On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 02:25:39 GMT, "Good Music"
wrote:

How do you trap, or even SEE to identify, suspected attic mice, when you
hear occasional running and clawing from your ceiling, but your attic has
blown-in insulation that looks like this?:

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http://home.nc.rr.com/goodmusic/P1010003.JPG

from just the narrow area in the center of the attic where there is plywood
flooring, I tried reaching over into the insulation area with a broom and
pushing some back; occasionally saw what looked like they could possibly be
mouse-sized hollowed tunnels in the fluffy stuff, but no way I could see any
vermin if they were there. Can't easily walk out into that area since no
flooring there, can't even see where the 2x4's are.

Is there any solution other than bringing in a crew to suck out all the
blown-in insulation, then exterminate any mice, look for & seal up any holes
(and cover ventilation holes along the edges with screening), then blow the
insulation back in? Don't know that our budget would cover that right now.
I heard mice like tunnels. Maybe if I by lengths of say 4-inch diameter PVC
piping, then nail a mousetrap inside each one baited with peanut butter,
then drill a hole through one end of each tunnel to tie a string to it, then
for each tunnel, hold one end of the string as I throw the tunnel out into
the insulation... then pull the tunnels in by the string periodically to
check traps?

Thanks,
- Goodmusic


Had the same issue this past weekend. Noises in wall actually woke up
my daughter. The next day I wet two spring traps in the attic
above/around the wall area where they were hear. I also set some
decon boxes at various places around the attic.

Well the next morning One trap had worked so I disposed of the
occupant, rebait and reset. By that evening the other trap worked.
Again, reset. It's been two days now and no more noise and the traps
are still empty.

I chose to use a spring trap to limit any suffering that they might
experience with other methods.

Good luck