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Anyone got any useful advice dealing with a rodent problem? Bonus points if any tips for spiders.

Anyone got any useful advice dealing with a rodent problem? Bonus points if any tips for spiders.

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Get 2 outdoor cats from a shelter and both problems will be taken care of.

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Got strays but they must be domesticated or allergic to mice

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Yes, get 2. One of mine is a lazy bum and doesn’t do anything.

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Fire works. I release black snakes under all my buildings for rodents. Jumping spiders in the windows kill evetything they can.

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Jumping spiders in the windows kill evetything they can.

We have one in almost every window. Black with little white spots.

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Do you want them alive or dead? Youtube university has a bunch of DIY traps.

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https://youtu.be/clTq6Gzm0SA

The 'walk the plank' style mouse traps are the most effective, simple, and cheap.

Mice are dumb.

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If you have the money a pest control company can be useful. Our service repaired the crawspace door, took out the old plastic underneath, and got rid of the ants and mice ai battled for 7 years.

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best thing for spiders is tal-star, treat your front, back, and side yard(s) and make sure it drys for at least an hour (don't do it before rain), it kills every bug in your yard for about 6-8 months, don't spray your garden. It kills spiders but most importantly it kills all their food, so they will fuck right off.

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Just One Bite Bars. or the bucket o' stuff. comes in pellet packs.

in fact, i need to order some more just in case. the first time i bought it, i had kept it in a paper bag in a back room in the house. i didn't even have to lay any out. something ate right thru the wrapping.

i placed a half bar outside under the HVAC that sits on a cement pad. there's a gap in the foundation, a small hole where the little and big rodents must have been getting in the walls and attic. well, the half bar was gone by morning. I put a whole bar broken into big chunks under there again and those were gone next morning, too. i did that one more time and not all the bait was gone. Knock on wood, that was two or three years ago and I haven't had a problem since. So I am going to do some maintenance placement soon.

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Killing rats, mice, rabbits, flies and spiders is a continual battle when living rurally as I do.

Poison in inaccessible locations. Mouse and rats traps where pets can reach. . 22 and air rifle for paddocks and gardens

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Is arson an option here?

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Way things keep going that won't even be an option, we'll all be dealing with that here eventually it feels like.

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Leave the spiders alone unless you like bugs. Traps for the mice, find the holes they use and stuff with steel wool

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Steel wool breaks down over time. Better to use fine galvanized wire mesh or

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