[tcb] Re: Friday not bus related question for home owners
- From: Will Wood <evilscientistboo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 09:11:14 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
After going to the Ft. Worth Arboretum and seeing the rare butterfly/moth show
I have no compunction about using mothballs.
especially considering one of the Moths is, literally, Mothra. Now I know why
Godzilla wanted to kill that mofo.
That Atlas Moth. It was sitting on a tree but it was at least 10 inches across.
http://www.buginabox.com/acdub.html
-----Original Message-----
>From: Neil <nbmdude@xxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: May 2, 2008 9:04 AM
>To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [tcb] Re: Friday not bus related question for home owners
>
>Buy a boat load of moth balls (yeah, I know...those
>poor moths) and distribute them around the atic...
>--- Brian Denning <i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>
>> how in the heck do you get a living thing out of
>> your attic? most likely a squirrel.
>>
>> lemme give you some history. We used to have this
>> 50' tv/cb/ham radio tower sticking through the roof.
>> well the pest guy said that that is where the
>> squirrel's are getting in. so we removed the
>> antennae patched the hole in the roof on the top
>> side and the bottom side. filled all crevasses with
>> foam and metal and tar. there is no chance in hell
>> the squirrels could be getting in or out of that
>> area. i've walked all along the roof, don't see any
>> spot where they could be getting in or out. the
>> gabel end is in perfect shape with no holes in the
>> screen that covers it. i don't know where they are
>> getting in at, but they are still getting in 3
>> months after removing the antennae. i have bought
>> the pest spray that smells horrible that the
>> squirrels, mice, cats, dogs, rodents of other sorts
>> can't stand and it seemed to work for a month. i've
>> also bought a couple of those sonar high pitched
>> things that rodents can hear and makes them go away.
>> that seemed to work for a month or so...but this
>> morning while sitting on the crapper (you get all
>> the gory details) i heard what sounded like the
>> critter dragging something across the attic floor.
>>
>> there is poison up there too. the thing won't die or
>> go away. i am thinking about buying a live trap but
>> that won't stop the next one from getting in. where
>> do you think it could get in and what can i do to
>> make there temptation of getting in stop?
>>
>> sorry for the non bus content
>>
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