Animal In My Wall

[toasty]

OK, it's now become apparent that a creature of some sort has made its way into the area between the outside of my house and my wall. I'll be sitting at my desk and I can hear it running through the wall right next to me. Too big to be a mouse and sounds too big to be a rat, I'm kinda at a loss to explain how it got in there or what the hell I'm supposed to do about it now that it's there.

I guess I could cut a hole in the wall, but for all I know, I could end up with a really pissed off raccoon jumping through the wall at me. Maybe I drop some poison through the wall, but what if it works and I've got some animal's corpse rotting in my wall right next to me -- I'd probably be able to smell that through drywall.

WTF? Any wisdom here?

[ubiqe]

Re: Animal In My Wall

yeah, drop the weed.

[ubiqe]

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seriously, how do you know it's not a mouse? i think teh sounds could be enhanced by the wood or whatever the wall is made of. i'd look around in&outside to see if there's any holes in the wall...

[thesightless]

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get a doberman pincher. that animal will leave in a day or two.

[RiseandShine]

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gremlins imo - don't mess with it, call the ghostbusters

[toasty]

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seriously, how do you know it's not a mouse? i think teh sounds could be enhanced by the wood or whatever the wall is made of. i'd look around in&outside to see if there's any holes in the wall...

I guess it's possible, but it makes a lot of noise and seems to cover too much ground too quickly to be that small. My biggest problem is figuring out how it is getting in -- I need to get up on the roof, but the weather hasn't lent itself to getting up there. Oh well.

[RiseandShine]

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if it's a rabbit, just spray cat pee on your wall (not kidding)
a racoon, put a trap and bate it with apples (it loves rotten apples)
a rat, put a trap
mice same as above

we want pictures

[KinKyJ]

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I guess it's possible, but it makes a lot of noise and seems to cover too much ground too quickly to be that small. My biggest problem is figuring out how it is getting in -- I need to get up on the roof, but the weather hasn't lent itself to getting up there. Oh well.

How's your house constructed? Wooden or brick walls? On what kind of foundation do they rest? What kind of isolation is in the walls?

[Miguel]

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hole in the wall

[hambino21]

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they have poisons out there that extremely dehydrate the animal, and there for when it dies you won't smell it, because the fluids are what tends to stink.

[toasty]

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How's your house constructed? Wooden or brick walls? On what kind of foundation do they rest? What kind of isolation is in the walls?

Brick house, stone foundation, drywall walls. Not sure re insulation, but the house was a gut rehab (ripped to the shell and rebuilt) when I bought it last year, so it's whatever is currently used for insulation for new construction, probably fiberglass.

You'd think it'd be easy to just hop outside and look around, but the wall at issue is on the third floor, so it's not quite as easy as it might seem.

[toasty]

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they have poisons out there that extremely dehydrate the animal, and there for when it dies you won't smell it, because the fluids are what tends to stink.

really? Any idea what they're called?

[hambino21]

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I actually don't know. I heard it from these exterminators when I was at this apartment, they were talking about it. I don't know if it's for consumer use or if it's professional only . sorry.

[Lorn]

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Probably mice (plural). Set some traps. See if they come out to play.

[DIDI]

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Here's a thought, if it's not hurting you, live with it . Name it if it makes you feel better. Alternatively I have those plug in ultrasonic,electro magnetic?? things in my house and I don't have any rodent problems. With most of the poisons the animals die an awful death. [I'm a softy!]