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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