Well it seems the mothballs are doing the trick. No longer do I hear the scampering of the lawn rats as I enter the barn , garage, or outbuildings. Secondly, we're relocating them with the help of a Havaheart trap. So far, we've moved 20 of the population 3 miles down the road. Harry Yarnell perryman garage and orphanage perryman, MD hyarnell1@earthlink.net