Rope lights vs mice video

[SMR]

Interesting video about mice and rope lights

 

[Isaac-1]

Not really a good video, as it may depend on the species of rodent

 

[Tulecreeper]

This is akin to laying your lasso around your bedroll to keep out snakes.

 

[Kirk]

it may depend on the species of rodent

It works well for packrats. If you spend time in packrat country you will see many people leave the hood of their vehicles open at night to discourage them as well as using lights. I suppose that it works because they are nocturnal?

 

[Rene T]

It works well for packrats.

I’ve been called a packrat because I keep everything. I never know when I may need it.

 

[johnhicks]

I just recently read of a report on lab lighting and mice. Someone had the idea that all the red, blue etc monitor lights might have an effect when the lab is closed and overhead lighting switched off; the finding was that blue light appeared to reduce activity while other colors had no effect. Mousetrap Monday is the only other test of the folk remedy I've heard of.

 

[John From Detroit]

I had not heard of that in regard to MICE but to some insects.

Myself one of the first things I installed in my RV was a mouse eradactor (Actually a pair of them)
They also purred if you petted them which was kind of nice.. but I never had a mouse problem Even when my next site neighbor did.

 

[Professor David]

mouse eradactor

Pictures?

 

[Lou Schneider]

We had a family of cats who lived at the KCBS transmitter, which was in the middle of a cow field with lots of rodent activity. They kept the area in and around the building pretty much rodent free, preventing damage to the equipment. A previous engineer submitted "cat food" on his expense report and was denied reimbursement. He later re-submitted it as "mouse eradicator fuel" and it sailed through.

 

[UTTransplant]

After 30+ years of various RVs from pop ups to our current Class A, we have always had at least one mouse eradicator on board, most of the time 2-3. We got our first mouse a month or so back. We discovered we had a mouse under the bathroom slide because both eradicators were right there staring. Kevin dispatched the mouse. We caught one more in a trap in a bay, but that was it. No babies, and only one wire chewed which happened to be one that used to be used for the macerator we no longer use.

 

[Ray-IN]

This is akin to laying your lasso around your bedroll to keep out snakes.

Hey now_, if it worked for the Duke.

 

[John From Detroit]

We had a family of cats who lived at the KCBS transmitter, which was in the middle of a cow field with lots of rodent activity. They kept the area in and around the building pretty much rodent free, preventing damage to the equipment. A previous engineer submitted "cat food" on his expense report and was denied reimbursement. He later re-submitted it as "mouse eradicator fuel" and it sailed through.

Reminds me of the Olympic standard swimming pool at the Sate Police training academy.. Congress denied it. So they re-did the blue prints... The only thing they changed was the label
It now read 490,000 gallons underwater recovery training tank.

Congress approved no problem and I've swam in it.

 

[Wasillaguy]

I recall a certain company I worked for that had terrible cost controls. The system was so weak that anyone could put in a materials requisition against any charge number they wanted. Finally an all hands meeting was called and management insisted there was no real problem and any mis-charges would be caught in audits.
A couple weeks later a Jeep Wrangler was delivered to the front door. When they looked back at the purchase requisition it was charged to management's overhead, signed by Albert Einstein, and labeled as "accounting deficiency demonstration unit".

 

[Lou Schneider]

We had a family of cats who lived at the KCBS transmitter, which was in the middle of a cow field with lots of rodent activity. They kept the area in and around the building pretty much rodent free, preventing damage to the equipment. A previous engineer submitted "cat food" on his expense report and was denied reimbursement. He later re-submitted it as "mouse eradicator fuel" and it sailed through.

The building at another transmitter site I took care of had a screen door with a sign someone added to it: "Rattlesnake Guard. Please keep closed."

 

[Kirk]

which was in the middle of a cow field

Was that a cow pasture, or maybe a corn field?
I did grow up on a farm but never did see anyone plant cows???

 

[Lou Schneider]

Was that a cow pasture, or maybe a corn field?
I did grow up on a farm but never did see anyone plant cows???

OK, it was a field used to graze cattle after the hay was harvested.

 

[DonTom]

It works well for packrats. If you spend time in packrat country you will see many people leave the hood of their vehicles open at night to discourage them as well as using lights. I suppose that it works because they are nocturnal?

Old thread, but right on the subject I would l now like to know more about:

But . . .

I would NOT consider that "many use it" evidence of anything. Many people believe all types of nonsense. Nonsense gets popular very fast.

"A lie told often enough becomes the truth".

However, one thing for sure is that it will not hurt to have lights and it could work for a short while, but the rats can get used to the lights. How long it will take for the packrats to ignore it? Well, I hope, it's longer than the 11 days I am here!

I have no opinion on this either way. But when I search on the web I find mostly these types of facts. Nothing even about keeping the hood up.

But one thing for sure is that it will not hurt and I am doing both. I just went to HFT (very scentic to ride over Gate's Pass on my motorcycle) and got item number 58910. Charges by solar during the day for night use.

I can select 8 settings:

1. Steady On.
2. Slow Glow.
3. ast twinkling.
4. Slow twinkling.
5. Flashing in series.
6. Flashing Reverse Series.
7. Fast Flashing in series.
8. Slow Flashing in series followed by reverse series flashing.

Since pack rats like to get used to things first, perhaps it will work if I select a different mode every night.

But the only thing for certain is that it cannot hurt.

But I think the jury is still out on this one if any of it helps keep the packrats away.

-Don- Tucson, AZ

 

[JudyJB]

I thought you were supposed to put lights underneath your RV, not in a circle around it. My understanding was that packrats avoid going where the lights are, not avoid crossing a line of lights.

And why is this guy writing a blog about RVing if he doesn't do it????

 

[DonTom]

I thought you were supposed to put lights underneath your RV, not in a circle around it. My understanding was that packrats avoid going where the lights are, not avoid crossing a line of lights.

Yes, the idea is packrats do not like a lot of light. Keep it light where you do not want the packrats.

And why is this guy writing a blog about RVing if he doesn't do it????

I don't see an issue there. He probably has seen others do such and he wanted to test the theory. However, I do not think his test was done 100% correctly.

But I think the guy is correct that the packrats can get used to the lighted-up area if they think they may want something there. But that takes time. That's why I got a light that can be changed the way it works every night. By the time the packrats get used to it, they get a change that could keep them away for a while longer.

But I am only guessing what could work. I do not claim to know.

Seeing many others here use the lights is not evidence that it works, IMO. The only thing I am sure of is the light cannot cause a problem.

-Don- Tucson, AZ

 

[JudyJB]

That's why I got a light that can be changed the way it works every night. By the time the packrats get used to it, they get a change that could keep them away for a while longer.

If nothing else, the blinking lights will irritate them enough that they will go to a neighbor's friendlier place!!