Re: Unknown critter in the house

Posted by steve gable on January 02, 2002 at 18:55:37:

In Reply to: Unknown critter in the house posted by Bob Pelosi on November 26, 2001 at 12:55:35:

: Can somebody help? We have some sort of unknown critter in the house, but I don't know what it is! Our new home is a 200-year old farmhouse in the mountains of Vermont. We have an old stone foundation with gaps everywhere, which I am gradally filling, and holes in floors from old heat pipes, which I am also gradually covering. The house is situated near a brook. The cellar is cold, damp, and unheated and the house is warmer.

: There is one spot in the kitchen that has been attracting a nocturnal visitor for the past several nights. It nibbles bread in bags, takes approximately one-inch diameter bites of apples, and steals the food from 2 different sized Hav-a-Heart traps without setting the traps off. It leaves a notable odor that seems urine-like, and leaves small dark droppings that are black and somewhatlarger than mouse droppings. It knocks cakes off the top of the refrigerator and makes its way to the top of the kitchen table, maybe jumping from the fridge. What IS this unwelcome visitor, and what do we do about him? (We've named him "Hector.")

: Complicating matters is the fact that we have two dogs and a parrot, which limits the exterminating options. Help! Suggestions please!?!?!?

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