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Drive away house mice: You can get rid of rodents with peppermint oil

2022-12-28T16:32:54.048Z


Drive away house mice: You can get rid of rodents with peppermint oil Created: 12/28/2022, 10:00 am By: Joana Lück Mice are often found indoors, especially in winter, because they seek shelter and food there. Home remedies such as peppermint oil can be used to combat rodents in the long term. House mice may look cute with their round ears, dark saucer eyes, and brown fur, but like many other w


Drive away house mice: You can get rid of rodents with peppermint oil

Created: 12/28/2022, 10:00 am

By: Joana Lück

Mice are often found indoors, especially in winter, because they seek shelter and food there.

Home remedies such as peppermint oil can be used to combat rodents in the long term.

House mice may look cute with their round ears, dark saucer eyes, and brown fur, but like many other wild rodents, they transmit diseases and are therefore considered pests.

But with simple home remedies you can get on them without immediately calling the exterminator.

Drive away house mice: You can get rid of them with peppermint oil

House mice are mostly found in apartment buildings, supermarkets, farms.

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Chewed cupboards, food and characteristic droppings usually indicate one or more mice.

In contrast to the vole, house mice are conspicuous for their comparatively large, round ears.

House mice also have longer tails than voles.

Even if house mice are omnivores, the animals prefer grain as food, which is why you should always seal open food packaging well.

The following home remedies are suitable for combating:

  • Peppermint oil: As reported by

    Nordbayern.de

    , the rodents do not like this oil.

    Drizzle a cloth with concentrated peppermint oil to keep mice running away or even stopping them from settling in your kitchen or basement.

  • Vinegar: Vinegar is not only effective against aphids or as a remedy against limescale - it is also used as a home remedy against mice.

    According to

    Nordbayern.de

    , the whole apartment is cleaned with strong-smelling vinegar water.

    Another advantage is that the vinegar not only drives away the mice, but also disinfects them.

  • Spices: People perceive cloves, oleander or chamomile as fragrant, while mice run away at the smell.

You can find even more exciting garden topics in the regular newsletter of our partner 24garten.de.

If these home remedies do not move the mouse to move out, you can catch the rodent with a live trap and release it.

Source: merkur

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