I have a rodent in my bedroom wall

[skygazer]

It's 6 am here in not-so-sunny (actually rather dark) California and I've been up for an hour because there's a miserable gnawing rodent in my bedroom wall.

What is it with rodents? What's all the chewing in favor of? And why do they chew in the exact same place all the time? And why is it in my bedroom? And why won't he leave off and go away when I pound on the baseboard with a maglite? :grr:

So..... anyone got any suggestions on getting rid of a rodent in the woodwork? My cat would love to have at him but he can't find a way in.

[Chan790]

1. Don't worry...

your rodent is making a way out...his way out leaves him at the mercy of the cat.

[skygazer]

4. Well, he's been making a way out for months then

And until he does, sleeping will be an issue. Rodents aren't real bright, are they? I mean, why not go out the way he got in? :banghead:

[Chan790]

12. He probably does...

he needs to eat. He's just creating a way to get from outside (where there is food, friends, water, and sunshine) to your pantry (where there is food, warmth, shelter)

That or he's just made his home your home and he's not trying to get out...he's just living there noisily inside your bedroom wall.

No...rodents (with the exception of mice) are not bright. Rats are tricky...but not smart.

See if you can find the outside hole, the way he got in...and plug it. Do it in midday...the odds are he's outside and he'll stay there. If he's inside...he'll burrow out, and won't come back for fear of being trapped.

[skygazer]

13. I'll put my SO on that

He actually did plug some holes a couple of years ago but he was recently under the house and discovered some more. We live out in the woods and the house is old so there are tons of rodents and various varmints all around and they do find their way in. I don't mind critters and I'm not one of those women who leap onto a chair and shriek at the sight of a mouse (my mom was like that - used to crack me up) - in fact, when the cat does bring a live one in the house, I'm the one who picks it up and lets it go outside.

I don't like killing creatures but damn it! I want some sleep! And this one is getting on my last nerve.

Yeah, we'll do some blocking of holes. Also, aren't there scents you can spread around your house that discourage varmints?

[lildreamer316]

23. What about the sonic noise plug in things?

YOu know; the ones with the sound to high for humans to hear? Not supposed to bother pets either;but then again, not sure I believe that.
Used to see tv ads for them all the time. Hmmm.

[raccoon]

2. You should pick better boyfriends.

LOL.

Wish I had a suggestion but I don't. HOpe your feline hunter gets at him.

[datasuspect]

3. Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace;

where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master,
grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
to be understood, as to understand;
to be loved, as to love;
for it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life.
Amen.

[skygazer]

6. Fuck that, I want it gone

Either that, or he's paying rent.

[datasuspect]

8. maybe you can win him to your side and be the leader

of a rodent army

[skygazer]

9. Hmmm... I could handle that, I guess

I've always had a thirst for power. Think of the havoc we could wreak. Bwahahahahaha.....

And if they didn't let me sleep, I could toss 'em in the brig. Or the stockade. Or whatever it is in the army.....

[bleedingheart]

10. wow...I did not know that prayer was a form of rodent control..

I have to chalk that away with burying St. Joe in the backyard when you want to sell your home...

[datasuspect]

11. it was an appeal to spare the beast's life

i don't believe in killing animals. well, except the delicious ones.

[Little Wing]

5. Get a Cat!

[skygazer]

7. May I direct you to the last line of the OP

"My cat would love to have at him but he can't find a way in." :hi:

[MissMarple]

14. Hmmm...perhaps a little assistance with the access issue?

With a mouse trap as back up?

Rodents need to gnaw to keep their teeth from growing too long. Their teeth don't stop growing like any normal mammal. Good luck, when I think of rats, I think of the plague, and mice, hanta virus.

[SPKrazy]

15. just hope he gets out

if he dies in there it will smell

:puke:

[hunter]

17. It will smell bad, and it won't go away.

I have been so frustrated by chewing rodents at night that I've actually gone through the walls after them. (I'm pretty good at patching holes.)

Once they know there are snarling humans and excited dogs who can get them, they go away... for awhile.

You have to find out how they get in. Ours were going in through an opening in the roof under the tiles.

Sneaky little rats.

[Parche]

16. Oh Rats

Call Tom Delay Right Away......................Exterminator Esquire.....:rofl: :bounce:

[Kali]

18. Snake.

[LostinVA]

19. I had flying squirrels in mine about 15 months ago

I called up a pest control guy, who came and tapped them and fixed up the hole. He didn't charge me a cent!

[Taverner]

20. He's chewing so he can get through the wall

AND INTO YOUR ROOM!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

[skygazer]

21. Bring 'em on

I'm not afraid of no steenking rodents. :grr:

[Whoa_Nelly]

22. Rodents have been known to eat electrical wiring

Drill hole in wall just above where rodent dines.

Drop in rat poison.

Seal up hole.

Once pest is dead, open up hole and drop in air freshner pellets.

Reseal hole.



Or you could go rodent fishing: Just dangle an electrical extension cord with the extension end cut off through hole drilled in wall. Wait for a bit, and plug it in for a moment when you get a nibble.


None of the above are good suggestions. Wish there were some humane way for you to deal with the pest. But, rodents have been known to chew through wiring and can cause a fire.

Maybe you should call an exterminator.

Or check out this DIY site:
http://doyourownpestcontrol.com/mice.htm