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On Thu, 01 Oct 2015 11:01:33 -0700, Oren wrote:

On Wed, 30 Sep 2015 19:16:02 -0700, "Snuffy \"Hub Cap\" McKinney"
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Or any other ideas?

Yes. Have the power company contractor trim the trees or you can cut
them down. Tree rats only jump so far!

The rats can climb the power pole and get on the wire. There are no
trees near any of our power lines but you still see a rat up there,
the bushy tailed ones and the slick tailed ones.,

The only way to keep them out of the house is to plug up all the
holes.

Excellent point. A few years ago, the local varmint inspector recommended plugging holes hard to patch up with copper scrubbing pads which won't rust. Said to push them up under the eaves in corners and any other places they are likely to try and get through even though there was no hole. These are great people to have come over - they have seen everything in the area and love to tell the stories if someone is interested.