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Old 03-07-2015, 07:15 PM posted to alt.home.lawn.garden,alt.home.repair
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Default Rat deterent?

On Fri, 03 Jul 2015 12:07:06 -0500, "Dean Hoffman"
wrote:

We usually had stray cats on the farm to keep the rat, mice and
ground squirrel population down. The strays with kittens seemed to
be the best hunters.
Feeding them made them lazy just as it does with humans.


Feed a feral cat rabbit fur with scent glands. They teach the
youngsters.

No more wild rabbits on the garden. YMMV