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Re: [Shop-talk] What animal is in my ceiling?

To: Jim Franklin <jamesf@groupwbench.org>, "Shop-talk@autox.team.net" <Shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] What animal is in my ceiling?
From: Gordie Bird <mg_garage@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2016 20:30:48 -0400
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Sounds like bats to me.  Only need a gap the size of a dime to get in.   Dr=
oppings will be at the entry points.  If it is warm where you are at, you m=
ay be able to see them come or go after dusk or just before dawn.=20
Since they are protected, you must exclude them rather than kill them.
Took nearly 2 yrs to get them out of my attic. =20

Good luck,
Gordie





From: Jim Franklin
Sent: Tuesday, April 5, 2016 6:42 PM
To: Shop-talk@autox.team.net
Subject: [Shop-talk] What animal is in my ceiling?

I've searched the Internet, but all answers seem to require that I actually=
 see evidence, and I don't. It's in the ceiling between floors. No dropping=
s anywhere. I hear little feet like mice skittering across the ceiling, and=
 a great big ruckus like two squirrels chasing each other, moving quickly i=
n the 3/4" space created by the strapping between joists and sheetrock.=20

They are loudly active mostly at night, almost always at 4:30am. Often in t=
he evenings, but sometimes during the day too. However, I haven't heard the=
m in 2 days. Sometimes this happens.

I cannot find any entry points, so I can't observe how they are getting in.=
 A lot of the roof trim is rotted at the ends, but there is no evidence of =
anything in the attic, and I never hear anything in the walls.=20

In the past, any mice have eventually made it to the basement traps, but no=
t this time.=20

thanks,
jim
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:42 PM<br><b>To: </b><a href=3D"mailto:Shop-talk@autox.team.net";>Shop-talk@=
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lly see evidence, and I don't. It's in the ceiling between floors. No dropp=
ings anywhere. I hear little feet like mice skittering across the ceiling, =
and a great big ruckus like two squirrels chasing each other, moving quickl=
y in the 3/4&quot; space created by the strapping between joists and sheetr=
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evenings, but sometimes during the day too. However, I haven't heard them i=
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n the walls. </p><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNo=
rmal>In the past, any mice have eventually made it to the basement traps, b=
ut not this time. </p><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class=3D=
MsoNormal>thanks,</p><p class=3DMsoNormal>jim</p><p class=3DMsoNormal>_____=
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