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2169 Mission Street has a little bit of a rat problem. Here are some ways you can help:
Noisebridge has not seen any rats since the reboot.


''Please stick your name next to anything you've completed.''
Please report any pests at all (rats, cockroaches, mice, etc) at the Tuesday meeting.
 
==On Going==
===Food and Kitchen===
* Do not leave food out after you've left the space. Rats love left overs.
* Use trash cans with lids. Rats love to jump into open cans.
* Wash all your dishes and put them away. Rats love that you don't clean your plate.
 
===General Space===
* Don't create hiding space. Rats love to hide under and around tight spaces, such as build out materials.
* Don't create nesting spaces. Rats love them too.
* Don't leave the doors open during the later hours when no one is around. Rats would much rather walk right in than create a new hole to sneak in.
 
==The War on Rats==
===Geneva Convention===
* Can't kill or hurt the rats. --The Vegans
* Can't get a cat. --The Allergenic
 
===Defensive===
* Find and eradicate (clean with soap to get rid of any scent they'll want to return it) all nests.
** Under the stairs leading up to the fire escape.
** In the elevator room.
** Under the DJ booth.
** Possibly under the hack and user shelves.
** Possibly under all the build out materials next to the classrooms.
** Possibly under all the spare wood and shelves in the shop.
* Patch all new holes (fill with steel wool and spray foam so they wont bother with it).
** In the elevator room.
** Under the DJ booth.
** Under the stairs leading up to the fire escape.
* Install rubber gaskets/sweepers under doors to reduce space for the rats to run under.
** Main entrance.
** Not-a-fire-escape.
** Door at the end of the stairs under the DJ booth.
 
===Offensive===
* Build a better mouse trap.
** Trap cannot hurt the rats as to not make the vegans angry.
** Let go of the rats at Pumping Station: One.
 
===Experimental===
====Ultrasonic====
* Get ultrasonic emitters. [http://www.amazon.com/Victor%C2%AE-PestChaser%C2%AE-Ultrasonic-Rodent-Repellent/dp/B0015WM4QA/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1267045186&sr=8-4]
* Set them up outside of the space.
** At the end of the ledge holding the lights in the main stairs.
** In the not-a-fire-escape stairwell.
** At the bottom of the stairs under the DJ booth.
* See if any humans can hear them.
 
====Peppermint====
* Get some peppermint.
* Spread it around the space without stinking up the space.

Latest revision as of 12:34, 7 March 2016

Noisebridge has not seen any rats since the reboot.

Please report any pests at all (rats, cockroaches, mice, etc) at the Tuesday meeting.