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Default How small a gap can a mouse get through?

ARWadsworth wrote:
"John White" wrote in message
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"ARWadsworth" wrote:

I found a dead mouse today in a CU and the only entry point I could find
was
where the tails entered and even that seemed too small to let the head
through.

From personal experience:

They can get through a 1/2" square hole (into an airing cupboard)
without any difficulty. I saw one do this when I surprised the little
bugger one evening.

They can also get through a 20mm knockout even when there are four
2.5mm singles running through it - Have you ever tried removing
carbonised mouse from a three phase isolator?

John
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John White,
Electrical Contractor


The poor thing I saw had only done 230v so there was no crisping.

Adam


I bought a second hand elling lee ceramic hob cooker.

There was a mouse - a mummified mouse BEHIND the Fascia where the knobs
are - I took the thing apart to clean it.