Spoken like a Sicilian!
D. Scott MacKenzie wrote:
>Cats - the other white meat
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>From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
>[mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com]On Behalf Of K8RI on Tower talk
>Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 9:35 PM
>To: Bill G. K3SV; Pete Smith
>Cc: towertalk@contesting.com
>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Critter Chronicles
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>>Well, I hope the mothballs work. In the spring I had nests in several
>>outside locations. Some were inside electrical control circuitry for
>>outside heaters and lights, chewed wires in half, basically made a total
>>mess of everything. I'm beginning the "mothball placement" and hope like
>>heck that it works. Those buggers are VERY destructive. The sight of the
>>mothers with "babes-a-milking" running down the deck has been an all to
>>frequent happening. The year before they destroyed all of the cushions
>>for the outdoor furniture, last fall I put all of the "bedding"
>>material, like cushions, in the basement and not in outside storage
>>areas. Countless things have been destroyed by mice and chipmunks. The
>>Chevy truck had it's firewall insulation chewed away last winter, and
>>the truck only sits for a day or two in the winter. Was thinking of
>>renting a military flame thrower.. (just kidding). To top it off, the
>>lady of the house HATES the smell of mothballs.
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>Get a Cat, hope he's a good mouser, and don't get it declawed.
>In the fall they can get into the house through openings that you'd think
>would be impossible, but them little critters can flatten themselves to an
>unbelieveable extent. Of course if there's a hungry cat on the inside of
>the wall... <:-)) OTOH it costs a small fortune to feed a 16# cat and help
>send the Vet's kids through college. Oh, yah... and the scars to prove he's
>not declawed. However he/it did go to the vet for an attitude change. He
>still wants to go out at night, he just doesn't remember why.
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>Oh, yah. We had to raise all the bird feeders up to the point where we have
>to use a step ladder to fill them. He can pick a bird out of the air at over
>6 feet.
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>I do throw moth balls into the conduit and junction boxes outside. With the
>conduit plugged off at the wall there isn't any smell that comes in.
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>Our biggest problem is Wasps, Hornets, and Yellowjackets and the cat is no
>help there.
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>Roger Halstead (K8RI and ARRL 40 year Life Member)
>N833R - World's oldest Debonair CD
>www.rogerhalstead.com
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>>73 Bill
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>>Pete Smith wrote:
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>>>I just went out to the base of my tower to check out the 160 shunt feed --
>>>popped the top off the Rubbermaid box, which is side-mounted on my tower,
>>>and was amused to see the bottom of it virtually full of a mouse nest. I
>>>poked at things a little, and eventually discovered three mature mice and
>>>three babies - suckling mightily on their mother. One by one, they bailed
>>>out into the tall grass, including mama with the babies still attached. I
>>>hope they all made it OK.
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>>>Looking at things, the only way they could have gotten in (and brought
>>>their nest materials in) was through a hole in the bottom of the box where
>>>the feedlines come in - it is at least 5 inches from the face of the
>>>tower. Considering that the biggest of these mice was no longer than 2
>>>inches long, that gives you some measure of the lengths to which critters
>>>will go in search of a sheltered place to nest.
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>>>From now on, ALL holes in my boxes will be either caulked or screened.
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>>>73, Pete N4ZR
>>>The World HF Contest Station Database
>>>was updated on 18 August 2005
>>>2988 contest stations at
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