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Fresh Cab Rodent Repellent
Harold,

As mentioned before, Fesh Cab has a wide following. So much so that there seems to be a high demand at the present time driving the price skyward through some on line vendors. Some on Amazon are completely out of stock.

I have found a source on line for my brother and the price is very reasonable.
Fresh Cab Botanical Rodent Repellent Pouches - 4 Pk. by Fresh Cab at Mills...
Between the Fresh Cab in my LD and my cat, Sooty, I feel well protected.

Here’s a few pics of him doing an admirable job at keeping the mice at bay around my home.

Good luck to all who face this challange.

Kent
2015 27' RB "MissB.Haven"
Fresh Cab Rodent Repellent
Reply #1 –
Speaking of Fresh Cab. It appears my link was a dead end as well as they too are on back order.

Here’s a link to the company that manufactures Fresh Cab. Interesting offers
available. Like the industrial size shipment. This could be very useful for our LDO members with Barns and Storage facilities.

 Fresh Cab | Earthkind Earthkind

Luckily for me I just replaced the older packs in my LD. I tossed the used ones around my garage just in case the scent was still strong enough to fend of mice.

Kent

P.S. It appears even EarthKind is backordered. Just a busy season? They are located in Bismarck North Dakota. Maybe it’s time to give them a call.
2015 27' RB "MissB.Haven"
Re: Fresh Cab Rodent Repellent
Reply #2 –
Kent, just move to Alberta and you can save yourself lots of money!

Canada Province Rat-Free for 50 Years
Greg & Victoria
2017 Mid-Bath  “Nocona” towing a manual 2015 Forester
Previously a 1985 TK
SKP #61264
Re: Fresh Cab Rodent Repellent
Reply #3 –
Good advice Kent.

I'm on the hunt for the fresh cab.

HD
2014 27 MB
Towd: Either the Jeep Wrangler or trailer containing the BMW R1200GS and 2 E-bicycles
Happy wife=Happy life
Re: Fresh Cab Rodent Repellent
Reply #4 –
Kent,
Can the fresh cab be left in the Lazy Daze when you take it out on a trip, or do you remove the packets each time out?

HD
2014 27 MB
Towd: Either the Jeep Wrangler or trailer containing the BMW R1200GS and 2 E-bicycles
Happy wife=Happy life
Re: Fresh Cab Rodent Repellent
Reply #5 –
Reference Fresh Cab. FYI, we are currently camping with two other LD friends near Virgin, UT. One of them has found fresh evidence of a rat or rats in the engine compartment and he uses and had just put in Fresh Cab prior to finding the rat droppings.

I would love to know how many people have used this stuff in a vehicle in a location with a known history of rodent issues in the vehicle at that location and it worked or didn't. There are reviewers on Amazon who have reported that it didn't work for them.

Jim
Re: Fresh Cab Rodent Repellent
Reply #6 –

An interesting item from Consumer Reports. Soy based materials used in cars are atttacting hungry mice. 😩

How to Protect Your Car From Rodents | Chewing Wires - Consumer Reports


On Amazon, this product got the best reviews as a rodent deterrent.
Plus it smells good.
Amazon.com: Peppermint Essential Oil 4 oz. with Detailed User's Guide E-book...


As an Amazon Associate Lazy Daze Owners' Group earns from qualifying purchases.
Re: Fresh Cab Rodent Repellent
Reply #7 –
In regards to Fresh Cab, I suppose it’s effectiveness depends on the severity of the rodent infestation. Still I will live by the old adage...An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Purchased wisely Fresh Cab is fairly inexpensive and makes no mess and is bio safe. Is it “snake oil”?  I’ve been using it for quite a while and it works for me.

Regarding its effectiveness in my situation, I had one packet gnawed on in my engine compartment when I first began using it nearly two years ago. That was it. No evidence of droppings or damage. All my storage compartments are free of any pest inhabitation. There is no evidence that any critter has ever made their way into the LD. I’m pretty satisfied. I’ve camped all over and the rig is as clean as the day we drove it off the lot at the Mothership.

Harold, in answer to your question. I leave the Fresh Cab in place while traveling and replace the packets every 3 months or so. I always keep an unopened box of Fresh Cab in one of the bays so it’s alwsys close at hand.

A bit confused by its lack of availability right now, but I’ll buy more as soon as it becomes available. Hopefully very soon.

Kent 
2015 27' RB "MissB.Haven"
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Reply #8 –
Quote from: Kent Heckethorn  - 
I always keep an unopened box of Fresh Cab in one of the bays so it’s alwsys close at hand.

A bit confused by its lack of availability right now, but I’ll buy more as soon as it becomes available. Hopefully very soon.


Try your local Tractor Supply - that's where we've purchased it in the past.  Lack of supply could be due to folks closing up camps, winterizing RVs, etc. and buying up stock.
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Reply #9 –
Quote from: Michelle C  - 
Try your local Tractor Supply - that's where we've purchased it in the past.  Lack of supply could be due to folks closing up camps, winterizing RVs, etc. and buying up stock.

Available in Ridgecrest and Barstow.
Greg & Victoria
2017 Mid-Bath  “Nocona” towing a manual 2015 Forester
Previously a 1985 TK
SKP #61264
Re: Fresh Cab Rodent Repellent
Reply #10 –
I don't mind sharing that I still enjoy the direct and personal rat population reduction techniques: Snap traps, have-a-hart traps, electrocution traps, and shooting the vermin.  While we were exploring Arizona last week, my son came by the house to do a little watering and turtle care, as well as depleting some of our adult beverage stores. When I carefully inquired, he shared that he and his hunting dog prowled the yard at night and flushed out and shot two of the rodent residents.
What a great time for a kid; no parents in the house, drink Dad's beverages, let the dog hunt and flush out vermin, and a little easy plinking.
Fair exchange in my book...

HD
2014 27 MB
Towd: Either the Jeep Wrangler or trailer containing the BMW R1200GS and 2 E-bicycles
Happy wife=Happy life
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Reply #11 –
Aren't they cute when they are asleep?
2014 27 MB
Towd: Either the Jeep Wrangler or trailer containing the BMW R1200GS and 2 E-bicycles
Happy wife=Happy life
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Reply #12 –
Quote from: Blueox25  - 
Aren't they cute when they are asleep?
Yes they are. Found this beast on top of a friend's V10, where it was 'sleeping off' a dose of rat poison.



We used the same electric trap on the patio early this summer, killing two rats before having a skunk stick its nose into the trap,
to get to the peanut butter treat.
Well, it didn't die, instead it unloaded its full load of stink on our patio, making it an unpleasant place for several weeks.
The smell was so strong that it woke us up, inside a sealed up house, it is a very potent liquid spray.
No amount of washing made a difference.
The trap has since been relocated to a less used area.

Larry
Larry
2003 23.5' Front Lounge, since new.  Previously 1983 22' Front Lounge.
Tow vehicles  2020 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon, 2001 Jeep Cherokee
Photo Collection: Lazy Daze
Re: Fresh Cab Rodent Repellent
Reply #13 –
If I had known better, I would have taken pictures of my favorite catch, the California Pocket Gopher.  I've had very good success with the Victor brand gopher traps.  Time to go huntin' I guess!
Greg & Victoria
2017 Mid-Bath  “Nocona” towing a manual 2015 Forester
Previously a 1985 TK
SKP #61264
Re: Fresh Cab Rodent Repellent
Reply #14 –
Quote from: Larry W  - 
Yes they are. Found this beast on top of a friend's V10, where it was 'sleeping off' a dose of rat poison.


Please, please, PLEASE - don't use rodenticides!!!!  They are the cause of so many raptor/beneficial predator deaths due to secondary rodenticide poisoning as are many pet deaths (secondary and primary).

We are experiencing issues with owls and hawks here in Texas due to rodenticide poisoning and have personally had to rush a dog to an emergency clinic due to accidental ingestion (older ones have a month-long treatment, newer ones have NO ANTIDOTE!!!)
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Reply #15 –
As much as I dislike rats, I completely agree with Michelle. Rodenticides are a gruesome threat to ravens, owls, cats, etc. all of whom eat rats and can be poisoned by eating a poisoned rodent. Some Rodenticides (rat poison) are anticoagulants that cause an organism to hemorrhage to death. Shooting, snapping, or electrocution is a more humane end and doesn't endanger our beneficial predators.

Greg, I used to trap pocket gophers in the spring and freeze them whole in plastic bags. Then in the winter when I taught high school zoology, I used the frozen dead gophers for taxidermy practice during the taxidermy unit on mammalogy. Most of the kids loved it and got really creative with their stuffed gophers... like the girls who made Chippendale gophers with little bow ties and g strings. I still have one of those in my study.
HD
2014 27 MB
Towd: Either the Jeep Wrangler or trailer containing the BMW R1200GS and 2 E-bicycles
Happy wife=Happy life
Re: Fresh Cab Rodent Repellent
Reply #16 –
Not all my experiences with rodents have been negative.  We had a itinerant neighborhood hamster when I was a kid--she moved from house to house as each successive mom got tired of tracking/corralling her when she inevitably escaped.

I've thought of renting a couple of Chippendales to scare my kids...."What is she doing with the inheritance??!"   :D

Lynne
Lynne
LDy Lulubelle, Green '05 31' TB
Lilly, the 4-Legged Alarm
Re: Fresh Cab Rodent Repellent
Reply #17 –
I used to use a pest control service to help control the gophers and they would use poisonous bait.  I never did like the idea of that because of the reason Michelle states. And, you rarely know if you actually killed one as they would crawl off and die somewhere else if they did take the bait.  I like the positive reinforcement of actually seeing the dead critter in a trap.

Harold, I'm not nearly as creative as you and your kids were.  I simply stuff the varmint head first back in it's hole as a warning to any others.  Kind of like that scene in "The GodFather" with the horse's head!
Greg & Victoria
2017 Mid-Bath  “Nocona” towing a manual 2015 Forester
Previously a 1985 TK
SKP #61264
Re: Fresh Cab Rodent Repellent
Reply #18 –
Quote from: HiLola  - 
I used to use a pest control service to help control the gophers and they would use poisonous bait.  I never did like the idea of that because of the reason Michelle states. And, you rarely know if you actually killed one as they would crawl off and die somewhere else if they did take the bait.  I like the positive reinforcement of actually seeing the dead critter in a trap.

Harold, I'm not nearly as creative as you and your kids were.  I simply stuff the varmint head first back in it's hole as a warning to any others.  Kind of like that scene in "The GodFather" with the horse's head!
"I simply stuff the varmint head first back in it's hole as a warning to any others."

Reading this, the chipper scene from Fargo popped into my mind.

Chris
Formerly: 2002 30' IB
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Reply #19 –
Greg,
My delicate and genteel mother used to dig up the entry of the gopher or mole holes and stuff fresh German Shepherd poop into the hole and recover it with a board. She said that the gopher would come running down the hole and slam into the poop, face first, and then move out of the neighborhood out of embarrassment. It probably didn't work, but it kept her entertained and buried some nutrients in the garden.  And there is never a shortage of German Shepherd poop...

Chippendale photos:  The stuff a lady gopher's dreams are made of.

Bookshelves in my den. We are all a little different, aren't we?

HD
2014 27 MB
Towd: Either the Jeep Wrangler or trailer containing the BMW R1200GS and 2 E-bicycles
Happy wife=Happy life
Re: Fresh Cab Rodent Repellent
Reply #20 –
"Bookshelves in my den. We are all a little different, aren't we?"
---
Just wondering, Harold; have you noticed that invitees to dinner at your home may accept with a degree of trepidation?  ;)
2003 TK has a new home
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Reply #21 –
Harold,

You decorating sense is spot on.

Greg,

What a frightening scene it must have been for those pesky fellows finding “Uncle Sal” blocking their exit. “Hey, Unc, I’m late for a date...back off”.

Lynne,

I can only imagine the rodent population running in all directions when you break out the “Chippendales”. https://youtu.be/CR9Q0OspuVE

Run furry varmint, run!

All this talk brings to mind when our old terrier, Brandy Senior, gleefully jumped up on my daughters bed and presented her with a dead rat. Oh...memories and perhaps nightmares.

Kent
2015 27' RB "MissB.Haven"
Re: Fresh Cab Rodent Repellent
Reply #22 –
Quote from: Blueox25  - 

Chippendale photos:  The stuff a lady gopher's dreams are made of.

Bookshelves in my den. We are all a little different, aren't we?

Very cute, Harold!

Uh, is that a human skull there . . . ?  :o
Greg & Victoria
2017 Mid-Bath  “Nocona” towing a manual 2015 Forester
Previously a 1985 TK
SKP #61264
Re: Fresh Cab Rodent Repellent
Reply #23 –
Quote from: HiLola  - 
Uh, is that a human skull there . . . ?  :o

An obnoxious dinner guest?
We do know Harold is capable of killing things ;-)
.....and it makes a great halloween decoration.

Larry
Larry
2003 23.5' Front Lounge, since new.  Previously 1983 22' Front Lounge.
Tow vehicles  2020 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon, 2001 Jeep Cherokee
Photo Collection: Lazy Daze
Re: Fresh Cab Rodent Repellent
Reply #24 –
I just received a very nice response from the Fresh Cab folks. It is reassuring that the production of this very useful product will resume soon. Here is their contact to me in whole.

Kent

Good Morning Kent,

 

Thank you for reaching out to EarthKind and for being a loyal Fresh Cab customer!

 

First and foremost, please accept our apologies if we are delayed in replying to your inquiry via the EarthKind website. We had a technical difficulty and just now received your request. The EarthKind team realizes you may have since contacted us via phone or direct email in which we may have assisted to answer your questions. If below is a duplicate, my apologies. We wanted to ensure you were not left without answers and/or wondering where we disappeared to!

 

Sadly, Fresh Cab is out of stock, but we are working to replenish the supply. Fresh Cab has not been discontinued, but rather on back order due to a supplier issue. Since Fresh Cab is EPA registered, we are awaiting the EPA to register the new supplier. I've added your email to our mailing list so you will be notified once Fresh Cab is available for purchase. In the meantime, we've created a new formula, Stay Away Mice, that works in a similar way.

 

Fresh Cab vs. Stay Away Mice:

Fresh Cab vs. Stay Away | Earthkind Earthkind 

 

Stay Away Products:

Stay Away | Earthkind Earthkind 

 

Find a Retailer:

Store Locator | Earthkind Earthkind

(Recommend call before driving over to ensure they have the product you're looking for in stock.)

 

Once you've had a chance to review, please do not hesitate to reach out if additional questions arise. The EarthKind team is here to assist you!

 

Kind Regards,

 

Trista O’Brien

Customer Care Specialist

346-D East Plaza Drive, Mooresville, NC 28115

trista@earth-kind.com | P: 919.371.5830

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2015 27' RB "MissB.Haven"