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Re: critter in the wall! - davester - 01-31-2017
GGD wrote:
It's probably a mouse, just give it time, it found it's way in, it will find it's way back out, or it will explore until it finds some other large area like an attic or garage (or inside your house).
Fat chance! It's never "a" mouse. If you have mice or rats you need to take active measures to get rid of them before they start destroying your wiring, insulation, etc. .
Step 1: Figure out where they're getting in. They only need very small gaps.
Step 2: Set out traps to either catch/release or kill. I've used both types. The key is to set them properly...always with the business end against the wall, never in open areas (mice/rats run along the walls, not out in the open).
Step 3: Plug the openings. Brass or copper wool is best since they won't chew through it and it won't rust.
Re: critter in the wall! - mikebw - 01-31-2017
Make a smaller hole, get a shopvac...
Re: critter in the wall! - ztirffritz - 01-31-2017
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Re: critter in the wall! - Rick-o - 01-31-2017
We get an occasional chipmunk, that find their way through the hose bib opening crack outside. I *think* I re-caulked it enough to deter them from entering. For the time being...
They make a hell of a racket scratching in there!
Re: critter in the wall! - OWC Jamie - 02-01-2017
it's alive, diseased, infected, and it's trying to eat it's way out into your BEDROOM!!!!!!!!!!
It's a monster...a mutant...a killer !!!!!!!
Is gonna get you as soon as you close both eyes !!!!!!
It's the monster in the wall:
Oh wait, no, that's the monster in the closet.
Never mind.
Re: critter in the wall! - mrbigstuff - 02-01-2017
Yeah, laugh away, but I almost had an accident when it started scratching right behind my head last night.
Re: critter in the wall! - btfc - 02-01-2017
Look out, Moose may be searching for Squirrel:
http://www.mtexpress.com/news/hailey/moose-is-rescued-after-landing-in-basement-bedroom/article_81f466bc-e741-11e6-9441-730daeba4643.html
Re: critter in the wall! - Pam - 02-01-2017
Put some traps out along your foundation. It may take a few days, but you should get something. Peanut butter with black sunflowers works very well. I use my birdseed which is heavy with black birdseed.
Re: critter in the wall! - NewtonMP2100 - 02-01-2017
....remember.....Love.....Is the......Tender....Trap......