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Default Can mice get thru 1/4" hardware cloth?

On 10/16/2013 3:03 PM, Alan Meyer wrote:
On 10/16/2013 02:57 PM, Bob F wrote:

1/4" should keep them out, but you could go to 1/8". They both seem
to be made in 48" widths.


According to my calculations based on mouse skull size, 1/4" should
keep out all but the very young, very strong (enough to deform the
wire) or very smart (enough to find an irregularity if there is one)
mice.

But I see no conceivable way any of them could wiggle through 1/8".

Alan


Heck, around here, The rats and even the mice carry wire cutters. ^_^

TDD