Hi All,
Sorry I have been so absent. Grieving and preoccupied.
Have a huge mouse problem and now snakes - just learned we also have water moccasins (in addition to copper heads) - my coop and run reek of mouse urine/smell/stink - mostly the run - I need to clean it out as much as possible and was going to put essential oil of peppermint in the corners and along the walls under the bedding - **but** I got 3 broodies sitting in the coop in teh corner under a board with not much ventilation and hesitate to put such strong essential oil in "their corner" - bird lungs are more sensitive than ours. Also, my dog kennel butts up to the run, so would my dog go nuts/be hurt from essential oil of peppermint?
I don't want to hurt the birds or dogs - just get the mice to move along (got a you tube video that tested the noise makers and the peppermint oil - noise did not work, peppermint oil really did - in an overnight, filmed test with mice trained to get treats in a test area box) - anyway, has anyone used essential oil of peppermint around the animals or done some research into what it may do to them/if it is ok for them???
Any input much appreciated. Thanks for reading!!!
I want to clean the coop and run on Tuesday and wonder if I should use the oil? It would be great to use, if ok for the birds and dogs, since my mouse trapping is a losing battle. Repelling them would be great. But not if it hurts my birds or dogs!
Sorry I have been so absent. Grieving and preoccupied.
Have a huge mouse problem and now snakes - just learned we also have water moccasins (in addition to copper heads) - my coop and run reek of mouse urine/smell/stink - mostly the run - I need to clean it out as much as possible and was going to put essential oil of peppermint in the corners and along the walls under the bedding - **but** I got 3 broodies sitting in the coop in teh corner under a board with not much ventilation and hesitate to put such strong essential oil in "their corner" - bird lungs are more sensitive than ours. Also, my dog kennel butts up to the run, so would my dog go nuts/be hurt from essential oil of peppermint?
I don't want to hurt the birds or dogs - just get the mice to move along (got a you tube video that tested the noise makers and the peppermint oil - noise did not work, peppermint oil really did - in an overnight, filmed test with mice trained to get treats in a test area box) - anyway, has anyone used essential oil of peppermint around the animals or done some research into what it may do to them/if it is ok for them???
Any input much appreciated. Thanks for reading!!!
I want to clean the coop and run on Tuesday and wonder if I should use the oil? It would be great to use, if ok for the birds and dogs, since my mouse trapping is a losing battle. Repelling them would be great. But not if it hurts my birds or dogs!