That garage is beginning to look pretty good, isn't it?
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Storerooms, rodents and such
Storerooms, rodents and such
Well, cleaning out the storeroom proved to be not an impossible job after all. A woman who helps me clean once in a while came over with her son, and the three of us managed the job in about 2 hours. With the three of us crashing around, I don't think any rodents are left in the storeroom.
We did find more rat droppings, but I think they were old--before the exterminator sealed up the tunnel under the house. We found a cardboard carton with a ton--and I mean a ton-- of acorns. There were rat droppings in that box, too. Very peculiar. Rats don't usually subsist on acorns. This winter was so fierce that probably anything went.
There is now a mountain of stuff in the garage. It needs to be organized and moved back into the storertoom. Then the garage needs to be organized to make room for a car. That would be lovely for next winter.
The exterminator came yesterday, and he thinks the rodents are gone. I'm not so sure--but the noises in the walls seem to be gone. A friend said the mice move out in the spring. That may be. I sure hope so. I have woods behind my house, so I imagine they come from there.
Lucy is much calmer, and that's a good sign. I had been finding mouse droppings in my sink every a.m., but that seems to have stopped also. I am hoping for the best.
We did find more rat droppings, but I think they were old--before the exterminator sealed up the tunnel under the house. We found a cardboard carton with a ton--and I mean a ton-- of acorns. There were rat droppings in that box, too. Very peculiar. Rats don't usually subsist on acorns. This winter was so fierce that probably anything went.
There is now a mountain of stuff in the garage. It needs to be organized and moved back into the storertoom. Then the garage needs to be organized to make room for a car. That would be lovely for next winter.
The exterminator came yesterday, and he thinks the rodents are gone. I'm not so sure--but the noises in the walls seem to be gone. A friend said the mice move out in the spring. That may be. I sure hope so. I have woods behind my house, so I imagine they come from there.
Lucy is much calmer, and that's a good sign. I had been finding mouse droppings in my sink every a.m., but that seems to have stopped also. I am hoping for the best.
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