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Old 17-03-2004, 05:41 AM
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for anyone interested from my previous thread last month i have an
update.

i was cleaning the loft out at the weekend (a month later than
expected!) and i saw a small hole in the roof felt and some shredded
bits of felt where the mouse had gained entry! the mouse must have
dropped 5 foot after gaining entry so i can only assume that the mouse
had got under the tiles and couldnt find his way out and gnawed his way
through the felt after feeling warmth underneath.

i would find it hard to believe that the mouse would have been able to
scale the angle of the roof felt to get back to its original point of
entry with it being 5 foot up and a 45 degree angle sloping inwards.

i caught one mouse up there fairly quickly after seeing infestation and
haven't seen any other activity in the last month.
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Old 17-03-2004, 05:41 AM
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On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 15:08:37 +0000, Nick wrote:

i would find it hard to believe that the mouse would have been able to
scale the angle of the roof felt to get back to its original point of
entry with it being 5 foot up and a 45 degree angle sloping inwards.


You might be surprised what they can climb over/up/under...
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Old 17-03-2004, 05:42 AM
Rodger Whitlock
 
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On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 15:07:28 GMT, Tim Challenger wrote:

On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 15:08:37 +0000, Nick wrote:

i would find it hard to believe that the mouse would have been able to
scale the angle of the roof felt to get back to its original point of
entry with it being 5 foot up and a 45 degree angle sloping inwards.


You might be surprised what they can climb over/up/under...


Okay, since you guys are all mousexperts, tell me: how do the
mice in my friend's cabin on Saltspring Island get in? Where do
they live once inside? (Cabin is an upper story over a two-bay
garage, reached by an outside stair.)

He gets the little wild mouse -- we think it's Peromiscus
maniculatus (sp), a deer mouse, and in warmer climates to be
feared as a carrier of hanta virus -- in considerable numbers in
his place.

It's clear that at times a gravid female has made her way in,
given birth, and raised a large family. When he first became
aware of the problem (little piles of cat chow stashed in
cupboards) and bought a live trap, he caught over sixty of the
pests in about a month.

We've both searched endlessly for a way in and found nothing. My
guess is that either they crawl under the door (perhaps 1/4"
clearance) or up the outside of the building and in through an
open window. Since the outside of the building is rough cedar and
shingles, this isn't impossible.

Of course, being a tender-hearted soul, he doesn't kill them!
Instead they get released outside...right at the foot of the
stairs up to his place.


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