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  • From: Lucky Pittman <Lucky.Pittman@murraystate.edu>
  • To: nafex@yahoogroups.com
  • Subject: [nafex] Death to chipmunks(and squirrels)
  • Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 16:18:30 -0500

I can't swear that it absolutely works, as I never SAW a dead bushy-tailed
tree rat, but pilfering of my nut/acorn plantings ceased abruptly when I
started putting out Peanut Butter/Plaster-of-Paris bonbons for the varmints.
I think a fellow NAFEX member gave me the recipe...

Mix cheap peanut butter with Plaster-of-Paris until it reaches a "stiff
dough" consistency. Fashion into small(peanut-size) balls, place in
strategic sites, where the critters are likely to encounter them. Voila!

I suppose it might be advisable to make certain that they're not accessible
to dogs or children. Whoever put me onto them indicated that they 'turn to
concrete' in the varmint's GI tract.
I don't know if that's correct or not, as I suspect that POP has to be
exposed to air when moistened in order to harden. It may be more of a case
of the POP causing some sort of major derangement in the animals'
electrolyte balance by upsetting the calcium:phosphorus ratios or something
along that line.
Or, maybe it cooks the little rascals from the inside out - ever notice how
a plaster cast heats up while it's curing?
Lucky Pittman
USDA Zone 6
Hopkinsville, KY




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