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

Bill Adler Jr. (Author)

Book Description

Series: Outwitting | Publication Date: February 1, 2001

From mice in the pantry to rats on the rafters, Adler provides practical advice to help you get rid of your rodent problem for good.

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From the Back Cover

Anyone who has had mice invade his or her home knows that nothing is as unnerving as hearing them scurrying behind walls in the middle of the night or finding droppings on the kitchen counter in the mourning. But discovering mice in your home is the easy part. It's trying to get rid of them that can throw any sane person into utter madness. Thankfully, Outwitting Mice provides step-by-step solutions. From mice in the pantry to rats on the rafters, Bill Adler provides dependable, practical advice and innovative methods to help you solve your rodent problem for good. You'll learn how to: identify rodent damage on your property; build a better mousetrap; buy commercial deterrents that really work; protect yourself and your family from rodent-borne diseases; protect gardens from woodchucks and gophers; eliminate rodents and assure that they never come back; find effective, humane solutions and more. (51/2 X 81/4, 160 pages, illustrations)

About the Author

Bill Adler Jr. is the author of Outwitting Critters, Outwitting Deer, and Outwitting Squirrels. He has appeared on many major TV and radio shows explaining his techniques for keeping pests away from home and garden.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Lyons Press; 1st edition (February 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1585740047
• ISBN-13: 978-1585740048
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,303,695 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Look, I love Micky and Minnie too, but, enough is enough. The mouse must die., October 15, 2005

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Allan M. Gathercoal "fdoamerica" (Norcross, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Outwitting Mice: 101 Truly Ingenious Methods and Proven Techniques to Prevent Mice and Other Rodents from Invading Your Home (Paperback)

Before I got this book I was waging a war of attrition, and the rodents were winning. My nemeses were, and still to a lesser extent are, mice. I tried the snap traps and the rodenticides, but when you consider that mice mate up to 17 times a year and each litter has 4 to 9 little gnawers!, well, I needed other weapons in the anti-rodent arsenal. This book knows about `em. Also, the practical tips in this book will make what you are using more effective. When you can buy a book that is as fun to read as it is informative, then that is a find. The last chapter has a slew of listing of that companies that offer remedies to various pest problems ( their web page are included).

In this series there is also:"Outwitting Bears" and "Outwitting Ants". I can't wait for for Lyons Press to publish "Outwitting the IRS". Highly Recommended.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Provides many useful suggestions, June 6, 2001

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This review is from: Outwitting Mice: 101 Truly Ingenious Methods and Proven Techniques to Prevent Mice and Other Rodents from Invading Your Home (Paperback)

It's easy to know when mice have invaded a home, and hard to get rid of them - but this provides some step-by-step solutions for any struggling with rodents. From choosing commercial deterrents which work to sealing a house against infestation and handling problems in apartment buildings, Outwitting Mice provides many useful suggestions.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining and useful, June 6, 2010

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L. Morey "Tailwaggers' Mom" (Twin Cities, MN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Outwitting Mice: 101 Truly Ingenious Methods and Proven Techniques to Prevent Mice and Other Rodents from Invading Your Home (Paperback)

Not only useful, but also entertaining. I successfully applied some of the tactics to rid my home of the little varmints.