canesisters
Garden Master
A few days ago I was in the bedroom and heard what I thought was one of the cats trapped in the closet. It sounded sort of like the noise they make when reaching under the door and rattling it against the frame.
I checked.. no cat. And, no more noise. Weird, but, oh-well.
This morning I was reading and heard it again in the kitchen. At first I couldn't figure out WHAT I was hearing. It sounded like the old kitchen table was somehow being rattled so that the uneven leg was tapping against the floor. But that didn't make any sense. So I sat there confused... give me a break, it WAS 4:30... Anyway, one of the cats walked over and stood looking at the floor - which still didn't clue me in since she chases the dots on the sofa cover for hours and will sit and watch the reflection in the TV screen as if it was a window into another room. But when she did that rear up and pounce thing it finally clicked. Something was CHEWING under the floor!!!!! And it was LOUD (in a silent house at 4:30 in the morning)!
It's a manufactured house so the bottom of the house is completely sealed up in plastic... there is no direct access to pipes, floor joists, etc. I did a little checking online and several people describing a similar (loud) noise finally trapped a mouse or two and the noise stopped.
Trying to decide if I should call an exterminator or just toss some bate cubes under the house and wait it out....
I checked.. no cat. And, no more noise. Weird, but, oh-well.
This morning I was reading and heard it again in the kitchen. At first I couldn't figure out WHAT I was hearing. It sounded like the old kitchen table was somehow being rattled so that the uneven leg was tapping against the floor. But that didn't make any sense. So I sat there confused... give me a break, it WAS 4:30... Anyway, one of the cats walked over and stood looking at the floor - which still didn't clue me in since she chases the dots on the sofa cover for hours and will sit and watch the reflection in the TV screen as if it was a window into another room. But when she did that rear up and pounce thing it finally clicked. Something was CHEWING under the floor!!!!! And it was LOUD (in a silent house at 4:30 in the morning)!
It's a manufactured house so the bottom of the house is completely sealed up in plastic... there is no direct access to pipes, floor joists, etc. I did a little checking online and several people describing a similar (loud) noise finally trapped a mouse or two and the noise stopped.
Trying to decide if I should call an exterminator or just toss some bate cubes under the house and wait it out....
