They include squirrels skunks deer mice rats dogs cats raccoons moles snakes pigeons and a variety of other animals.
Mothballs in attic.
Step 4 take any leftover mothballs and shove them in any openings where you think the bats were coming in.
Any such use is illegal.
However the fumes can last much longer allowing mothballs to effectively last for several years if in a properly sealed container.
If you re having to go under the house or up in the attic put a container with several mothballs in the correct location a day ahead of time.
What is a mothball anyway.
Hang the mothball bags all around your attic.
They secrete a very strong smell due to an organic compound called 1 4 dichlorobenzene.
While it s possible to wait out the mothball smell this isn t recommended in no small part because the poisonous residue will remain after the smell dissipates.
Moths love to chew at clothing like wool and they can ruin clothes that you have put in your attic or closet.
The mothballs are quite effective at keeping them away.
Moth balls were stored in this space and when the person we know went up to work in the attic they were exposed to fumes that eventually killed them while they were working.
Derik s neighbor advised him to use mothballs to control the rats.
Bats hate the smell and they will not come back in the attic.
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Getting rid of the mothball smell.
Lately derik had seen a couple of rats in his basement and heard them running around in his attic during the nighttime.
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Often mothballs are used in these locations to control pests other than clothes moths stone said.
Mothballs are balls of pesticide and deodorant.
Mothballs are the little spherical objects that are used to keep moths away from your clothes when you store them.
As a result derik purchased several boxes of mothballs and then scattered them in his basement and attic.
The question is if they are equally as useful in keeping a bat away.
This way the bats will smell the mothballs before they even try to enter the attic.