Outwitting Mice : 101 Truly Ingenious Methods and Proven Techniques to Prevent Mice and Other Rodents from Invading Your Home

by Bill Adler Jr.

• ISBN13: 9781585740048
• ISBN10: 1585740047
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2001-02-01
• Publisher: Lyons Press

Summary

From mice in the pantry to rats on the rafters, the bestselling author of "Outwitting Critters" provides dependable, practical advice and innovative methods to help readers get rid of their rodent problems for good. Illustrations throughout.

Table of Contents

Introduction	7	(2)
Rodents in the United States	9	(8)
How They Got Here
Why Rodents Exist
Population Explosion
Humans and Rodents	17	(12)
Some People Like Rodents
Rodents on the Silver Screen
Rodents in Literature
Rodents as Pets
What Is a Rodent?	29	(48)
Species
Rats
Mice
Gray Squirrel
Red Squirrel
Muskrats
Beavers
Voles
Lemmings
Porcupines
Chipmunks
Prairie Dogs
Gophers
Marmots
Weird Rodents That Would Be Scary to Have Anywhere Near Your Home
Animals That People Think Are Rodents but Are Not
Attack of the Rodents: When Your Home Becomes Their Home	77	(16)
How to Tell If You Have a Problem
When You Live in an Apartment
When Your Home Is a House
Dangers of Rodent Infestation
Strategies for Eliminating Them	93	(44)
How to Make Sure You Never Get Them----or Get Them Back
Mice and Rats
Squirrels and Chipmunks
Porcupines
Beavers
Prairie Dogs
Gardens
List of Stratagems	137	(12)
Products	149	(6)
References	155	(2)
Index	157