“Rodents Chewed Through My Home’s Electrical Wiring and Cost Me Thousands. Here’s How I Solved the Issue Without an Expensive Exterminator”
Grace Branche, 43, was at her wit’s end. She’d just inherited her parent’s home and she was completely in love with it.
It was such a charming house and Grace dreamt of owning it since her childhood. There was just one problem: something scary and disgusting was living in the walls.
Grace was sitting on the couch watching the news on a typical Wednesday night. Then... POP! Total darkness. The power in her living room went completely out. When she called an electrician, they said mice had chewed through some electrical wires.
“Those mice,” Grace says, “became the bane of my existence.”
What started out as just a few mice quickly escalated into a much bigger problem… The worst part was having guests see mice droppings in the kitchen! Grace found herself in a terribly embarrassing situation.
“It was like it wasn’t even my home anymore. The mice lived there and I was their guest,” Grace says. “My daughter literally freaked out one night after seeing a group of mice and their droppings in our pantry. It was that bad.”
Grace’s mice problem needed to be solved — and fast. So she tried all the usual “remedies.”
“I tried everything,” Grace says. “Poisons were out of the question because we have dogs and kids. Regular mouse traps only caught a few at a time.” Plus, exterminators can cost up to $500 or more depending on the size of the infestation.1
With seemingly no way out, Grace actually fantasized about demolishing the entire home and rebuilding it from the ground up.
Little did she know, the answer to her problem was right around the corner… literally.
“My neighbor came over and a mouse scurried right past me when I opened the door,” said Grace. “She took a huge step back and asked me if I had pet mice!”
Grace explained that no matter what she did, she couldn’t get rid of the mice. Grace’s neighbor, with a look of shock on her face, quickly turned and walked back to her car.
“I was mortified,” Grace says. “I started thinking the worst, like maybe she was calling child services on me? But then I saw her grab something out of her car and come back.”
This time, her neighbor held a package with big bold letters on it and walked right in the door. She immediately started placing these weird little pouches all over the house. Before she left, she turned to Grace and said two words:
“Trust me.”
“Well, it worked!” said Grace. “That night I went to bed as usual, prepared to hear mice scratching in the walls or even see one run across my bedroom floor. But then something magical happened: complete silence. I slept the entire night without hearing a sound.”
Grace had no idea how it worked, but she was convinced. She was dying to know what was in those little pouches, so she checked the package and saw the word VAMOOSE printed on it.
“I couldn’t believe it,” she said. “I ordered 6 more packs right then and there. I put them in the attic, basement, kitchen, closets, and one by every entrance to the house.”
The convenient little pouches that send rodents running...2
Vamoose — developed by the plant-powered pest control brand, BugMD — is an easy way to help keep pesky vermin out of your home. Each pouch is infused with a combination of rodent repellents straight from Mother Nature: cornmint, citronella, and linseed oils.3,4,5
Citronella Oil has been shown to keep rodents away from food sources,6 while Linseed and Cornmint Oils are considered a common first line of defense against rodents.7,8 By combining all 3 of these oils, Vamoose makes rodent control an absolute breeze. In fact, in one report Vamoose was shown to repel mice and rats for up to 30 days! 9
And unlike traps and poisons which require careful handling and messy clean-up, BugMD’s Vamoose is safe around people and pets when used as directed. Simply hang or place a pouch of Vamoose anywhere in need of pest control — and get back to the peace, quiet, and cleanliness you deserve.
With over 120,000 customers, Americans are happily switching to BugMD…
There are thousands of glowing reviews by satisfied customers for the BugMD brand online. But in order to give you a real sense of what to expect with BugMD Vamoose, we wanted to give you a detailed, week-by-week evaluation.
WEEK 1
I wanted to see if Vamoose could help clear-up a truly disgusting mice infestation. My mum lives in the country and I kept finding chewed-through bags of chips and mice droppings all over her house. I even saw a huge rodent scurry across the floor one night when I was trying to sleep. So, I put 8 pouches of Vamoose anywhere I saw evidence of mice.
RESULT: I came back back the next week and I was shocked to find absolutely no trace of mice. I checked the pantry, under furniture, basically everywhere. I was amazed and so was my mum. She thanked me and asked me where I got them.
WEEK 2
For the next test I wanted to see if BugMD’s Vamoose could keep rats out of my garden. I’d noticed some big bites in my vegetables and was frustrated with so much wasted produce. So, I placed about 6 pouches around the perimeter of my garden and waited.
RESULT: I checked my garden a week later and inspected every inch of my vegetables. And I didn’t notice any new bites! I was stunned but decided to wait another day or so to check again.
Important Note: I only put Vamoose in my garden. But without their usual food source, the rats got into my garage where I keep my dog’s food and chewed through the bag. So I think it’s important to get Vamoose for every area you suspect of rodents.
WEEK 3
I took my experiment to my mum’s storage shed where mice had totally taken over. It was so bad, they’d made nests in boxes of clothes and left droppings everywhere.
It was absolutely disgusting going into that shed and I really didn’t want to see any mice, so I quickly placed about 12 pouches and got out of there as fast as I could.
I came back a week later and was terrified to go back in. So, I peeped my head in first to make sure no mice were running around. No visible mice, so I went inside to see if they’d made any new nests or left any droppings. Surprisingly, it looked like the mice had left the building! I honestly couldn’t believe how well these little Vamoose pouches kept rodents away.
FINAL THOUGHTS
BugMD’s Vamoose is a great way to keep mice, rats, and other rodents away. It’s a fantastic alternative to traditional traps and risky poisons. In fact, it may even be better since there’s no messy cleanup. So, if you’re looking for a convenient way to help keep rodents OUT of your house, try Vamoose for yourself — you’re covered by a 30-Day Satisfaction Guarantee.
SOURCES:
1. Home Advisor, Tschudi R. Learn how much it costs to Hire an Insect Control Service. Home Advisor. https://www.homeadvisor.com/cost/environmental-safety/hire-an-insect-control-service/. Published 2022.
2. Snell E, Smith T, Standley P, et al. Evaluation Of The MR-101813-CTL-4CM Granular Rodent Repellent. Meansville, GA: Snell Scientifics LLC; 2016. 1-14.
3. Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Mentha+canadensis>
4. Singla N, Kaur R. Potential of citronella oil as rodent repellent measured as aversion to food. Applied Biological Research. 2014;16(2):191. doi:10.5958/0974-4517.2014.00010.x.
5. Baker, B.P., & Grant, J.A. (2018). Linseed Oil Profile.
6. Singla N, Kaur R. Potential of citronella oil as rodent repellent measured as aversion to food. Applied Biological Research. 2014;16(2):191. doi:10.5958/0974-4517.2014.00010.x.
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7. Baker, B.P., & Grant, J.A. (2018). Linseed Oil Profile..
8. Snell E, Smith T, Standley P, et al. Evaluation Of The MR-101813-CTL-4CM Granular Rodent Repellent. Meansville, GA: Snell Scientifics LLC; 2016. 1-14.
