http://kellerville.com/2008/02/02/onslaught-of-flies/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Info for Family, Partners, & Food Allergy Sufferers all while living in Australia Wed, 24 Aug 2011 01:40:17 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://kellerville.com/2008/02/02/onslaught-of-flies/comment-page-1/#comment-463 Charles Jarman Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:50:30 +0000 http://kellerville.com/2008/02/02/onslaught-of-flies/#comment-463 Kent , As I sit here eating my Honey Nut Cherrios I can sympathize. We just paid out $2,000 to have our soffets done. We had a Red Squirrel that had become a resident of our home. When we remodeled we and put up the drywall, we hadn't put an acess into the attic and had to have that done as well. There is a Black Walnut tree outside of my office window, that was used as an entance to the house. He would run up the tree and jump into a hole in the wall next to the chimney. We knew he was up there in fact I took a picture with him sticking his head out. Since we figured he was in the soffet we could live with the patter of little feet. However, when he figured out how to enter the attic and the route and patter of little feet changed to just above our heads at night I decided he needed to go. The little bugger also found a way into a closet in a bedroom that wasn't finished with drywall. He left some unpleasant gifts there. Well, I tried to live trap him to no avail. So I went down to the Ace Hardware store and picked up a couple of old fashioned Victor wooden rat traps. I talked to one of the employees who told me to get a bacon flavored pupperoni dog treat, the flat kind and lash it to the trigger of the trap and then to cover that with peanut butter. Apparantly squirrels can't resist the bacon flavor. He then said to place the trap at an angle on a wall not to lay it flat. So I did this at tthe base of the tree. I set the trap at night, went to bed , got up and went to work valeting at Northern Michigan Regional Hospital. When I came home from work the squirrel was in the trap and we have not had squirrel trouble since. Now we have to hire a guy to come seal up the house so when our neighbor reroofs his house the very large quantity of bats he has inhabiting his house don't come over when he evicts them. Take care Charles Kent ,
As I sit here eating my Honey Nut Cherrios I can sympathize. We just paid out $2,000 to have our soffets done. We had a Red Squirrel that had become a resident of our home. When we remodeled we and put up the drywall, we hadn’t put an acess into the attic and had to have that done as well. There is a Black Walnut tree outside of my office window, that was used as an entance to the house. He would run up the tree and jump into a hole in the wall next to the chimney. We knew he was up there in fact I took a picture with him sticking his head out. Since we figured he was in the soffet we could live with the patter of little feet. However, when he figured out how to enter the attic and the route and patter of little feet changed to just above our heads at night I decided he needed to go. The little bugger also found a way into a closet in a bedroom that wasn’t finished with drywall. He left some unpleasant gifts there. Well, I tried to live trap him to no avail. So I went down to the Ace Hardware store and picked up a couple of old fashioned Victor wooden rat traps. I talked to one of the employees who told me to get a bacon flavored pupperoni dog treat, the flat kind and lash it to the trigger of the trap and then to cover that with peanut butter. Apparantly squirrels can’t resist the bacon flavor. He then said to place the trap at an angle on a wall not to lay it flat. So I did this at tthe base of the tree. I set the trap at night, went to bed , got up and went to work valeting at Northern Michigan Regional Hospital. When I came home from work the squirrel was in the trap and we have not had squirrel trouble since. Now we have to hire a guy to come seal up the house so when our neighbor reroofs his house the very large quantity of bats he has inhabiting his house don’t come over when he evicts them.
Take care
Charles

]]> http://kellerville.com/2008/02/02/onslaught-of-flies/comment-page-1/#comment-346 Renee Captain Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:37:57 +0000 http://kellerville.com/2008/02/02/onslaught-of-flies/#comment-346 Your family keeps getting tested. I hope one day or maybe you already have, can sit and laugh about the first few months of living in Melbourne. You definately have an adventure almost everyday. And you don't have to leave home to find it. See you soon --- Renee Your family keeps getting tested. I hope one day or maybe you already have, can sit and laugh about the first few months of living in Melbourne. You definately have an adventure almost everyday. And you don’t have to leave home to find it. See you soon — Renee

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