Wooly wrote:
Cliff wrote:

I have several motion activated sprinklers that I use to chase the
deer away. They actually work pretty good. You have to leave the
hose hooked up and turned on so the things will work all the time.
They spray an eight second burst and then reset. Anyway I looked out
the other day and saw a fine spray coming up from one of the hoses. I
figured it just couldn't take the pressure. Upon further examination
I found some critter had chomped on the hose hard enough to puncture
it and cause a spray of water. I assume because it is so dry. I
proceeded to cut out the bad section and repair the hose. Today I
look out an another hose is doing the same thing. Then I went around
to look at the other setups. I had turned the water off on one area
as everything of value had frozen. Instead of just poking a hole in
the hose the critter had chewed the thing completely in two in two
different places, I now have three pieces of hose. I still believe
the motive is to get at the water as it is so dry. What ever is doing
this is stopping when it strikes water and if it doesn't it keeps
chewing. I have fought the good fight against a lot of pests but this
is a new one on me. I am hesitant to put drinking containers out as
that will attract the deer as well but that might be the only
solution. What ever it is has very small sharp teeth, might be a
possum or a coon. I guess I will vote coon as they are the smarter of
the two I believe. Maybe set the live trap and bait it with water.

Happy New Year.

Cliff






Could be rats. We had one in our garage, where the laundry room is.
Little ******* gnawed three supply hoses to the washer before I trapped it.

Same here. A rat consumed the wire insulation on the washer first. then
came back after that was repaired and nicked a tiny hole in the hot
water hose and made the garage into a sauna. He eventually ate the paint
off the big C9 Christmas lights, radiused the tires on the lawn mower,
put a 4" hole in the trash can, and bored into a sofa that was in the
garage.

I got him with poison but he died well hidden, stinking to high heaven.
When we moved he was wedged behind the last piece of furniture leaving
the garage. You can imagine my surprise when I moved the loveseat and a
mummified rat was stuck to the wall about 2 feet up leering at me with a
dehydrated grin.