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Berlin, Ma

I just noticed mouse damage to a couple of my pumpkins. They have chewed some skin off around the size of a dollar bill. Traps have been set, just wondering what to do to the chewed area?

8/18/2008 11:08:52 PM

Littleton, Colo

Moth ballz....put them around the pumpkin about 4 inchez apart around the whole thing....a couple boxez of decon just outside the ring too.....worked last year for us....

8/18/2008 11:43:09 PM

Anamosa, IA [email protected]

Keep the chewed spots dry, or coat them with captain powder or pain them with straight daconil to prevent rot. If they weren't chewed too deep, they will heal. My best one right now has a huge scar from a groundhog attact, painted with daconil.

8/19/2008 8:37:11 AM

Utah

if you can you'll want to check under your pumpkins now to make sure the mice haven't tunneled inside them.

8/19/2008 5:59:22 PM

Berlin, Ma

Thanks for the info. Caught 3 so far with 16 taps set. They look like a cross between a rat and a field mouse. Dark in color, 3X the size of a field mouse but not as big as a rat.

8/20/2008 10:08:57 AM