Originally Posted By beamerdog As some of you may have read, the outside of my house has been invaded with critters who usually have a healthy respect for humans. Two snakes in the ac unit, another with a full tummy in the driveway, birds nesting in the gutter, heating pipe, and on my outside porch light (and more, but these are a bit away from the humans, lol). But here's the worst. I have a mouse nesting on my new car's engine. Whaaa? I removed the nest, but I know that the little Mickey might be chewing on wires. I'm thinking of putting mousetraps every night in the car, back area and engine and removing them every morning (in addition to placing them around the garage) and having the exterminator take care of the immediate area surrounding the house. Anyone with some good ideas? I am so definitely calling the exterminator on Monday morning. I'm beginning to feel like Evan Almighty!
Originally Posted By LuLu Argh! I definitely have rats living in my yard. I saw one very distinctly this evening. So, what did the exterminator say?
Originally Posted By chickendumpling I'm so sorry to laugh, beamerdog, but this just struck me as so funny once you said that you were feeling like Evan Almighty! I didn't know you were having all those experiences. We had a snake in the house once (of course I posted all about it, lol) but I've never had a mouse nesting in my car. I don't know what to do about that really except be sure not to give him a cookie 'cause you know what happens then... I did a quick Google for you and found this: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/5pzkbr" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/5pzkbr</a> I wonder what the Car Talk guys on NPR would say. Hope you are able to get this dealt with quick. I would be interested in finding out what was successful for ya.
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 Ugh. You wouldda thought the snakes could have taken care of the rodent problem. Stupid snakes. Sorry I came so late to the thread, beamerdog. What happened? Sounds as though calling the exterminators was a good move, given the veritable menagerie you've been hosting. (I know I would have been tempted to cheap out and fill the garage with D-Con traps.)
Originally Posted By beamerdog The exterminator was here a few days ago. He said that the one in the car is dead - he can smell the carcass. ????!!!!! I couldn't smell a thing, although when was the last time I smelled a mouse carcass, lol. So now I have traps set around the outside of the house for little mousies - that should also take care of the snake problem. And another trap for the groundhog. The mice will die, and they take the groundhogs and release them very far away from the area. Oh yeah, and I asked him why there seem to be far less groundhogs around this year. He laughed and said that he has another client close to here who has been shooting them. OMG. He did give me this option for the snakes, but I decided against it: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/6ml46f" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/6ml46f</a>
Originally Posted By disney pete sorry you shouldnt laugh i also thought like inspector the snakes would get the mice,it's a pity steve irwin is not with us anymore he would take care of them little beauties for ya hope all ends well beamerdog.
Originally Posted By LuLu Well. We had a rat in the house Thursday night. DD discovered it upon hearing it in her room, after we'd both gone to bed. UGH! It was so big! We both slept in my bed with the door closed tight, but we didn't sleep all that well! Friday my ex came over and set a trap for it. Friday evening around 9 I heard the trap spring... then I heard a bit of trashing... it took me a while to muster up the courage to go look, then a while longer to *cerefully* move the whole contraption to the garage. I felt icky for quite a while afterwards. But I was glad I didn't have to look forward to it going off in the middle of the night! UGH!
Originally Posted By beamerdog Ugh. Rats are so disgusting - all I can remember is that nasty thing lying spread-eagle before me in biology class with all his glories exposed. ugh ugh ugh
Originally Posted By beamerdog Well, the groundhog is nowhere to be seen and I saw a mouse go into a hole on the outside of my garage. I think I'm going to drive over to the market and buy a mousetrap and be done with it. All I can say is, don't mess with beamerdog this weekend. I'm in a fightin' kind of mood!
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove This has been quite charming. You all are so clever! xoxo *Grateful for Rhett and Scarlett and how they keep the buggies out of the house*
Originally Posted By beamerdog You are so right, STIL. My roommate (right after school) and I had a little mousie living in our gas range. He was a goner after I got my cat, Oblio. We never had a varmit problem as long as she lived - 19 years!
Originally Posted By beamerdog UPDATE: My DS and I came home from the movies this afternoon and lo and behold the cutest little mouse was sitting in the middle of my garage contemplating his next conquest. His little sparkling eyes captivated me and it was love at first sight. So I took a plastic box and trapped him. Okay guys, so now what?
Originally Posted By LuLu Put him in a cage and feed him cookies? So, what did you do? Did he suffocate yet?
Originally Posted By beamerdog hahahaha I'm calling Critter Control on Monday morning. After all, I paid them for this, lol. I think he'll expire first from starvation as where the plastic box and garage floor isn't a perfect seal. It does pain me to think of that cute little fellow (or gal) suffering, but then I think about them crawling (and propagating) inside my walls. I'm also wondering why that squirrel wasn't attracted by the bait in the groundhog trap as he leisurely munched on a nut on my porch this morning. I so need to move to a high-rise condo.
Originally Posted By beamerdog Today I found a nest of 4 or more little bunnies in the porch pot I was going to clean out and plant. They were very cute! I wonder when I move if all the critters will follow my car in a line down the road.
Originally Posted By beamerdog btw, I left the mouse under the plastic tub and when I finally did check on it THERE WERE 2 MICE THERE!!!!!! huh?
