Re: Forget the Cats! Another MICE Invasion!!!

From: Amy Moseley Rupp <amy@ece.utexas.edu>

> Share your feelings about the mice.  In addition to the dirt,
> destruction and general messing up, you just can't appreciate the little
> beasts popping out where you don't expect them.  But about the alfalfa
> pellets, why can't you just spread them in your iris beds or use them
> for tilling directly into beds where you intend to plant?  From all I've
> been reading, this would be a better thing than putting them into the
> compost bed for eventual general garden use.  Who knows, maybe you'll
> discover that alfalfa laced with mouse pellets is even better than
> straight alfalfa!

If you do this, though, I would be *sure* to wear a heavy duty dust
mask.  Hanta virus is spread by mice droppings and is caught through
inhalation... Oklahoma is not very far away from the Southwest where
this is a not-so-rare disease.  This leads to acute respiratory distress
syndrome which means your lungs quickly fill with fluid and even in
hospital it is very tricky  to save someone.

Amy, who has mice in a corner of the garage and is now petrified to go
in and clean it up!  I accidentally left garage door open overnight and
one cat came in seeking heat and shelter from rain though don't know if
any of these neighbourhood strays were ever taught 'mouser' instincts by
their moms.

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