to disturb the trail or tunnels and wear plastic gloves. It will dehydrate them and when they use it in the tunnels the others leave also. Works fast and like a charm ❤
Hi Shan Brilliant idea, thanks 👍
I can do that! Thanks
Ex-Lax? Did They Poop To Death? 💩 ☠️💀
Oh, there’s another one you could do it’s sweet corn muffins mix a little bit of sugar and baking soda
Ok that's interesting 👍
My rats love the sugar, flour powder mix. I put sunflower seeds on mine on a plate and they take the plate away. Dont know if it works yet, but they eat it. I wven leave it on bread ends.
U need the baking soda
Yea too many people keep saying baking powder, and that's not going to do anything. Baking powder people!
try corn bread mix with baking soda...50/50 mixture.
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To see rodent activity without snow, use pine shavings (pet bedding) to cover your beds as a mulch. If you have mice they will burrow and kick up black dirt over the light pine shavings.
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I seen cornbread mix and baking soda. I just bought it and gonna try it today. Did you ever try that
Yes I tried it and they didn't touch it during warm weather but now it cold and they are eating it up like crazy.
@SteveRobReviews I'm not sure what I have. I've never seen them. But they have 3 inch holes in the ground around my chicken coop. They go underground and have multiple holes.
I am having to move out of my apartment because of these damn mice! They are breeding in my bed as well as my recliner. Woke up to droppings in my bed so they are in my bed while I sleep! Spent a small fortune on pest control, set up traps and tried everything and they wont leave! So im leaving almost everything behind and moving into a new place next month. Having filthy neighbors does not help the situation. Hopefully soon, i will be sleeping in a new bed thats rodent free and ill finally have some peace again. This has been a nightmare
Reminds me of song of boweevil
Have you tried corn flour muffin mix with honey flavour and baking soda? Maybe add a little suger.
I have not but I bet it works great too. Thanks 👍
There’s sugar in that mix.
Mine like the corn meal/baking soda mix too. 😢Always take it. Now how do I get rid of the squirrels?
🤣😅 Well I have taken quite a different approach to squirrels. Many seem to have some horrible experiences with squirrels . This is my other channel where I tackle some controversial subjects including squirrels. Take a look at my resolve. Happy New Year kzhead.info/sun/o9CSYbGdamuIaZ8/bejne.html
I had luck with honey cornbread mix and baking soda with a 50:50 mix, just the dry powder in a small paper plate. But it is IMPORTANT that you use latex gloves when you prepare ANY bait, rats are real attuned into odors and if they smell any human odor on bait they might be put off. So, put on the latex gloves and have a go at it. I'll give the peanut butter and baking soda a shot as well.
Gloves, yep, I even use the plastic bag, anything not to touch toxic ingredients.
Thanks. Never thought of gloves with nontoxic!
Funny rats don't mind my smell on my duck. bowls. They come out during the day and eat. lol Gloves are needed for you handling poison, not the mixes of corn muffins and baking soda.
@@mima4392 Depends on how cautious and cunning the rat is that you are dealing with. Mine was an Einstein, he walked past baited traps for months and wouldn't touch them. I had to be extra cautious when preparing the mix. Maybe for most rats it's not necessary, but when you have a clever one you go the extra mile.
I just seen a video on jiffy mix with Honey the honey is the one you want and mix half and half . I couldn't find the honey one but will try anyway . And I also use Alley cat poison the blocked ones and I smear honey on them they are eating it . But I only have mice .
Hi Robin I'm trying the plain cornbread and it's being eaten too 👍
I've seen another one of these this morning but instead of peanut butter they was using cornbread mix I've got to do something I'm out here in my truck camper and there's mice are bad I have nine bait traps underneath my truck
Mix 1/2 cornmeal and 1/2 baking soda!😁🤠
I watched one pest control site's baking soda mix bait that said mice/rats would smell human scent and avoid it. Have you tried to wear glove to see if that would make a difference? Obviously, peanut butter was too good of a temptation that they ignored the human scent issue.
I haven't noticed anything. Their hungry enough they eat anything as mice and rats are used to the scent of humans compared to some place remote out in the wild. I think the scent thing is not a big concern for city vermin 😉
Our houses have human scent in them so why do mice/rats still move in?
@@jasonvela7211 oh well ... let us think about that ...... maybe because they can ........ Just a wild guess on my part ....
I bought victor bait pellets 3 weeks ago they are having a smorgasbord in my garage and shed. No food source but they have chewed the wires to my plow and nesting ,they don’t go near the traps just eat it don’t snap trap. Its cold pb isn’t oily enough I’ve tried mms, apples Carmel . All im getting is their small turds and an empty traps and bowls. Suggestions please they buggers have got to go!
I have great success with snap traps , bacon grease or peanut butter as bait . If their not going to your bait there is another food source somewhere.
Put out bait that they have to stick around a while to get. I've heard pieces of slim jim stuck onto the trap are effective because they have to tug it to get it off. I've also seen people put a recycled cardboard arch over it so the trap can still snap shut, but that forces the rat to enter from the front and not the side.
I do not keep rats on purpose, i do not feed them , i kill everyone i see. Mine you only if they bother me. They are very smart! Lol lol and i agree with papa, they all tell me they prefer mixed nuts, also they are great story tellers lol compost bins are a magnet for rats if not done right. Great job steve i might try it.
HAHAHA yes give it a try buddy. 👍
50-50 buy 1 box of Jiffy Mix and one box Baking Soda. Put 4 teaspoons of each in a container. Mix well and leave. 100% satisfaction. The rodents stomach will bubble up. Rat's and mice cannot burp or fart. Their stomach basically explodes. Will not hurt other animals.
Half cup corn meal,half cup baking soda, with a table spoon of cake mix. Place in four areas.
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Mix crushed up Zanaflex with peanut butter, this worked for me.
Thanks for all this info, but no one has said anything about the clean up. Are rats dying in the walls or back at there nests or somewhere you have to physically track them and dispose of there dead bodies.
I only use the baits outside and have never seen any dead ones around.
Other animals will eat them but the baking soda doesn’t effect them because they can pass gas but rodents cannot.
I heard another guy say if they die in the walls there will be a terrible smell for about 10 dys😒
If they die in the walls in the summer it can cause a smell problem, but we used this mix in the winter and got rid of them all-and we never smelled anything. Maybe they died up in the attic or in the garage and freeze-dried (we live in northern US)? The smell issue is a concern, but when you've tried everything else with no success it's a risk you're willing to take. Rats can cause a lot of damage in a home and they're dirty and can carry disease. Believe me, you WANT to get rid of them.
Our house is a 1915 farm house, and over night we would see a rat, not a mouse and Rat, now they are in the ceiling, walls, closets, my bedroom has been left along, my daughter won't even go downstairs at night to use the bathroom, I made the corn bread mix with baking soda, I checked the bowl and not even a grain was moved, I'm ready to move, have to sanitize surfaces daily, I bought 22 mouse traps and put them.around my house plants, which they eat, they really like cactus, so I'm going to mix baking soda in cake frosting, and try it tonight, probably 3 to 1, wish me luck, I've put up with alot in my 60 years. But a Rat infestation is just disgusting, oh, theirs mice too. Thats for the good tips.
Deborah in your case I would put the bait outdoors not inside your house . Rats are getting in from the outside so I would concentrate on blocking all their entry points . If you have the money many have had great success with electronic devices that only they can hear that repells them too.
Try jiffy mix and baking soda I saw this in another video
One cup peanut butter, one half cup complete pancake mix, 1/4 cup each baking soda and boric acid. Mix well and form into convenient dime sized balls of death. Also gets rid of roaches and ants.
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What does the boric acid do? Where to purchase it? Do i need a trap or do they just go away?
lol@dime size balls of death🤣🤣
The boric acid does a few things. It reacts with the baking powder to make a composition that inflates the 🐁 when wet with water. Peanut butter is mostly oil and protein so the reaction is delayed, but boric acid also is toxic in its own right since the body weight of a mouse is low. Also if bugs like ants 🐜 or roaches munch on it they die as well. This mix is relatively non toxic to bigger pets or people at the serving size.
That makes sense, although I may use corn meal instead of pancake mix 🤔
Fair warning Steve, if you ever attempt to put the peanut butter out at your camp you’ll have to add me to the list along with the bears 😂. Interesting stuff Buddy! 👍🏻
LOL ya the bears could smell it a long way off. Cheers Doug
What I have heard is that mice, rats and chipmunks (rodents in general) don't really pass gas, With this discomfort the will head back to their nest and die from the gases created from the baking soda.
I heard that too that they (the mice) can't pass gas or burp so they do go back to the nest and die, I just put down the baking soda and jiffy corn muffin mix, I hope it works
@@MsVanessa512 I just bought the same combo as I've heard that works the best!
Try cornbread half with baking soda half. Make sure it's lard in the corn bread
The 1/3 flour 1/3 baking soda 1/3 sugar made all mine disappear.
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I heard alot of them use baking soda and cornbread mix !
Some people are oblivious to them. Neighbor below doesn’t see them but he has poop in house as his sis told me. Neighbor behind doesn’t see them either but all of us around her does
The ones that ignore them end up living with them 🤷
Awesome I’m trying this dang mice got into our beans and rice
Try Bisquick and fence post cement. Mix like you would for biscuits and after mixing add the fence post powder. Make into balls throw under your house or out under your shed. The rats mice will eat them and when they do it’s their last meal cause with the post powder blocks their intestines and they are done! 12:28
Wow, that's different 👍
how does peanut butter mix with baking soda? maybe you use powder peanut butter? and feeding squireles is not good idea,they can do lots of damadge to the property,birds yeah go for it,but very often other animals will just highjack those feeders
Well the choices are for you to make . Cheers 👍
My chicken coop and barn have both rats and mice. All the contraptions didn't work, just snap traps. It seemed like if I caught a bunch of adult and young rats, then the mice would come in. I think they don't like being around the rats. Where do they go if they are dying? I need to chase some rats this winter that have gotten into my attic and ceilings. I had an entire new HVAC system and ducting installed. They may have found a way in from the construction. They ignore everything I put out. Generally I would roll peanut butter in bird seeds and they like it, but these in the attic won't bother with it. We have a rabbit and two guinea pigs in the house and I think they come down from the attic and go after their leftovers. I am really worried that they will damage all the new ducting and wiring. Pest control wants like $300 initially and $68/month there after. It would cost me plenty to fix the damage from the rats, but I'm tired of having pets control charging so much and I can't tell if it works or not.
Hi Jim They will find a way in if you allow them so plugging up the entrance holes is a must . Traps as well as baits of different mixes works the best . The best deterrent is not providing any food source and any opening for them to get in. Takes time but you can rid vermin yourself.
@@SteveRobReviews I had my house pretty much closed off, but the contractors were in the attic and crawl space. So I don't know what they left. Unfortunately I have a broken leg from about two weeks ago, so I'm not able to get into all the spaces. Growing up in Hawaii, with fruit trees everywhere and banana trees that rats love to nest in, it was always a problem. If we did poison, they crawled into some small space in the walls or ceiling to die and stink the place up. One time it sounded like a football game in the ceiling. I popped my head up through the hatch and had my .22 rifle with bird shot. I shot at them and they charged me. It took about three head-on shots to finally drop one headed to me. I have no idea what it would have done.
@Jim Hall Jim I would put all the bait outside along a foundation wall and monitor it to see if they are eating it .
Smart man that is what I do and it work's in PA !!!
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Thanks for sharing this.
Thanks for taking a look. Cheers 👍
Have you tried sweet corn meal and baking powder?
No but others have mentioned it also so I will real soon. Thanks Tiffany 👍
Thank you for this video.
Thanks for watching Pamela 👍
My friend, try this message three gallons of water in a 5-gallon bucket and two boxes of Jiffy corn muffin mix
My best rat deterrent is sprinkling Epsom salts with lavender essential oil (a common bath mix) around my garage & pantry; mice/rats ran off instantly and never came back! Bonus, its non-toxic and smells great! For traps, mine love pnut butter, beef/turkey jerky, cheeze combos.
Some scented Oil's are 💀💀💀💀💀harmful to 🚶👬Humam's, 🤸 dog's🐕, cat's,🐅 etc.
@@dorarolfzen4132 Yes, so be sure to check each ingredient; lavender oil is toxic to cats! I myself don't have pets; and I only use pure natural essential oils, not chemically fabricated "scents".
Does it dry them up like the decon does...I don't want mushy corpes found
Lilian I have never seen one so I'm guessing their all underground.
I was told along time ago to mix quick drying cement and oats and sugar.
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Thanks for the info!
Thanks for taking a look 👍