 Doctor OldsI Need A Remedy For What's Ailing Me.Premium,VIP
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Re: Mice in attic How are they getting in? Do you have trees touching the roof and open paths to inside the roof? |
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| said by Doctor Olds:How are they getting in? Do you have trees touching the roof and open paths to inside the roof?
I feel your pain. It's not sleep-inducing to lay in bed at night and hear them scurrying around overhead. When a trap was sprung, I'd roll out of bed to face a sometimes half-dead foe.
Look around the entire exterior of the house and ignore no holes or gaps. Here's my story ...
I hired an exterminator to come out for a half hour and look around my brick-faced house for problems. He more or less said everything looked good. Which was true at ground level, since I'd already made sure everything at that level was sealed up.
However I later noticed a lilac brushing against the gutter and nearby to that I had a warped trim board leaving a gap of about 1/2" by 2". In addition my awesome powers of observation (probably while doing the mind-numbing task of water plants) revealed that chipmunks and mice have no problem scaling vertical brick and mortar, moving almost as fast as on the ground.
When I cut back the lilac and removed the old trim boards, I found a mouse skeleton or two and a whole lot of old mouse poop in the soffit. New trim boards seem to have taken care of the problem.
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 exocet_cmI am the law - Judge DreddPremium
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said by Doctor Olds:How are they getting in? Do you have trees touching the roof and open paths to inside the roof?
I haven't found an open gap into my roof after checking twice. I do have LOTS of oak trees having over my house but nothing touching and no plants around the house.
The only thing I can think of is somehow from underneath the house but the last time I was under my house repairing some footings I didn't see any gaps.
I truly don't know how they are getting in.
Edit: Ahh, you know what? Can they get in via the dryer vent? I have a vent to the outside for dryer exhaust but no cover on the vent (has been on my "to do" list for months). This would probably explain the droppings in the washroom leading to behind the oven which had a small gap in the baseboard and drywall.
Hmmm....
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said by ArgMeMatey:When a trap was sprung, I'd roll out of bed to face a sometimes half-dead foe. That's why the Dcon covered traps are the best. The mouse can't get the bait without spring the trap; And if the trap springs, the mouse's neck gets crushed. No stolen bait. No false trips. |
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said by exocet_cm:Ahh, you know what? Can they get in via the dryer vent? I have a vent to the outside for dryer exhaust but no cover on the vent (has been on my "to do" list for months). This would probably explain the droppings in the washroom leading to behind the oven which had a small gap in the baseboard and drywall.
Hmmm....
Did I mention the time I was in the basement one afternoon a few summers ago, and I heard scurrying overhead? Didn't realize what it was until I was out in the garden and saw a chipmunk headed up the wall to my high efficiency furnace air intake. I found the furnace full of seeds.
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@comcastbusiness.net | said by ArgMeMatey:I found the furnace full of seeds.
I found a dead bird jammed in the intake blower one time. It either got sucked in, or otherwise flew 50 ft in the wrong direction. It was a royal pain to get the blower out and replace. Needless to say, all my gas appliance intakes now have a grill. |
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| When I lived in an apartment, I got home one day to find no hot water at the tap. Went to check the water heater and diagnosed the pilot light was out. When I relit it, all hell broke loose. A small bird had apparently fallen down the flue. His initial flailings while I was at work likely extinguished the pilot light. When I relit it and the regular flames lit the burner, he went nuts. The flames killed it before I could get the gas turned off. Sad, but nothing I could do to save it since I did not know it was there.
As for the mice in the attic:
The Rat Zapper
I have the ultra model. If you order from amazon.com then it is cheaper and with free shipping. There are videos of it in action on youtube if you like snuff films.
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kudos:1 | said by sempergoofy:As for the mice in the attic:
The Rat Zapper
I have the ultra model. If you order from amazon.com then it is cheaper and with free shipping. There are videos of it in action on youtube if you like snuff films.
Here's another vote for The Rat Zapper. They really work, no mess, no blood, no decapitations! |
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kudos:8 | That thing is cool! I love the videos of the rats getting "Westinghoused".
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