Grease-like gel for repelling rodents

摘要

Grease-like compositions are provided for repelling rodents. The compositions utilize nontoxic mineral, synthetic, or vegetable oil based gels containing silica, clay, urea, polytetrafluoroethylene, or metallic soap thickeners and capsaicin.

主权项

1. A rodent repelling composition comprising:
70 to 95 wt. % of a base oil selected from the group consisting of silicone oil, white oil, vegetable oil, and combinations thereof; 3.0 to 20 wt. % of a thickening agent; 2.0 to 20 wt. % of a high viscosity polyalphaolefin; 0.025 to 0.1 wt. % of a repellent agent selected from the group consisting of capsaicin, dihydrocapsaicin, nordihydrocapsaicin, homodihydrocapsaicin, homocapsaicin, nonivamide, vanillylamide of n-nonanoic acid, piperine, allyl isothiocyanate, allicin, and combinations thereof; and 0.25 to 5 wt. % of a solubility improving additive.