Go to the store, get some rat poison, put it out in the attic and around your property.
Close the hole in your attic.
Maybe $50.
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The exterminator called back. It's going to be a lot more than $50, unfortunately.
They're coming Monday. They promise to leave no critters in the building, catch them all with traps on the roof and around the house (outside), then close the hole and guarantee no critters for six months.
At this stage of my life, I'd rather pay than have to do it myself. And I don't want dead critters decomposing in my attic. Ugh.
We had a mouse last year, and I put mouse/rat poison in many places, including the attic. It probably expired by now.
One of my many mouse traps caught her. Want to see the picture? (Just kidding, not offering to post it.)
Trying to maintain a sense of humor.
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I have a house mouse. Probably more than one, but I refuse to admit it. It lives under my stove. I can't catch the damn thing! I leave traps out every day when I go to work (and Pooch is locked in the bedroom) but they won't go for it. Stupid house mouse is apparently smarter than me!
The exterminator called back. It's going to be a lot more than $50, unfortunately.
They're coming Monday. They promise to leave no critters in the building, catch them all with traps on the roof and around the house (outside), then close the hole and guarantee no critters for six months.
At this stage of my life, I'd rather pay than have to do it myself. And I don't want dead critters decomposing in my attic. Ugh.
We had a mouse last year, and I put mouse/rat poison in many places, including the attic. It probably expired by now.
One of my many mouse traps caught her. Want to see the picture? (Just kidding, not offering to post it.)
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Ed, just go to the hardware store and buy bait boxes and bait. It will cost you about $100 for the supply which will last a year or so. Every couple of months refresh the bait. Hire someone to sew up the hole they created to get in. That is exactly what the terminating company will do.
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Ed, just go to the hardware store and buy bait boxes and bait. It will cost you about $100 for the supply which will last a year or so. Every couple of months refresh the bait. Hire someone to sew up the hole they created to get in. That is exactly what the terminating company will do.
That's what I suggested. He doesn't want to do that.
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Ed is at the stage of life where he can decide what tasks he wants to take on himself and what tasks he would prefer to hire out. I would be hiring this one out like him and I am much younger. Whatever makes you happy Ed.
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Ed is at the stage of life where he can decide what tasks he wants to take on himself and what tasks he would prefer to hire out. I would be hiring this one out like him and I am much younger. Whatever makes you happy Ed.
I have a house mouse. Probably more than one, but I refuse to admit it. It lives under my stove. I can't catch the damn thing! I leave traps out every day when I go to work (and Pooch is locked in the bedroom) but they won't go for it. Stupid house mouse is apparently smarter than me!
I had about 20 traps in places the mouse was likely to go.
First, I baited them all with either cheese or peanut butter, but did NOT set them. The idea is that the mouse tests the traps very carefully, to see whether they will snap.
She took the bait from a few of them, and I replaced the bait.
After a few days, I baited them ... and set half of them to kill.
Found her the next morning. Double bagged her and the trap and added it to the garbage for pickup.
No more evidence of mice since.
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Squirrel proofing the attic is expensive - once they get in, they are likely to always get in.
They had to remove an aluminum panel. I expect the exterminators to secure things so they can't get in again.
I got a lifelike plastic owl at the garden store, which I will set up on an air conditioner, or hang from a tree. (The instructions say to relocate it every two or three days).
I'm not sure it will fool any squirrels or birds, but --- why not try it?
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Bait boxes are those you put bait in that the animals eat than go outside in search of water. Not the trap kind where it snaps and kills/maims the animal. You don't want animals dying in your house.
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Bait boxes are those you put bait in that the animals eat than go outside in search of water. Not the trap kind where it snaps and kills/maims the animal. You don't want animals dying in your house.
I thought about just leaving them a paint tray with antifreeze in it, in the attic.
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Ed ~
Once your exterminator has done his job, go to the Dollar Store and get 4-5 boxes of moth balls, and sprinkle the balls liberally througout the attic. Rodents detest the smell of moth balls. The scent lasts 9-12 months at least.
Ed ~ Once your exterminator has done his job, go to the Dollar Store and get 4-5 boxes of moth balls, and sprinkle the balls liberally throughout the attic. Rodents detest the smell of moth balls. The scent lasts 9-12 months at least.
Cheers
Thank you Momala, I will.
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Exterminator came this afternoon and set two traps by the entrance the critters had made to the attic.
The traps are now occupied.
Tomorrow Harry will come back and replace the traps.
He told me squirrels are actually fairly stupid. So one squirrel, seeing a fellow squirrel caught in a trap, will hesitate, see peanuts in the second trap, and go right in for the peanuts.
So, they're nasty AND stupid.
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Exterminator came this afternoon and set two traps by the entrance the critters had made to the attic.
The traps are now occupied.
Tomorrow Harry will come back and replace the traps.
He told me squirrels are actually fairly stupid. So one squirrel, seeing a fellow squirrel caught in a trap, will hesitate, see peanuts in the second trap, and go right in for the peanuts.
So, they're nasty AND stupid.
What have you done about closing up their entrance?
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Harry will return and re-set the traps every day, Monday through Thursday, until no more squirrels get trapped. Friday he just takes the critters and traps away for the weekend, since he can't leave a critter in a trap more than 24 hours and he doesn't work on weekends.
Once no more squirrels are getting trapped, he will attach a bag in their entrance. If squirrels are still entering and leaving, they will easily tear open the bag, so he will continue with trapping them.
Once the bag stays intact, he will close up the opening with a metal plate.
At that point, I think I'll put out some antifreeze in a pan for any remaining critters (there shouldn't be any!) so they won't immediately make a new exit for themselves to go out and find water, and party.
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Harry will return and re-set the traps every day, Monday through Thursday, until no more squirrels get trapped. Friday he just takes the critters and traps away for the weekend, since he can't leave a critter in a trap more than 24 hours and he doesn't work on weekends.
Once no more squirrels are getting trapped, he will attach a bag in their entrance. If squirrels are still entering and leaving, they will easily tear open the bag, so he will continue with trapping them.
Once the bag stays intact, he will close up the opening with a metal plate.
At that point, I think I'll put out some antifreeze in a pan for any remaining critters (there shouldn't be any!) so they won't immediately make a new exit for themselves to go out and find water, and party.
Glad you got it taken care of ed, I for one would hire out, I have no interest in directly partaking in the destruction of animals. It's a necessary evil sometimes but I don't want to do it!
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Harry will return and re-set the traps every day, Monday through Thursday, until no more squirrels get trapped. Friday he just takes the critters and traps away for the weekend, since he can't leave a critter in a trap more than 24 hours and he doesn't work on weekends.
Once no more squirrels are getting trapped, he will attach a bag in their entrance. If squirrels are still entering and leaving, they will easily tear open the bag, so he will continue with trapping them.
Once the bag stays intact, he will close up the opening with a metal plate.
At that point, I think I'll put out some antifreeze in a pan for any remaining critters (there shouldn't be any!) so they won't immediately make a new exit for themselves to go out and find water, and party.
If you close them up inside and poison them the may end up dying where you can't get them
-- Edited by cadiver on Wednesday 10th of June 2015 01:38:24 AM
The poison the exterminator will put out is the same one you buy at the store.
It dehydrates them.
If the antifreeze is in his attic, how would a cat or dog get to it?
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And I can send you my killing brick if you need. Just let me know. Ok?
-- Edited by lilyofcourse on Tuesday 9th of June 2015 03:05:32 AM
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I have found those sticky traps work the best on mice. Those snapping ones do nothing, and the bait we put on it just gets old and moldy. Plus, it's entertaining to watch the mouse slowly drag that sticky trap across the floor. Makes it easier to catch it, and the trap gets bugs, too. A win-win.
If the opening is sealed, I would think the critters would try to get into the house.
My parents used to get critters in their attic in California. They left poison out a lot up there. We could always tell when they ate it. The stench was something awful. Finally they figured out where they were getting in and sealed it and never had a problem.
Squirrels are a menace. They will quickly overpopulate and will destroy roofs, cars and power lines.
And they carry disease.
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Hey Ed, those squirrels still alive and not poisoned?
You could always eat them.
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