OK, it's now become apparent that a creature of some sort has made its way into the area between the outside of my house and my wall. I'll be sitting at my desk and I can hear it running through the wall right next to me. Too big to be a mouse and sounds too big to be a rat, I'm kinda at a loss to explain how it got in there or what the hell I'm supposed to do about it now that it's there.

I guess I could cut a hole in the wall, but for all I know, I could end up with a really pissed off raccoon jumping through the wall at me. Maybe I drop some poison through the wall, but what if it works and I've got some animal's corpse rotting in my wall right next to me -- I'd probably be able to smell that through drywall.

WTF? Any wisdom here?

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yeah, drop the weed.:CrackUp:

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seriously, how do you know it's not a mouse? i think teh sounds could be enhanced by the wood or whatever the wall is made of. i'd look around in&outside to see if there's any holes in the wall...

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get a doberman pincher. that animal will leave in a day or two.

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gremlins imo - don't mess with it, call the ghostbusters

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[QUOTE=ubiqe;434851]seriously, how do you know it's not a mouse? i think teh sounds could be enhanced by the wood or whatever the wall is made of. i'd look around in&outside to see if there's any holes in the wall...[/QUOTE]

I guess it's possible, but it makes a lot of noise and seems to cover too much ground too quickly to be that small. My biggest problem is figuring out how it is getting in -- I need to get up on the roof, but the weather hasn't lent itself to getting up there. Oh well.

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if it's a rabbit, just spray cat pee on your wall (not kidding) a racoon, put a trap and bate it with apples (it loves rotten apples) a rat, put a trap mice same as above

we want pictures

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[quote=toasty;434864]I guess it's possible, but it makes a lot of noise and seems to cover too much ground too quickly to be that small. My biggest problem is figuring out how it is getting in -- I need to get up on the roof, but the weather hasn't lent itself to getting up there. Oh well.[/quote]How's your house constructed? Wooden or brick walls? On what kind of foundation do they rest? What kind of isolation is in the walls?

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hole in the wall

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they have poisons out there that extremely dehydrate the animal, and there for when it dies you won't smell it, because the fluids are what tends to stink.

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[QUOTE=KinKyJ;434989]How's your house constructed? Wooden or brick walls? On what kind of foundation do they rest? What kind of isolation is in the walls?[/QUOTE]

Brick house, stone foundation, drywall walls. Not sure re insulation, but the house was a gut rehab (ripped to the shell and rebuilt) when I bought it last year, so it's whatever is currently used for insulation for new construction, probably fiberglass.

You'd think it'd be easy to just hop outside and look around, but the wall at issue is on the third floor, so it's not quite as easy as it might seem.

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[QUOTE=hambino21;434994]they have poisons out there that extremely dehydrate the animal, and there for when it dies you won't smell it, because the fluids are what tends to stink.[/QUOTE]

really? Any idea what they're called?

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I actually don't know. I heard it from these exterminators when I was at this apartment, they were talking about it. I don't know if it's for consumer use or if it's professional only . sorry.

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Probably mice (plural). Set some traps. See if they come out to play.

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Here's a thought, if it's not hurting you, live with it . Name it if it makes you feel better.:lol: Alternatively I have those plug in ultrasonic,electro magnetic?? things in my house and I don't have any rodent problems. With most of the poisons the animals die an awful death. [I'm a softy!]

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I bet it's a bat.

I had one become stuck in the hallway wall of my old apartment. It totally freaked me out and my cats were glued to that wall for days until it was silent. I am guessing it died in there, but I moved out way before it became an issue to me.

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maybe its the lsd you took in college.

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[quote=Jibgolly;435097]maybe its the lsd you took in college.[/quote]

I should have thought of that. Jib you are most certainly right. ;)

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There has to be alternative ways of removing animals from your house besides a cruel slow and painful death. I don't know where you live, but I'd be happy to do an internet search for you.

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[quote=DIDI;435027]Here's a thought, if it's not hurting you, live with it . Name it if it makes you feel better.:lol: [/quote]Yeah, like Poltergeist or something :mrgreen:

Weird that it got into a brick wall though. Could be a bird or like Karen said a bat that made its way in from the roof.

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maybe a snake?

SNAKES in the MUTHA FUCKING walls!

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or a six legged cow with two udders and vagina's. think that's far fetched? [URL="http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=33075&in_page_id=2"]click here[/URL]

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[quote=KinKyJ;435313]or a six legged cow with two udders and vagina's. think that's far fetched? [URL="http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=33075&in_page_id=2"]click here[/URL][/quote]

honestly kinky, where do you find some of this shit :roflmao:

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Your only solution now is finding where the rodent is getting in. Basement, roof, exteroir crack in brick- that's about it. Obviously, i'd check the roof last since it's going to be the biggest pain in the assn (unless the only time you hear the noise is when you're on the 3rd floor.) Your house is a rehab from a two family into a one, was there a fireplace at any point in your house? is there still a chimney? Do you have an attic or some kind of crawl space above your 3rd floor? I'll bet you do, as i don't recall your 3rd level being pitched the same as your roof.

Basements cause all sorts of problems, especially considering the area of the city you live in and the probably concrete block construction of your seller/basement. Is your basement like that basement we had on Waterman? if so, lots of ways to get into the interoir of your home that way. Get a flashlight and start looking. Better yet, send your wife down there first. lol. :p

One other place you might check...your dishwasher. Take off the bottom panel and look for mouse poop. That's where i caught the fucker in my last house, coming in through the broken seal around the waste pipe. I'll bet it's a mouse. If it really does sound larger than that, and i mean most definitely not a mouse, i'm betting it's a squirell, and you're got a hole along the roof line somewhere, or the chimney if you have one of those. Sucks man, you've got a really big house so it isn't going to be easy finding the source of the problem.

All the replies about living with the poor rodent, uh...no, kill that bastard any way possible. IF it ever gets past the interoir wall, your wife isn't going to appreciate it very much when she sees it scurry across the floor.

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[quote=day_for_night;435470]honestly kinky, where do you find some of this shit :roflmao:[/quote]Dunno, I sometimes wake up with crap like that on my screen. Think god is trying to get a message through? :mrgreen:

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[quote=KinKyJ;435313]or a six legged cow with two udders and vagina's. think that's far fetched? [URL="http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=33075&in_page_id=2"]click here[/URL][/quote]

well a lot of hillbillies just got off on that story :lol:

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You should hire Jenks to get rid of the thing for you.

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[quote=Lorn;435732]You should hire Jenks to get rid of the thing for you.[/quote]

LOL.

I rehab three houses or so a year on the side, and man i run into some rodents. Those fuckers are sneaky.

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Sneaky for sure.

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play fundacion on repeat... the little guy will run for the hills. well i suppose you may as well. so i suggest treating it like fumigation. rent a hotel, put fundacion on repeat, return in 2 days time, destroy cd. done.

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Id sort the problem out before it dies.. The [EVIL]corpse[/EVIL] will stink out the house and then you wont know where its coming from.

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^^^ yes he will, from the wall :p

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haha smartass, im sure he has many walls in his house or does he???

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yeah, but he knows from which wall the sound comes so... ;)

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[URL]http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6275623.stm[/URL]

she just wanted rice..

BTW WTF HOLY SHIT

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^^^ either you're drinking at the job again or there's a link to toasty's wall I don't see...

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Any luck with the mystery animal yet Toasty?

Do not rule out the possibility of a two headed piglet: [URL]http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=33747&in_page_id=1[/URL] ;)

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I'm sure we will hear about it when he is done with it...;)

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My money is on the bat.

Surely the whole floor of the 3rd floor fits flush to external walls, and the drywall goes on top, suggesting it's easier for something fall down from above, rather than climb up from below. Have a noise in your loft see what you spot.