Not only do you need to trap

Posted By: Me on 2007-12-28
In Reply to: I have a packrat in the house, HELP! sm - Lyndia

them, but you also must find out how they are getting in. I had mice getting in from behind the dishwasher, and I discovered it when one took a 3-foot leap across the kitchen floor from one point of cover to slip through this opening (in mid-flight!) into a crack next to the DW. This crack was only about 3/4 inches wide. I got a handyman to pull out the DW and sure enough, he found the opening back there. He plugged it with steel wool and then packed something into the crack I could see next to the DW. I think we only trapped 3 and that was the end of it, but OH THE MESS.

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I have a packrat in the house, HELP! sm - Lyndia
- Finally got rid of one after several months - with a live trap
- We just use those D-con(?) rat poison - sm -
- I have a rat too - the original zzz
  - That's a hilarious shot, showing - Misha
    - I WISH those were my feet!! :-) - the original zzz
      - 2nd toe longer, wide space between big toe and - 2nd toe. NOT pretty. nm
        Above post is IMO, of course. - nm
        of course! but compared to my 1/2 bunions, to me they are pretty LOL nm - the original zzz
        that should be 1/2-inch ;-) NM - the original zzz
        I'm sorry. Shoulda kept opinion to myself. - nm
        No! Not offended in the least and as a matter of fact, sm - the original zzz
        What a nice response by a nice mom - may
        to may, misha, etc. :-) sm - the original zzz
        How could you know they were a kid's feet just - from the pic? nm
        Yeah, plus, they were nice feet, I thought. - Misha
- I have inside and out protection.... - Never have pests here
- City gal here. We have professional critter people, who SM - Domestic Shorthair
  - reminded me of my Christmas story - mdlfcrs
- Not only do you need to trap - Me
- Borrow a cat!! Keep it indoors a week or so! (nm) - Me
  - Years back we lived in the country, and mice - annabanana
  - HA! My cat loves to leave little presents - trose
    - cats - jlynn
      - mine brought me a very alive green garden snake - mdlfcrs
        Ha! I got to see a green snake - Misha
- If you've got one, you've got bunches! - Hayseed
  - Can't have a cat sm - Lyndia
    - Get you some Coca-Cola ... - Ok, no cats
    - They do have hairless cats. :))) - DS
      - Usually not hair people allergic to, it is the dander - from the skin and saliva that causes allergies. nm
  - I had a mouse get in my double oven many - mlstoo
  - Oh, another non-poisonous trick someone told me... - Hayseed

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