The mice are only in one section of the basement. I am afraid to plug this in and have them scatter all over the house. Any experience with this?
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The pulse that drives the critters nuts travels through your electrical wires. You need to have one on each level of your house. I live in the country. I had problems with rats, mice and little black ants. I put one on the main floor of my house, one on the second floor and one in my garage/storage area. All of the critters moved out, including those nasty little black ants. It does not bother our cats, dogs or ferret. I have been using these Riddex units for over 3 years and I'm happy with them. The vermin have not moved back in. I purchased my original units through an ad on tv. The units that I purchased recently from Amazon were for a friend who needed them.
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The pulse that drives the critters nuts travels through your electrical wires. You need to have one on each level of your house. I live in the country. I had problems with rats, mice and little black ants. I put one on the main floor of my house, one on the second floor and one in my garage/storage area. All of the critters moved out, including those nasty little black ants. It does not bother our cats, dogs or ferret. I have been using these Riddex units for over 3 years and I'm happy with them. The vermin have not moved back in. I purchased my original units through an ad on tv. The units that I purchased recently from Amazon were for a friend who needed them. The pulse that drives the critters nuts travels through your electrical wires. You need to have one on each level of your house. I live in the country. I had problems with rats, mice and little black ants. I put one on the main floor of my house, one on the second floor and one in my garage/storage area. All of the critters moved out, including those nasty little black ants. It does not bother our cats, dogs or ferret. I have been using these Riddex units for over 3 years and I'm happy with them. The vermin have not moved back in. I purchased my original units through an ad on tv. The units... » Read More The pulse that drives the critters nuts travels through your electrical wires. You need to have one on each level of your house. I live in the country. I had problems with rats, mice and little black ants. I put one on the main floor of my house, one on the second floor and one in my garage/storage area. All of the critters moved out, including those nasty little black ants. It does not bother our cats, dogs or ferret. I have been using these Riddex units for over 3 years and I'm happy with them. The vermin have not moved back in. I purchased my original units through an ad on tv. The units that I purchased recently from Amazon were for a friend who needed them. « Show Less
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I used to hear critters in my house, all over the place. I bought this by the end of last summer and it has been plugged in ever since. We never have trouble with them in the wintertime so I could not tell if it was working or not. I am so pleased with this product because we have not had any critters this spring, which is when the activity used to be really bad. We have no critters in our house !! I would say it does work through walls !!!! I would definitely try it out. It worked for us ! Good luck.
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a few Months after I plugged one of these into my dining room, we saws one mouse in the kitchen ... which was later trapped in a traditional trap. The mouse most likely came into the home when the door from the living room to the porch was left open for a few Hours unattended. I bought these after having very good success with another brand which I cannot find now. There is no way of testing these devices since by definition the sound they put out is beyond human audio range.
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I have one installed in my kitchen and unfortunately I still have ants..no mice though.
45989
They seem to draw the mice to them!!! I've bagged more mice this year than ever before. Got four this last week. The previous week was about three. So they don't deter them in the least.
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I spray a mix of this and water once a month in my cabinets, crawlspace, and around the foundation of my home, we have not seen a mouse in the year that I have done this. We bought the house a year ago and during the inspection found two dead mice, so I know the house had mice previously. You do need to spray or put new cotton balls out every month or two. Also this does NOT work on spiders.
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I don't know that. I usually use it in the house and seems to help keep the mice out. I don't set my garbage outdoors cuz I live in the country and it probably would be spilled all over from other critters.
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Yes, I even found a dead mouse in one of mine. Place some food (bait) inside and that will attract insects more.
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Not sure I see much improvement. I ordered 4 units for 3500 house. My major problem is squirrels on the attic. 2 units are placed on the attic, 2 around the house. I do not see mice in the house, but it was not a problem before. I have cat in the house, he used to catch may be 1-2 mice per year I still have ordinary mouse traps on the attic and it would catch 1-2 per month in winter. With those devices - my "mice crop" is definitely reduced, but they are still here :-) But it seems have no effect on squirrels on the attic - I still hear them almost every day.
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I live in the northeast. There are a lot of open sewer pipes with leaves. Mice will make a home. Try to find dry areas.
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From my memory of the instructions, they cover 1000 sq ft. And one is needed for each level of the house, and one for seperate room additions. If you have mice in the house they will not leave thru the walls after you get these plugged in. No new ones will come in but your current furry friends will need to trapped and put out.
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Hi... I found the Pest A Cator to be very effective. And I only needed one when I thought I'd need two. We heard some scratching inside a few walls in the cold weather and a day, or two, after I plugged one in, no scratching at all even upstairs in the far bedroom. The item will deter mice, etc, from getting inside walls from outside sending high frequency noise through the wires, but is not to be used outside, as it gets plugged in. I'd look at the description given on Amazon about the Pest A Cator and it gives the info you need. I would recommend getting one. PMD
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Not well. It's basically wood chips in a pouch. If it stays dry it will be fine... I would try covering unit in hardware cloth - it comes in 1/4 inch squares and that should keep out mice.
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it worked for me - w live on 2nd floor in apt building. Device covers up to 5000 sq ft,BUT - it all depends on how severe your issue is. Ours was pretty bad,plus mice were living in almost every apartment in our building,so it was hard to get rid of them....We have 3 devices now,and they helped,no mice in our home anymore.Depending on your square footage,I'd recommend getting at least two devices to be on the safe side.
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I put peanut butter in the hole and it catches mice 90% of the time. The other 10% they eat the peanut butter and don't get caught. One thing I do is put the trigger side next to a wall. That seems to work well.
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I have not had any issues with mice getting in there, but there isn't anything about the product that would keep a determined mouse out.
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Hi, I had the very same problem (note had), I cut the blocks in half and laid the pieces (usually underneath the patio) where I believed they "traveled" the most. Voila! they ate all the pieces, after laying a second batch I noticed not all the pieces were gone/eaten, we did not see any more voles/field mice. I left the uneaten pieces in place - no more mice so I have removed the residue.