This is a great idea. One day we sat and watch the caulk that we had just put in about three hours before, pop right out of the wall and the little mice hopped right out into the room. The cat was quite animated by it's appearance.
At 02:12 PM 2/1/2009, you wrote: >Tom, if you should ever need to fill those holes in, you may consider >putting some steelwool in there first and then calk over that. THis is >a way to prevent the mice from chewing through the calk and gaining >entry into your home. > >Scott Howell ><mailto:s.howell%40verizon.net>[email protected] > >On Feb 1, 2009, at 6:38 PM, Tom Vos wrote: > > > We've had plenty of mice over the years that have found their way > > into our > > house. > > During a recent kitchen project, I had a new stainless steel sink > > setting in > > the basement. When we got around to installing it, there was a dead > > mouse > > in it. Climbed or fell in and couldn't get back up the steel sides. > > I keep traps set all the time, but I'm trying to seal off the > > possible ways > > they get in. > > Someone gave me this hint for finding the little holes in the house. > > On a > > windy day, search for the places you feel cold air coming in, > > because when > > the wind is from the opposite direction, the mice will follow the > > warm air > > coming out, and find the secret route into the house. I filled a > > hole with > > caulking again this week. > > Blessings, > > Tom > > > > > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
