Peppermint: A minty fresh repellent
photo credit: tee 1 by inasaka
I hope this has never happened to you. We recently moved into our new apartment with our 6 month old son, and were horrified to see a mouse scurry across the room. The next morning I noticed droppings on our half-unpacked boxes, the floor, the baby’s toybox, and even on our comforter in our bed!!!! It was reviling.
I was desperately trying to find a clean and safe way to rid our home of these unwanted visitors. Also, the fact that we have a 6 month old baby on the verge of crawling made this situation exponentially challenging. I was told by another mom to try peppermint oil because mice hate the smell of peppermint. Simply soak a cotton ball with peppermint oil and rub it it in the corners of your home or near the threshold, if they are coming from the outside. This was a much more appealing solution than trying the traditional poisonous traps, the sticky traps, or the spring-loaded mice traps that would have posed a grave threat to my curious 6 month old. A side effect was a minty fresh smelling home.
Curious, I did a little bit of research on peppermint oil. I could not find any articles describing its’ mouse-repelling properties, but I did learn that it has a wide application for many different health conditions. Read the rest of this entry »