Comments on Ken Armstrong Writing Stuff: Attic Attack

I had a similar experience last year, a little/big...

2009-10-01T15:50:24.809+01:00

I had a similar experience last year, a little/bigger/big guest in the attic. I caught a glimpse of it one day, momentarily, from the rear. Pregnant. That did it. Doreen was sure it was a rat. All I could confirm was a a rotund body and a long tail. Never did find out.

If it's a mouse, there will be "signs"...they seem...

2009-10-01T15:14:13.733+01:00

If it's a mouse, there will be "signs"...they seem to love to poo in someone else's space. :) Mouse control is hubby's job but we found the food of choice here was half a jellybean. Our mice seemed to "prefer" licorice ones. Go figure.

Squirrel was my second guess because they scamper so much.

I'd ask if you had bats in your belfry but that just seems rude somehow. :)

E-J Not waffling at all. Very welcome thoughts. ...

2009-10-01T14:52:54.320+01:00

E-J Not waffling at all. Very welcome thoughts. I think your advice is good, pretty soon now, I will stop enjoying myself and call in someone who knows what they are doing.

Visiting the inhumane traps is a mixed experience - I don't really want to find anybody in there, I guess...

LuceKD: See, that's *interesting* cos the noise is extraordinarily interrmittent... does it occur when it rains, not sure but I will check. Ta.

As for making you laugh, nuh-huh, I feel for this shit before. :)

Laura: You are the Rambo of my visitors here. I would not be the rodent to come visit your pad. :)

Not the... Did you get a pis of this squirrel? It sounds terrifying - like Sandy off Spongebob when she hibernated.

Cellobella: It won't be cute or white, no. But never fear, you just filled the blog-quota for that. :)

Whatever it is I bet it's not cute and white. Som...

2009-10-01T09:35:57.117+01:00

Whatever it is I bet it's not cute and white.

Some say the best cure for scuttling in the attic is snake poo.

Good luck getting that in Ireland!

:)
We have a resident upstairs as well - we used to think it was a rat but recently I saw a possom on the road in our suburb so maybe I have a little marsupial friend.

No. You're right. More likely a rat.

We had that same thing a year ago in NH..it was a ...

2009-10-01T02:13:49.172+01:00

We had that same thing a year ago in NH..it was a squirrel.

We used a Hav-A-Heart-Trap ( a cage of no exit, really) and that thing was HUGE and nowhere near cute..Squirrelzilla!!!!!!!! Run!!!!

Peace - Rene

We put poison down for chipmunks and squirrels all...

2009-10-01T01:52:08.012+01:00

We put poison down for chipmunks and squirrels all Spring and Summer. They try to dig their way into the house from outside, especially this time of year. We had to fix part of the siding to keep skunks from making a nest just under the front room, again. Hope that keeps them out cause the poison didn't seem to work on them. Sure is not a nice thing to come home after dark and smell a skunk, knowing they are living near the front door of your house.

Someone else suggested we get traps. When we catch a rodent just throw the whole thing, trap and rodent, into the fish pond and let them drown. I know there are some who will be horrified with that but it seems fairly reasonable to me. We don't live in the country any more. They really do need to find their way out of the suburbs. One way or another. I sure don't want rabies!

Funny post, you make me laugh... Is it raining wit...

2009-10-01T00:19:14.552+01:00

Funny post, you make me laugh...
Is it raining with you? We had intermittent scratchy thing happening & realised it was only when it was raining. Instinct is to head for high ground so they run up drain pipes and squeeze into roofspace. We put chicken wire over end of drainpipes and they've not been back.
Might be worth a try?

When we had a mouse problem some years ago, we tri...

2009-09-30T23:54:11.078+01:00

When we had a mouse problem some years ago, we tried the humane trap and it simply didn't work (mouse was too fast, or too smart) so we resorted to the inhumane one, and it proved very effective. I do, however, have two very sad journal entries from that time recording how I felt about laying the trap and despatching our first mouse. In our case, it was necessary because the little buggers were crapping visibly in our food, but if you're not actually sure that Mr Mouse exists, I'm reluctant to recommend anything except that professional pest control should do an investigation.

Sorry for waffling! EmmaJaneR

Pam: I'm not sure about the bird - sometimes I su...

2009-09-30T23:23:04.607+01:00

Pam: I'm not sure about the bird - sometimes I suspect that. My attic is not easily accessible.

Marmite eh...? :)

Susan: That is just *so* funny. I gave the mice one after eight and ate the rest myself. :)

Bonniecelt: I *promise* I won't put poison down. Your reasoning is very sound. See you on the trampoline. :)

I beg of you, don't put poison out. For their sake...

2009-09-30T23:18:04.639+01:00

I beg of you, don't put poison out. For their sake and yours - a dead mouse that you can't locate stinks WAY out of proportion to it's size.

Ok, ok, I admit, you got me, it's me. Couldn't re...

2009-09-30T23:06:26.205+01:00

Ok, ok, I admit, you got me, it's me.

Couldn't resist those damn After Eights. *sigh* I'll leave quietly now.

Poor mice - apportioned blame with no evidence! ...

2009-09-30T22:59:00.031+01:00

Poor mice - apportioned blame with no evidence!

OK, sure it's not a bird/bat in the soffit boxes?

Marmite - love it or hate it, I know someone who got rid of mice with it. The mice were so appalled at the Marmite that they moved house.............