Patent ID: 7021555

Claim:
A method of periodically spraying live animals, said method comprising: (a) obtaining a portable electric sprayer, which includes: (i) a fluid reservoir; (ii) a nozzle for producing a spray of fluid; (iii) a conduit between the fluid reservoir and the nozzle; (iv) an electric pump coupled so as to pump fluid from the reservoir, through the conduit and out of nozzle; (v) a control panel configured to accept user settings that control operation of the electric pump; (vi) a control circuit electrically coupled to accept the user settings from the control panel and configured to activate and deactivate the electric pump when indicated by the user settings; and (vii) a battery compartment for inserting at least one battery, whereby the portable electric sprayer may be battery-powered; (b) filling the fluid reservoir at least partially full with fluid; (c) setting the control panel to intermittently produce sprays of the fluid; (d) directing the nozzle so as to provide the sprays toward at least one small animal; and (e) allowing the portable electric sprayer to cycle through a plurality of the sprays while unattended, wherein the control panel settings made in step (c) are chosen based on known needs of the at least one small animal to which the spray is to be applied.