Does Mint Oil Actually Repel Mice? Let's Test It Out With Real Mice.
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Does Mint Oil Actually Repel Mice? Let's Test It Out With Real Mice.
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What smell is the best for mice repellend in your opinion ?
Where do we get those Peppermint things you had in drawer, didn't see a link.
My Grandfather used to grow lots of mint around the house and barn. He said the Rodents hated the smell. In the Fall, he'd sickled the mint and sprinkled it in the root cellar floor and his unfinished basement. My ex girlfriend had an RV with rodent problems, then I told about my Grandfather story. She went and bought peppermint oil, and sprinkled a few drop here and there. To her amazement, she was shocked, the Rodents were gone. Just an old timer's trick to make life easier. Cheers
When did she notice?
Your grandpa sounds awesome 👍
I used peppermint oil and moth balls and it worked extremely well. It drove the rat out. Hell, that peppermint smell is so strong it almost drove me out! 😆
where u buy?
Thanks for sharing. I would love to hear more details if you have time to share.
I think I may get some moth balls for hidden areas.
I know right that peppermint oil is strong as hell but whatever works right lmao 😂😂😂
I am trying Diatomaceous Earth is a good option too. I have not seen them after that night 4 of them freaking me out because the next day I spread about my DE gift for them!
I have heard two theories why it works. 1. the smell is irritating. 2. the smell masks other smells and mice rely on smell to warn them of danger.
Hold it up to your own nose. You will understand immediately.
For a mouse I saw that wouldnt take my peanut butter bait on traps So I used peppermint oil on cottonballs & ammonia in shot glasses under kitchen sink & in all rooms EXCEPT ONE the living room to force it where I had glue trap with peanut butter waiting & it took the bait finally overnight, it was smart but humans are smarter
I had a serious infestation of rats in my front garden digging tunnels throughout. I bought mint oil, poured drops of it down every entrance to a rat tunnel I could find. Within two days I never saw another rat in the garden and there were no more signs of digging. Mint oil works very well indeed.
Luckier than me. I have mint growing everywhere in my backyard and the rats don't care.
@@Ieatpaste23 well have you ever smelled the difference between essential oil and the plant itself? I should say the difference between a summer breeze lifting up a brief hint of the smell and standing in the middle of a football sized field filled with just mint ... and that analogy wouldn't even do the smell justice ... for some animal that has a very evolved olfactory this is day and night difference. 😆
@@abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0 It's that bad? Hmm. They don't really bother me; they just eat my duck food. I'm just trying to keep their numbers down. How does it work on cats and raccoons? They are my true enemies.
@@Ieatpaste23 I think there is a difference between just having the mind plant growing which doesn't such a strong smell, or the oil which waters your eyes
@@d.m.webb-benjamin3576 Yeah. the rats don't bother me it's the raccoon that killed all my ducks that does. Hate him so much!
Back in the day they planted mint along the foundation of houses for that reason. My grandfather's 100+ year old house has mint all around it.
Our elders new what work! That's good enough for me! I'm on my way to buy peppermint
Bless you Brandon Neuman.
Thank you for that. Because that is exactly what I'm researching right now.
@@rustybraids Makes sense doesn't it. Damn it - grew mint in my garden all summer, for gin drinks. Now they're trimmed off for the winter. Arrgghh
Lets go Brandon!
The mice were paid actors.
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Petty LoL
HAHAHAHAHA love it! :-)
Good one
This is hilarious
For four years I've been using a commercial repellant (Tomcat) that contains three kinds of non toxic oil extract that mice do not like, including peppermint. I buy it by the gallon and once a month spray it around the outside perimeter of my house, garage, tool shed, the fence perimeter of my back yard, and the trunks of a couple of citrus trees in my yard. It's around $25 a gallon, and with a once a month applications a gallon jug lasts me about a year. I started using it four years ago because I was seeing evidence that rodents (field mice, most likely) had been trying to get into my house and shed and had been around the citrus trees. Once I put down an application of the repellant I set up a bucket trap baited with peanut butter in the area behind my took shed where I had seen the most evidence of activity, but with the repellant in use I caught zero mice and found zero evidence that any had even come around. No tracks in the dust and the peanut butter was not disturbed. After a couple of months of no evidence of activity I took the bucket trap down. I still use the repellant once a month and am happy with it.
In answer to the question: Yes it does. We had mice busily building nests in our vehicle behind the front seats. We put a dozen drops of Peppermint essential oil on a few cotton balls, put them on the floor in a shallow plastic bowl, and within a few days, all signs of rodent activity ceased and has never returned. The peppermint odour wasn't strong nor offensive. We renew the cotton balls with a few drops once or twice a month to let the critters know they aren't welcome. Wish it worked as well with bothersome people!
It might work with people too🤣
It does, you just need a lot more oil & a funnel.
For people, try valerian oil. 😂
@@nelsoncarpentry Petrol works best. Spray directly on to the person/people. Then set fire to the petrol.
I've found Moth Balls work best at repelling bothersome people
Thank you for posting this and saving me time and money! There is so much conflicting information out there. This really helps to prove what works and what doesn’t.
I use peppermint oil, water, and some dish soap in a spray bottle to clean my counters daily and the rest of the house. I have never had a problem with any bugs or pests.
I will have to try this. I have had 3 mice in my apartment and I am on the top floor in an urban area. My neighbors have the same issue
If they are already in your house you may have to trap them with an old fashioned wood mouse trap and peanut butter. But then after that clean your house with peppermint oil spray including your baseboards, floors, counters, etc.
@@mfgutierrezatcharter I am trying to catch one baby mouse. It is currently under my couch but won't come out. It won't touch the peanut butter so I have been trying to lure it out to catch it
how much peppermint oil should i use in a bottle? gonna use this for my car but i feel like the smell is already gone after a day
Curious where did you get your peppermint oil?
I tried whole cloves, which sent them packing, but ended up in other areas of the house instead. I love what someone wrote about planting mint around the house as a deterrent.
Just be careful , mint will spread like wees and gets out of control quickly . Containers lining raised beds ?
Brian Davis I am curious. “Containers lining raised beds?” What does this mean?
@@EastSide-qc5oy Brian was asking if lining a raised garden bed with flower containers would work to keep mint plants from spreading rampant.
claws61821 thank you i misunderstood the context
Vicky Spit Did you get rid of the rats some other way hopefully?
I planted mint around my entire foundation of my home and it spreads freely and comes back each year. It works, no mice coming in each Fall and I plant taller flowers to the front of it. I also have plenty of mint several different varieties to use.
So they come in fall? Am seeing mice since a month and never saw in summer or winter in this apartment.
@@goodhealth3020 I have only seen mice enter my home around the start of fall. The cats make short work of them though.
They need to make that expanding foam stuff with mint oil in it.
Theon Nojoys I would patent that if I where you
The aromatics would disappear very quickly and lose their efficacy.
Add a splash of it before applying the foam
They make the spray foam with Capsaicin
Put coarse steel wool into the hole or crack you're trying to plug before spraying the expanding foam. It destroys their teeth when they try to chew through it.
One of the best videos yet. I was always skeptical but this shows the validity of concentrated peppermint oil. Like many, I’d like to see it tested in bigger areas like cupboards, closets and garages.
Works on rats too! I found a hole where they were getting in and they dug it out again after I filled it with mortar. However I simply blocked it up with a tissue with peppermint oil soaked into it and they have left it alone since then.
I’m going to try that! It will definitely tell me if they ignore it when the tissue is gone. Might have to use a paper towel though. Their holes are 2” in diameter!
Absolutely... I've been using Peppermint tea bags in my houses for years in all cupboards and in the Pantry along with one 'plug in' pest repellent 👍
Thank you
Which one could be bad for my budgie's health?🐥
This video is of tremendous value! I hope to help people out with information like this someday. Thank you for your time and effort in stitching together this video and getting it out to the public in a easy-to-understand, direct and straightforward type of info. I benefit directly from your work and efforts and hope to pay it forward someday
I'm on the verge of burning my house down cuz of these damn mice Edit: For anyone who's curious I ended up moving out. I was renting a poorly maintained house that was built in 1860 and rats had access to the interior walls through holes they dug underground. I caught several rats using glue traps but more just kept coming. In my opinion that whole block needs to be bulldozed to the ground, there's no saving it.
Jerry N. Lol same
Get a Good cat.
Traps with cheese
Try a mexican tool store. They have poison from mexico. I believe its illegal but will do the job worked for me when everything else failed. The poison they sell in all stores is to weak. Mice will snack on it leave your home and bring more buddies back with it. Then you have a real problem.
LoL not burn down the entire house 😂😂😂😂
Wish there was some smell that would stop me from eating the cookies in my pantry...
😂 your funny
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poop smell works great
*Amazing!* Thanks for the test, *BUT, have you done a larger area / room volume yet,* as suggested in past several years by your viewers?
It doesn't work... my boss still keeps bothering me daily!!!
Larry Tan 😂😂😂
😂😂😂 good one!!!
Larry Tan That was good.
Larry Tan lol
Lol😂
OMW, I grow a few kinds of Mint in my garden! I think I will use my imperfect leaves to make little bundled sachets that I can place strategically around the property. I'll buy a bottle of the essential oil so that I can refresh the sachets when necessary. Thanks for the informative video Shawn! It's plain to see just how well this works!
Cloves, Pepperment and Cinnamon oils mix together with water and squirt all over the place. Moth balls will keep snakes away, the oils keep a lot of pests away. I hear that ground up strong smelling soap works in the yard to keep stuff away too.
I knew Shawn's experiment was going to work. A few years ago, I kept finding small bits of food under my car hood in the mornings. Rodents were hanging out there overnight, and bringing their dinner. I put Altoid mints and cotton balls soaked in peppermint oil under the hood, and the episodes immediately stopped.
Lol funny story
Lucky they didn’t chew up your car engine’s wiring harness. At the dealer now... $1800 damage due to the little bastards
Never thought of altoids. Thats a good idea when you don't want the oil to get on something. 👍
Curiously strong!
You have to re apply it often to keep them out
Mint is a natural rodent deterrent. I have a mint garden next my back door. I haven't had a mouse in my storage room since. It's been over fifteen years since I planted my garden,
Dennis Campbell oh wow
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Beautiful garden 🙂
@@River_Miles here in South Carolina we do get cold winters but the mint plants don't die. They just slow their growth.. Like I said, I haven't seen any mice in my storage room in over 15+ years. Plus they spread during the spring and summer. Just make sure they are planted where they get plenty of sun.
Will mrs meyers in mint work?
Here's the issue I have: is it truly just the mint smell, or is it the concentration? You need to test if just a few crushed up leaves from a fresh plant deters them.
I think it actually effects their nervous system. Watched one look like he was moving inside his body and then dropped dead after putting an wxcessive amount of peppermint oil where we knew he was. Didn’t know it only took a little to drive them away at the time. He crawled out from his safe spot, hie seemed to struggle to move, then his body was shaking and then moving the muscles inside the body but he could barely move forward (like he loss control of his musclcles and nerves), and then he died. It was really quite traumatic
Whoa
How close was it to the rat?
Peppermint oil also works very well at repelling insects. I used it in India, mixing it with coconut or vegetable oil, and drew a circle around holes that ants and scorpions were coming through into my house. I replaced it every few weeks and never had issue with insects coming through at those spots -- they were quick to find other holes, however, but it worked where I placed it.
Yes ... deters spiders too!
I am amazed that it worked. Usually these kind of claims are crap. That one mouse even moved differently when it smelled the mint.
I have had mint plants in my garden for years (very invasive). I set mouse traps right beside my plants and the little critters walk right thru the mint and into the trap with peanut butter in. Going to make mint oil tonight mostly for mosquito control. Oil is probably more potent! Thanks, wish me luck!
Use orange skin grated and mix with vege oil. Mosquito's are eaten by dragonflies. They eat about twice their weight a day in mosquito's.
Finally a video that isn’t just silent random garbage claiming to be helpful for testing Rosen repellent products. Thank you! This is great.
Hey Shawn, I wish you would do an extended test with only one mint Hanger in the box and bait. And then see how many days it really works for before mice come in the box & mint runs out of hanger. Also it would be good to know if your box holds the sent even when mint is removed from box when it drys out. I know camera could not record it all unless you do a webcam feed to your system if you have the space.
Thanks I knew about the peppermint oil and this was a good test to see how it works. Friend of mine is having a real big problem going to share this video with her. Thanks
It works but not because mice hate the smell. Mice identify food mostly by smell. Strong odors like mint cover the smell of the bait.
Okay I just flicked peppermint oil in my shed like holy water 🤣 Wish me luck!
You need a repellent/deterrent playlist Shawn. Happy to see you nearing 1 million subs, you deserve it.
Yup... it works for me too!! Don't know if the product you used is actual mint oil or a synthetic one. I use true peppermint oil on cotton pads.
Thank you. Your videos are so helpful. I will purchase these. Using actual footage of the product working is genius!
Nice. Thanks for sharing and taking the time to experiment and create a video. Appreciated
I did maintenance and janitorial services on a remote public rest area right by a river and not only does it drive mice and rats away it works extremely well for spiders too. Spiders cant stand the stuff. I put a bit in my mop buckets and spray cleaners never had another spider problem again. Be sure it's mint oil nothing else other stuff has sugars and things that can attract rather than repel. Excellent vid.
That's good to know man I have a small camper in the mountains in the woods I already have mice and am expecting spiders any time so I hope your right. Because I can't stand spiders.
That’s so cool, never knew
Many strong scents work against rodent kind. I've found that spray straight ammonia around your house deters both field mice & squirrels. It acts similar to predator urine/markering.
You want to smell ammonia in your house? Your house must smell like an open sewer.
Yeah but if I had a choice, I’d prefer to smell mint over ammonia 😖
Thank you for this experiment, I was also skeptical. Unfortunately, 2 field mouse decided to make a nest in my car's trunk. They died and I noticed the smell. It was absolutely horrendous. I found one of the mouse and the nest in the base of the trunk, cleaned it up and put an air sponge hoping it would take care of the smell. But it only got worse... I took my dog in the car to figure out if there were another one. He found a spot on the back seat, next to the seat belt and started scratching. Sure enough, I found another dead field mouse in the seat belt cavity. I will put a couple of little cotton teabags filled with cotton balls soaked in peppermint essential oil around the car. Hopefully that will keep them out of my car for good.
Onion is good for removing smells
Cats love catnip, coincidence? (catnip is in the mint family).
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Wouldn’t cats want something that attracts mice?
@@somestuffithoughtyoumightl6985 they get to high to care about mice
@@somestuffithoughtyoumightl6985 it makes more sense put in this way: wouldn't mouse avoid something cats like? But it is maybe not the reason of course. I wonder if we know why it is so.
2 of those things in a tiny box was probably a lot more concentrated then trying to cover a whole room. How about trying it outside the box.
I also use Dr. Bronners peppermint castile soap as a body wash in the summer as it really helps keep the mosquitoes from eating me alive.
I need to try that! The bugs just would carry me away if i go outside for long.
We have pack rats all around our property (4 acres). I put peppermint lozenges, like what restaurants used to have by the cashier, at the openings of the rat holes. The rats are gone and the snakes that feed on them as well.
I had no idea it actually works! Plus, it makes everything smell great!
I’d love to see you try it again without the perpex lid on. This way the smell will dissipate more and better simulate the greater airflow of a pantry, for example.
The lid is a problem here. What is it there for? Nobody lives in a room the size of that box and you put TWO devices in there. The smell would be beyond human endurance let alone for a mouse. I suspect you could but any essential oil in at that concentration and the mice would stay away.
I noticed this same problem.
ForumCat I was wondering if anyone else had realized this. I think he could have used sticks of gum in that tiny box and gotten similar results
I agree because my experience with cotton balls soaked in mint oil was a failure. They continued to roam in my kitchen cabinets & my dog's toy box of squeaky toys. The smell gave me a headache.
In addition to mint oil, here are other essential oils that I have heard will keep them away: clove, cinnamon, eucalyptus, cedar, citronella. I've sprayed a mix of these in a spray bottle with water around my room, it doesn't keep the mice away compleley but it does annoy them for a while
i use peppermint tea bags i put them all over my hunting camp they work well but you have to change them every couple of weeks
I would have lost a bet. I expected them to be sitting happily eating the seeds and rubbing against the mint.
I would have lost the bet as well.
You should have placed that bet Jim, it doesn't work in larger spaces such as closets or sheds. Only in small covered boxes as shown in this test. I had high hopes, but they failed for me.
me too!
@@FrederickDunn it worked for me in my storage
🤣🤣🤣 honestly me too
I've heard this my whole life and never believed it. Good job, I'll be getting some.
Peppermint Oil is excellent for completely eradicating nest spots. Also, I use a diluted spray on my countertops/stove each night to keep any away from my food prep areas.
Absolutely it does!! Been using it for years in my house and RV!! Best thing short of baited mouse traps or poison. Safe too for your pets!
Thanks for testing this. I was wondering myself if mint oil worked as a repellant. Cool to see it does. I've seen where people would mix the concentrate with a bit of water in a spray bottle and spray that around their house. Maybe this deserves a bit more testing to see how much is really needed.
It works well around bee hives, for mice and hive beetles deterrent
It's fascinating to watch all of the experiments. Thank you for posting! You're probably not into special requests, but I would love to see if OdoBan Disinfectant Odor Eliminator would be as effective? Its eucalyptus scent is strong, but not offensive, especially in the concentrated form. Perhaps cotton balls soaked in the concentrate or even a plug-in air freshener filled with the stuff?
Hey Shawn, you put two essential oil dispensers in an enclosed space, which should indeed make it pretty stinky to a sensitive mouse nose! Essential oils pack quite a punch in the nose department. Which I why I would suggest a control experiment where you use an essential oil that isn't mint. I would suggest something like tea-tree or citronella. I'm unconvinced that it is the mint in particular that the mice hate, and not the potent smell in general that essential oils have.
I use both a peppermint repellent spray and peppermint essential oil is a diffuser in the room where there was nice activity, haven't seen any activity since. If they're in the house, using peppermint oil in a diffuser definitely works and spraying some near the entry points
Like the timer one
I diffused peppermint oil last night but the rat was in the room, poured a few drops at my bedroom entry as well but the rat passed their this morning.
Entry point that is the most important
Thanks for the vid. For 3 years most of my mint plant stems in thestorage areas in my rv. / tiny home. Yes it does work and so does the Young Living oils. My fav oils to use are mint, clove, and wintergreen. Great vid, thanks again. 🐭
I think the fact it is enclosed probably makes it stronger. Im curious to see if it would work in an open environment
I agree. In such a small air volume and with two diffusers I imagine the smell is very strong, much stronger than in an actual room (even a small 10x10 with an 8ft ceiling) would have a far less intense mint odor. THAT'S the test I'd like to see.
I have used it in my camper for years. Put about 5 drops in a small soufflé cup, about 6 of those scattered through out the camper. No signs of mice since I started using this.
Excellent video once again sir! I will try this on my boat this winter!
Thanks for clearing that up Shawn. 👍
Hey Shawn I heard that Ment Tea Bags also work as a repellent. They say to Brew your tea with multiple tea bags and then place one bag in each corner of the room. I was wondering if it was really true though. Can you do a test or have you already done this test?
I put a mint leaf inside the cage with my pet mouse. He ran to the opposite side of the cage and screamed at me. Yes, they hate mint!
Mouse: WHYD YOU PUT THIS IN MY CAGE, HOOMAN?
Do you happen to know if the same is true of hamsters? I have a mouse in my house and want to use peppermint oil to deter it but my son also has pet hamsters and I don't want it to bother them.
Ew you have a pet mouse disgusting
What about cat nip. Some guy said it’s part of mint family
A rat ate our peppermint plant
I appreciate you having a control group & clearly marking that in the video (this also goes for your Mouse Trap Bait Test video) Thank you! PS I'm going to try out your Dizzy Dunker!
Thanks Shawn, excellent videos. It does work! We live on a Farm, dam mice always under the hoods of our vehicles and tractor. Need to build an essential oil still and make our own peppermint oil!
Thanks Shawn! Question - could you test it in a larger, bit more open area at some point? The aroma is super-concentrated in such a small enclosure and is clearly effective. Curious how it may perform in an area the size of a closet (or larger)? Thanks for all the great videos!
Yes it would be nice to know how strong a smell of mint is needed for it to be effective. Maybe he can test one in his barn without the enclosed box, in a more open space with some free flowing air. Mint oil is something I would really be interested in trying out but it would be nice to know the effective 'dosage' so to speak. It wouldn't be practical if I had to put e.g. 20 of these in one room for it to actually work... that many would probably repel me too. Thanks.
I was just about to post the same question. Two dispensers in that small area would really concentrate the smell......
true, test it in an actual room, barn or car...
Yes, I think you're right. With those two containers, in such a small space. I'm sure it started to burn their eyes. Upon approach to the hole. Those fumes, had to be pouring out of there.
+BigRed I suspect that mice have been coming into my detached garage, and I wonder if this product is a solution. I agree, I'd like to see Shawn test this product in a larger, enclosed space.
I have the feeling that any concentrate oil ( like lavender oil) will do the trick !
Great test! Thank you!
Thanks for the demo. I have a 2009 Toyota Matrix and it was made with a rather large flat space for critters to get comfy by the wires. A squirrel (I think) chewed through my wiring. I have read over and over about peppermint oil but no one says how often to spray it. I would love to try the Victor product but it would have to lay in that spot and you mentioned it has to hang to release the oil. Any advice would be appreciated.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THESE VIDEOS!!!!
You know Shawn, it makes total sense when you think about it. The plant is producing mint (more than likely) as a deterrent to things that might want to eat it. Much like how chile peppers use capsaicin or some trees produce arsenic, neem oil etc. So the big question now is, what other mint oils or aromatic oils in general deter mice and or rats? You could do an entire series on it!
All herbs use the same strategy. Their nice flavor to us is used to deter pests and animals. Mint is the only plant that is consumed by Humans only. (there's a worm that likes it but no 4 legged animals.
Apparently capsaicin does not repel them. At least mint does.
All herbs have those fragrances to repel or treat something. That's why they're herbs and spices.
Lemongrass.
Love your common sense, research style of experiments. I always know when we have mice nearby….my sweet cat goes instantly into “mouse patrol” mode: “Can’t you fools hear/smell that? You are useless!” LOL!!
My husband works for Ecolab. He’s going to love this! Thanks! You guys should have a chat sometime! He’s learned and developed a lot of things himself.
What do recommend for an outdoor freezer which has an exposed area in the back. No issues yet Thanks
Mice will avoid it and just take another path inside youre house. Best mice is a dead mice
They just wont eat it but no problem walking by it all night i have video
@@atrofa1913 please post a video, I want to see it before I buy the mint
@@msbarb1 Clearly no video exists.. 😂😂 Liar liar.....
Doesn’t work
My parents have had mice the whole 40yrs we lived here. My dad would just put out traps. He passed away in Jan, so now I’m trying to prevent them instead of just killing them. I’ve sealed up almost every hole they get in from. That’s the key
How effective would it be in a more open space, like a barn or whatever? I'd love to see the results of this.🐭
Would you guys know if the peppermint essential oil "scent type" used in air humidifier would work as an alternative of the peppermint pure essential oil?
Remember to put it along the "pathways" used. as well as at entrances. We had a problem after some grass fires, used fresh mint from our garden - but it worked.
Hope so! As I’ve just soaked a bunch of cotton in peppermint & eucalyptus oil over the place.
I've heard the same stories but always thought it was an "old wives tale". I know a couple of people who will be quite happy to hear this, will definitely share them this link and your affiliate link as I know they'll buy a few.
yeaha an honest review at last,,,,love the video very informitive....thank you big time bud,,,keep them coming
Thanks for actually showing this!
I have a big black tom cat who eats mice whole. Haven't seen a mouse in 10 years...….except ones that are getting crunched on.
Yes, it is good to have good mousing cats around the house. Works wonders for rats or mice.
Worked for my house. I live across the street from a factory, so mice are always coming to my house. I got a few cats, the mouse problem is gone. Every so often I see half chewed up dead mice in my yard, or a few mouse tails.
GOOD CAT
mrbisshie what kind of cat works best
They r hiding from y’all dw they still living with u guys
It’s interesting to read some people have had success repelling rats with mint, I’ve had rats who absolutely loved mint plants (pet rats). I had a rescue wild mouse and I never tried him with mint
To ba fair, this won't stop a hungry mouse from invading areas with the smell, but it wil make them consider going elsewhere for less offending food, eg: if you have a trailer out in a field and it's the only source of potential food, vs parking it in a trailer storage with other less offending trailers around. Yours will be the last one they choose.
ya it will stop a hungry mouse as mice don't have a gag reflex so eating peppermint oil in any amount is toxic to them some how they know that sent is one that they don't want to be around as it is an slow and painful death for them
The best is to have a cat... a female...
@@DiabloOutdoors thats debatable as my male cats where way better mousers then the females
Thanks so much for your informative videos! You helped us figure out what to use and what not to use to deter rodents in our RV!
We just use mint oil on cotton balls. Works wonders, and my grandma did it forty years ago, so... Go Grandma.
Lol my great grandma passed the key down to us too thankfully works wondersssssss🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾💯
I'm using mint oil in my car. Let's see if it works. So, do you just drop oil into the cotton balls and set them around? I'm currently using mint oil in a spray bottle.
It could be interesting to compare mouse-repelling properties of peppermint and spearmint oils. Some cotton swabs dipped in the corresponding oil and comparison of sumflowers seeds that were eaten. Thank you Shawn for interesting videos!
Spearmint does not work, nor does wintergreen. Mentha Piperita peppermint oil does. Hold some of each up to your nose and eyes and you will completely understand why.
Thank you for sharing! This helps tons!
This is an amazing series of videos thank you so much!
Could you please try the other so called natural repellent such as Cinnamon , Garlic, Paprika/chili ( spices).
now my thinking is get Mint oil and wash my carpets with it so that it has a supper strong smell... that should be interesting also i love the smell of mint.
Awesome!! Where do you buy these mint dispenser?
Excellent, as usual, Shawn. Bravo!
I saw a business that grew mint as a foliage all around their building 3'-5' out. The owner said he has yet to have a mouse issue since.
Man I've watched a bunch of your videos so I know this is legit but if someone who isn't familiar with your videos watched this they'd think Victron is sponsoring you. That being said this is amazing I don't even have a mouse problem but I'm getting some of these for my shed! Appreciate your thorough reviews of all these traps and repellent! Just can't trust Amazon reviews.
Thank you for the confirmation !
Irish Spring soap repels them, as does strong smelling dryer sheets. I use both in my vehicle, and have given the ideas to others for their homes and cars. We have a lot of rats, mice, and shrews on the coast here.