None4U wrote:
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Anything wrong with what I did.

the trouble we've had here with
weed fabric and mulch is that the
mice just love burrowing under it
and chew it up to use as nest lining
and eventually it degrades...

we have a healthy population of
snakes, but they do not control
the rodent population. owls and
hawks don't do it enough either.

the wild areas we used to have
have been converted to managed
areas to keep the rodents population
down. before we did that i was
regularly trapping mice. yes, i know
about carrying capacity, etc and all
that...

the house itself was not designed
with rodent warfare in mind. that
has been the most troublesome
aspect. luckily a few fixes have
been made to keep things from
getting stir crazy, but i have to keep
some snap traps around for those
that find their way in the walls in
the winter (they don't get inside).

my tightening of the base/foundation
seems to be holding them off from
the crawlspace so far. no food or
water down there for them and
plenty of wire mesh they won't
chew through (if they can't smell
food or water on the other side
they go elsewheres) or so i
continue to hope.

this is a long winded way of
saying good luck.


songbird