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> One thing that Max and Sid have in common is they both liked to turn
> around and lick the urine (yuck).  I think if we let him, he'd clean it
> up completely.
>
> Does anyone know why they do this?
 
So my little boy isn't the only one to do this.  He will actually use the
litterbox to poop, then get out and pee on the linoleum and lap it up. Yuck,
indeed!
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> From: [log in to unmask] (Susan A. H. Benysh)
> Subject: Re: Mouse in the house
>
> From my understanding, ferret feces  (say that 3X's fast) is
> supposed to ward off mice, just the thought that they are there
> is supposed to scare them.  I don't know where I heard this,
> but, just a thought.
 
From personal experience:  Last summer (92) I had rats in my backyard.  One
neighbor was careless with garbage and the other had a lovely little shed set
up off the ground where the rats napped between meals.  On their way to/from
breakfast/lunch/dinner/midnight snack, they would tiptoe through my rock
garden (talk about yuck!).  I also found a hole dug into the rock garden
and although I don't think rats burrow, I wasn't terribly keen on the idea
that one *could* be living right under my flowers and herbs.  I had heard
the ferret feces story and decided to test it out...  I dumped some of the
ferrets' poops out behind the rock garden (the path to and from dinner) and
some right inside the hidey-hole dug in the rock garden (someone's home, no
doubt).  I also took an old sleeping towel that was dirty with ferret scent
and dropped it behind the garage.  I never saw another rat and they did not
re-appear this year even though the people next door are still slobs with
their garbage.  This is a single anecdotal piece of evidence, but it's
certainly worth a try if you have a rodent problem AND a supply of ferret
feces.
 
Robbin ([log in to unmask])
 
[Posted in FML issue 0668]