I think that unless you have plentiful mouse predators in your area, that you are opening up a can of Mice! Predators and food limit the reproductive capacity of most rodents and you have provided them with a very high quality diet. Richard Vista, CA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jane McGary" <janemcgary@earthlink.net> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 9:19 AM Subject: [pbs] Crocus predators > Mike's mention that the worst problem growing crocuses in his area is > animal predators motivated me to mention yet another new attempt at > controlling mice in a crocus collection. Field mice won't take many of the > baits sold for control of house mice, and the ones currently at large here > seem unusually clever at robbing the bait out of traps without triggering > the traps. I finally decided to try distraction. Since they love sunflower > seeds, I just put a bowl of sunflower seeds (the kind sold for bird > feeders) in the crocus area of the bulb frame where they were digging for > corms. They've been taking the seeds and have left the pots alone for a > few > days now. I hope this will be an environmentally safe compromise. I plan > to > move the seeds gradually away from the crocuses and teach the mice to go > somewhere else for food. > > Jane McGary > Northwestern Oregon, USA > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php