I'm next to a field and the little rat critters always eat half the fruit or more every year. Too many in the field for traps or poison to have much effect. I read where rodents hear higher frequencies than dogs & cats, and am wondering if a whistle in that range might keep them away without irritating the pets next door?

Or some other way to keep them out of the trees? Maybe trimming the trees so that the limbs are not touching anything might work for some trees, but not practical for all of them. And then wrapping aluminum foil or some other guard around the trunks?

Snuffy,

What does your ag/ext person recommend?

Dave M.

On Fri, 3 Jul 2015 02:33:47 -0700, "Snuffy \"Hub Cap\" McKinney"
wrote:

I'm next to a field and the little rat critters always eat half the fruit or more every year. Too many in the field for traps or poison to have much effect. I read where rodents hear higher frequencies than dogs & cats, and am wondering if a whistle in that range might keep them away without irritating the pets next door?

Or some other way to keep them out of the trees? Maybe trimming the trees so that the limbs are not touching anything might work for some trees, but not practical for all of them. And then wrapping aluminum foil or some other guard around the trunks?

Get some cats?

-GJ 2.0

On Fri, 3 Jul 2015 02:33:47 -0700, "Snuffy \"Hub Cap\" McKinney"
wrote:

I'm next to a field and the little rat critters always eat half the fruit or more every year. Too many in the field for traps or poison to have much effect. I read where rodents hear higher frequencies than dogs & cats, and am wondering if a whistle in that range might keep them away without irritating the pets next door?

Or some other way to keep them out of the trees? Maybe trimming the trees so that the limbs are not touching anything might work for some trees, but not practical for all of them. And then wrapping aluminum foil or some other guard around the trunks?

Hire a pro...

Some info tips he

http://jspestcontrol.com/rodents

On Fri, 03 Jul 2015 04:33:47 -0500, Snuffy "Hub Cap" McKinney
wrote:

I'm next to a field and the little rat critters always eat half the
fruit or more every year. Too many in the field for traps or poison to
have much effect. I read where rodents hear higher frequencies than
dogs & cats, and am wondering if a whistle in that range might keep them
away without irritating the pets next door?

Or some other way to keep them out of the trees? Maybe trimming the
trees so that the limbs are not touching anything might work for some
trees, but not practical for all of them. And then wrapping aluminum
foil or some other guard around the trunks?

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.


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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

On Fri, 3 Jul 2015 02:33:47 -0700, "Snuffy \"Hub Cap\" McKinney"
wrote:

I'm next to a field and the little rat critters always eat half the fruit or more every year. Too many in the field for traps or poison to have much effect. I read where rodents hear higher frequencies than dogs & cats, and am wondering if a whistle in that range might keep them away without irritating the pets next door?

Or some other way to keep them out of the trees? Maybe trimming the trees so that the limbs are not touching anything might work for some trees, but not practical for all of them. And then wrapping aluminum foil or some other guard around the trunks?
a couple of Jack Russels will make a dent in the problem.

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wrote:

On Fri, 3 Jul 2015 02:33:47 -0700, "Snuffy \"Hub Cap\" McKinney"
wrote:

I'm next to a field and the little rat critters always eat half the fruit or
more every year. Too many in the field for traps or poison to have much
effect. I read where rodents hear higher frequencies than dogs & cats, and
am wondering if a whistle in that range might keep them away without
irritating the pets next door?

Or some other way to keep them out of the trees? Maybe trimming the trees
so that the limbs are not touching anything might work for some trees, but
not practical for all of them. And then wrapping aluminum foil or some
other guard around the trunks?
a couple of Jack Russels will make a dent in the problem.

A couple of Jack Daniels will also.
--
"Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive,
but what they conceal is vital."
-- Aaron Levenstein

On 07/03/2015 12:07 PM, Dean Hoffman wrote:

[snip]

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.

Some cats aren't good at catching rats. However, I have 2 that are, and
so haven't had a rat problem in 6 years (I've had those cats that long)

--
Mark Lloyd
http://notstupid.us/

"The world is proof that God is a committee." [Bob Stokes]

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On Fri, 3 Jul 2015 02:33:47 -0700, "Snuffy \"Hub Cap\" McKinney"
wrote:

I'm next to a field and the little rat critters always eat half the fruit or more every year. Too many in the field for traps or poison to have much effect. I read where rodents hear higher frequencies than dogs & cats, and am wondering if a whistle in that range might keep them away without irritating the pets next door?

Or some other way to keep them out of the trees? Maybe trimming the trees so that the limbs are not touching anything might work for some trees, but not practical for all of them. And then wrapping aluminum foil or some other guard around the trunks?
a couple of Jack Russels will make a dent in the problem.

I had one of these rat terriers years ago and come to think of it never saw a rodent. Good animal but kind of yappy and moody - liked to snip at you. Training helped but didn't change the attitude problem.

No snakes here - lovely Miseries goes nuts at the sight of a garden spider or slug...

On Sun, 5 Jul 2015 08:05:25 -0700, "Snuffy \"Hub Cap\" McKinney"
wrote:

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On Fri, 3 Jul 2015 02:33:47 -0700, "Snuffy \"Hub Cap\" McKinney"
wrote:

I'm next to a field and the little rat critters always eat half the fruit or more every year. Too many in the field for traps or poison to have much effect. I read where rodents hear higher frequencies than dogs & cats, and am wondering if a whistle in that range might keep them away without irritating the pets next door?

Or some other way to keep them out of the trees? Maybe trimming the trees so that the limbs are not touching anything might work for some trees, but not practical for all of them. And then wrapping aluminum foil or some other guard around the trunks?
a couple of Jack Russels will make a dent in the problem.

I had one of these rat terriers years ago and come to think of it never saw a rodent. Good animal but kind of yappy and moody - liked to snip at you. Training helped but didn't change the attitude problem.

No snakes here - lovely Miseries goes nuts at the sight of a garden spider or slug...

The definition of a Jack Russel IS attitude. Another definition is
"all heart and mouth" They make the energizer bunny look lazy. They
will chase a ball untill your arm falls off, and they are loyal almost
to a fault. Just don't **** one off!!!