Tim Lamb wrote:
In article , John Carlyle-Clarke
writes
Hi group.

I have a creature (my guess is a mouse) in the floor space in our house.
The building is a chalet bungalow. I'm trying to work out how to
remove or kill the damn thing.

ISTR a discussion on how small a hole serves as a mouse highway. My
personal experience is 7/16" but that was a Shrew:-)

That's true, it is amazing how small a space they can get through.

Source? Cat most likely. Route, escape Moggy by hiding under fridge or
low furniture. After that, who knows. As you say, C/H pipe runs etc.

I'm still puzzled how it got into the floor space. I don't think it
could have been in the spare room, because that area is an extension and
is effectively separated from the rest of the house by the original
end wall. I can see a gap into the eaves I think where several pitched
sections meet a flat roof, so perhaps it went that way. As you say, who
knows?


Chalet bungalow construction will have large voids either side of the
dormers (useful cupboard space) and IME open to the under floor joist
space.

It does have long cupboards down the sides, but they are well sealed.
The boards run to the edges, and then there is another vertical stud
wall about a foot high right at the outer edge. I assume there is a
void behind that, but there are no gaps into it (except central heating
pipes I suppose but the holes are very snug).

Solution? Baited traps in the area where it is heard.

It seems to only be heard in the floor under one room, usually in one
small area about 1m x 1m. Trouble is, apart from recessed downlights in
the room below, there's no way into that space.

Hope it isn't pregnant.

I'm trying not to think about it. I'm also really hoping it's not a rat.