Thursday, January 12, 2012

Rodent Deterrents that Really Work: The Evictor Rodent Strobe Light

They don't call this rodent deterrent The Evictor for nothing. In 2008, I helped my friend Amelia move into one of those undergound tornado safe homes; it had been vacant for 6 months. Her attic was at ground level and let me tell you, little did she know then, she had critters of all kinds. There was a stench coming from inside the walls I recognized, but we weren't sure at this point which rodent smell that was. Amelia knew the struggle I endured finding the best way to get rid of mice in my home years earlier.

We put our heads together and devised a plan, one that was 100 times better than my original aimless course of action. In fact, the reason why I write this blog is becuase I have tried almost every mouse and rat trap. If one didn't do the job, it didn't get a second chance.  Had the Evictor Rodent Strobe been available 14 years ago, I would have used it and saved myself a lot of money, headaches, repairs and wasted time. The only doubt I had when we researched the rodent deterrent, was that it didn't specifically mention mice.  But after using it, I can vouch that it works for mice too.  You know, this is purely speculation, but maybe the reason The Evictor manufacturer doesn't specifically list mice on the long list of criiters it deters, is that mice tend to also live in walls, and there is no way for the strobe light to reach in those corridors. But, let me share with you the results we got from a combination of methods used with The Evictor Rodent Strobe.

What tipped us off to the rodent probem at first was the odor of the house. A few weeks before she moved in the property managment folks had placed mouse poison throughout the house causing mice to die inside the walls. Amelia's mom ordered a product called Fresh Wave, which is the best odor remover I have ever used. Her mom braggs about it all the time, but I just didn't like the idea of having an ugly plastic jar of goo opened in my living space. Reluctantly, I tried it; lets just say, your nose will love you, especially if your suffering dead mouse smell. Now, in 2012, Fresh Wave has a whole product line, including sprays, sachets, candles, crystals, gel and carpet powder. Stacked up next to the expensive store brands that rarely work, this stuff is awsome against rodent reek or stinky wet pet. Fresh Wave's odor remover is economical and absolutely works at nuetralizing odors, even smoke, and refills are available too.  Sorry didn't mean to sound like a commercial, but I love this stuff, everyone should know about it.

Flickr via Les Stockton
How we used The Evictor Rodent Strobe Light

We knew for sure that we had to ge rid of mice, a few rats, lots of squirrels and chipmunks or two (at least we think it was a chipmunk). Over the course of 3 weeks, this is what Amelia did:
First, she set up her Evictor strobe lights, one in the garage and one in the attic. Being an underground home, there was no crawlspace.

Then, after 24 hours she shut off the Evictor Rodent Strobe Light; I wasn't there, but she screamed into the phone that squirrels were running amuck on the top of her house right past her feet. To explain this weird phenemon, all undergound homes are different, hers happened to have a carpet of grass running over the roof. Driving up to her house is always a sight, seeing the horses and dogs standing on the roof grazing with windows below.

Next, about three hours later, she turned the rodent strobe light back on.  She did an on and off schedule 3 or 4 days. However, we still had to combat the mice in the walls.

How to estimate how many mice you have

The next day, Amelia and I had got together for a girlie gabbie catch up all night sleep over - with a plan in mind. We sprinkled some baby powder on the laundry room floor; when we ran out of that, we dusted the kitchen floor with flour along the floor boards. The next morning, we barely stopped ouselves from destroying the evidence as we walked to the coffee pot. Looking accross the room, we could see at least a dozen mouse tracks. Tracks ran from the kitchen to the laundry room and back; and some ended at the carpet. Mice live within 30 feet of thier food source; we were close. Amelia half suspected anyhow when she found droppings in her food drawers. We didn't eat the donuts I brought over for breakfast because there were little flour prints on top of the cellophane; the donuts were on the kitchen counter. Mice are very good climbers, jumpers and swimmers; I saw one leap about 3 1/2 feet in my barn a few years back.

Repulsed yet starving, we headed out to breakfast. Like my three boys, Amelia yearns to gross me out; as if the morning donuts we not enough, she talked about youtube videos of rats and mice in restaurants. Wanting to eat my pancakes, I warned her she'd be on her own if she didn't stop. On the way back to her house we checked in at Lowes, Home Depot and Walmart for the Victor Electronic Mouse Traps,but all they had in stock were snap traps and sticky glue mouse traps. Back at the ranch, we bought the mouse traps she needed online at a few different places. We were pretty sure we were dealing with mice only, but Amelia wanted to get a Rat Zapper too. Rat Traps will work on capturing mice, pretty much anything that gets lured inside; the larger rat traps can usually hold and kill more than one mouse at a time.

How to use Mouse and Rat Traps with the The Evictor Rodent Strobe Light

Amelia got the traps within two days. As per the instructions, she baited the Victor M260 Multi-Kill Electronic Mouse Trap with peanut butter, shoving in a piece of bacon for good measure. Amelia's thinking was two fold, the smell of bacon was sure to lure mice from beyond 35 feet of the kitchen and laundry room. And Amelia has a kind heart (except when I am eating); the spoiled mice deserve "a last dinner." The Ratzapper rat trap was set the same way and placed in the garage. She baited and set a few smaller electronic mouse traps in each room just in case. A little over kill? Maybe, but her thoughts were more about ending the whole rodent recurring nightmare all at one time.

Look at the size of that thing!


Keeping the strobe on 24 hours a day, she also repaired and plugged all the holes and entry ways where the rodents were getting in. That was when I was introduced to copper mesh as a stoppage blockage material for holes; it works much better than steel wool and it doesn't rust. The real bonus is that bonding agents stick to it better too.

Rodent Control Solution that Worked

Over the course of the next week, Amelia caught a lot of mice in the Victor Multi Kill Mouse Trap, a rat and several more mice in the garage Rat Zapper, and one mouse in the hallway. It had been a very successful mouse catching week, the rodent dropping discoveries ceased as well as the need to empty the electronic mouse and rat traps. The Evictor Rodent Strobe Light is fired up and bright, it keeps all those cute but destructive critters away day and night.



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4 comments:

  1. Hello Pam,

    So glad that our Evictor Strobe Lights helped you solve your problem. It took me months of experimentation and testing to solve a "37 year old" attic squirrel problem with the Strobe Lights. That was 6 years ago and the beginning of the "Evictor" Strobe Light product. I recently returned to that home, changed a few bulbs and the homeowners report that they are still "squirrel free".

    Thank you for your review.

    Bill Earl
    http://pesttools.us/

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  2. Well, Mr Earl, I am delighted once again that you came to visit another one of my pages, where I am bragging about your wonderful invention, the Evictor Rodent Strobe Light. I know when I was battling rodents years ago, this product would have saved me a lotta moola. Between the cost of traps, dealing with the dead or live critters and the costs associated with rodent damage, it is well worth it. I like to call it a little insurance policy. Wow, 37 years! That's a long time dealing with a rodent problem. All those great customer reviews on the Evictor at Amazon reflect people with long time rodent problems like yours; they are stunned your Rodent Strobe works so fast, many within 24 hours.

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