[TowerTalk] Critter Chronicles

[NØATH]

Why not just get a cat or maybe D-con? 
Dave / NØATH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill G. K3SV" <k3sv at direcway.com>
To: "Pete Smith" <n4zr at contesting.com>
Cc: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 1:28 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Critter Chronicles


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.

73 Bill

Pete Smith wrote:

>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.
>
>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.
>
> From now on, ALL holes in my boxes will be either caulked or screened.
>
>73, Pete N4ZR
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