[pct-l] Mice

[Brick Robbins]

Contact VVR and see what they say.

I always used MTR which is right on the trail and doesn't require a
boat ride (but they charge more) They are the ones that started the
5gallon bucked trend many years ago

I didn't have any packages molested by mice  in a post office, but I
do recommend MARKING them in some way really really obvious, like
yellow day-glo paint. Finding your among all the others can be an
effort for some postmasters.

in one post office, the postmaster couldn't find mine till I mentioned
the rainbow tape I had used to mark it.

I saw some boxes painted, and those stood out the best, and were
probably the easiest to see, but mark ALL sides cause you don't know
what side they will be able to see. And there are LOTS of boxes in
some places.



On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 12:14 PM, Kevin Cook <hikelite at gmail.com> wrote:
> ah OK. So for VVR I might want to use a bucket, but if all my other packages
> are going to a PO, a box is sufficient, right?
> I had just planned to line each box with a trash bag, and all the food will
> of course also be individually bagged as well.
>
> On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 12:55 PM, Brick Robbins <brick at brickrobbins.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 7:43 PM, Kevin Cook <hikelite at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > I'm using a bucket for my bounce "box", but are you saying all food
>> > shipments should be in a bucket?
>> > That's going to increase the cost of shipping significantly.
>>
>> I would suggest that shipments to any place that might have a rodent
>> problem might be a good idea.
>>
>> For example Muir Trail Ranch requires it.
>>
>> I never had a problem with shipped food to Post Offices being
>> bothered. I would imagine that Federal Postal Facilities probably have
>> different standards for pest eradication than ranger's huts.
>
>