Curiously enough, I just found this on Google groups.
"I am a Vegan and I respect animals but I consider rodent infestations to
be a
serious risk to my health.
I had a major mouse infestation which lasted for some time. I sealed my
food,
blocked the holes and used humane traps to no effect. Then I tried
poison and
traditional mouse traps. One way and another I zapped or released to the
wild a
large number of mice. When I had almost given up trying after two or
three
years, the mouse population started to dwindle and finally petered out.
My
guess is that the word got around the mouse grapevine that my place was
not a
good place to be. Since then I always leave at least one trap set and
get the
odd mouse very occasionally. I hate killing them but I value my own
health far
more. To have masses of mouse droppings all over your food and utensils
is very
unpleasant. My kitchen is now clean and I am not woken up at night by
mice
fighting and breeding under the floorboards.
Doug Bollen
e-mail.....@
noid.demon.co.uk
Although of course this is not our own Doug, I believe he has had an
identical experience in 1994 when he lived with Doug Bollen and helped him
to write his website.
