Has anyone had any long-term experience with the benefit, or lack thereof, of those plug-in-the-wall pest control devices ??

I see two different descriptions/types advertised; those that emit a high-frequency noise, either constant or motion-senser controlled, and those that "make the wiring throughout the house" into some sort of pest-repelling force-field.


I need to be rid of mice, both house and big-eyed field mice.


I also need to be rid of numerous neighbor's cats of all shapes and descriptions; it is unreal just how destructive cats can be to property; they absolutely ruin good alfalfa hay to the point that not even a starving animal will eat it; they have gotten into my lumber sheds and made the top layers so covered with cat-crap that I will just have to burn good figured Cherry, Walnut, and such in a brush-pile fire.


I see a unit advertised on TV that can be dialed in to repel different size critters, including cats.

What effect would such a unit have on horses that must use the same barns that I want to keep the cats out of ??


If I can ever catch all the cat-owning neighbors gone at the same time, I know how I will take care of the problem; but, alas, that never happens.

 

It might take a bit longer, but this would be my solution for one at a time pest reduction: Gamo Whisper 177

 

BK, we have them all over the house, nothing, nada, zip......The Mice win.

Wifey still cannot come to grips with it so they are still plugged in.

 

Only way I have ever gotten rid of cats without making enemys is to use a live trap. Check it in the morning before the neighbors are up. Never release the cat because you will never catch it again. If you are soft hearted, put the trap in a cardboard box with a hose going to the exhaust of a car. After an hour, just to make sure, dunk the trap in a garbage can full of water. If you aren't real soft hearted, keeping the cat in the trap, cut the tip off a 22short and shoot it in the back of the head in your garage. I like cats but enough is enough.

 

Boy you Alaskans get all the fun I have to resort to my beagle malling them into mince meat!

 

Poisoning and possible drowning are soft hearted??

We have plug-in things in our house, and they got rid of the mice we had. Spiders too.

 

My Mom has them all over the house in every room ,the spiders like using them to make nests on cant say about mice because she has 8 cats

 

Do you know what brand you have? I would like to try them at my parents house.
As far as carbon monoxide poisoning for cats, I recommend it. Seems painless and pretty stress free. Lots of humans die in their sleep from it and none of them ever complained. I am planning on going out that way if it ever comes down to it.

Its down at my parents place in CA that we had to resort to cat extermination. Up here the wolves, coyote and bears take care of loose house cats.

PS: Our last cats lived 14yrs and 16yrs but they were never allowed to bug the neighbors.

 

They are proven Snake Oil.... Don't waste a dime on them they do not work.

 

Let me just say that I will neither confirm nor deny that this works, and works well ...... although I do prefer the .22 air rifles as a better option.

 

FWIW. As far as Cats, Bark is right. Trapping and disposing of them is the only solution if they are ferrel.

For the mice, we use Decon. It dehydrates them so they don't stink. We drill a 3/4" hole in a five gallon bucket with a lid on it so nothing else can get to the poison. Fill em up daily.

And ya Barks methods are very humane. a guy could also set up a bunch of snare traps and let the cats hang there until they gnaw their own leg off. They would be easier to shoot that way though...

 

Pray for Owls......they took care of about 40 Ferrel cats around my friends house.

 

Feral cats will eventually repopulate a home site thru locating it by smell. Many humane society's will trap them and fix them, then return them to the area to hold the ground so more breeding cats don't move in. This doesn't solve the problem of cat crap in your stuff.

I'd go with an air rifle and be quite discreet about eliminating them. Some superhyper animal lover will cause you more grief and attempt to make you out as the next Hitler if you aren't punished to the max extent of law, but usually will not lift a finger to assist you in protecting your property.

 

Coyote urine sprayed where the cats are gathering?

I have a cat for the mouse issue, matter of fact the cat takes care of all dogs that come by the yard as well. had squirrels in my garage, locked the cat in there for several night, no more squirrels.

 

Just to be clear, the problem cats are not ownerless feral cats; every last one of the worst offenders sports a fancy collar, along with vet-tags and name-tag.

All of the cat-owning neighbors have less than half-an-acre apiece, compared to my seven acres plus woods.

I have two ajoining neighbors that each have over a hundred acres, lots of cattle, horses, and dogs, plenty of dogs, and none of their activities nor animals are ever a bother.


I made the mistake of putting a couple bags of garbage on the back of my truck one night, meaning to head to the dumpster with it the next morning; those evil pet cats ripped the sacks apart and scattered all of it all over the place, taking at least an hour to clean up.