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northlighthero

Mice, part 2

Jan 06, 2007 16:59

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Maybe I mentioned that, after the Great Mouse Invasion, we had cleaned about 3/4 of Orion's space -- including all the 'human-habitable' space -- but had left for later some lockers and storage compartments.

Once we moved aboard, we got quickly involved in projects on Second Summit, and neglected to finish the post-mouse cleanup.

Thursday morning ( Read more... )

mice, orion, damage

Comments 5

sisalfish January 7 2007, 05:35:34 UTC

I'm reading this after a day of reorganizing my kitchen, and much of it cleaning our mousie nests - especially in my TABLECLOTHS! AAAARGH! They got in the ones my grandmother left me, and the one I bought in the Carribbean - I didn't think their leavings would wash out, but I think they might. I hope this is the last trace of them you find on Orion, too
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northlighthero January 12 2007, 15:47:04 UTC

Oooh, how rotten to have them in grandmotherly tablecloths! I sure hope their leavings wash out. I'm also hoping they left the cloths intact. Mouseholes at the folded corners have a way of making a not-appetizing pattern (wry grin).

A boating friend tells me she leaves whole cloves all over the boat when they go away for the off-season. Says mice don't like them, so they don't stay. We'll be trying that in the spring.

swansister January 8 2007, 13:40:38 UTC

Yawsa, that would make me exceedingly grouchy!

Hey, I miss you....

Swan

faerynymph January 9 2007, 03:56:15 UTC

Rodents can be such a major hassel and really cause a lot of damage. I know we moth ball a lot of things to keep the mice away, but that doesn't work long term. Dryer sheets are supposed to help as well. Hope you get rid of them all and figure out some way to keep them out. Good luck!

northlighthero January 12 2007, 15:50:35 UTC

They're all gone now -- eight dead in three days, and no sign of live ones since (for weeks). We were thinking we'd 'just' need to put foil cones around each of the dock-lines (so the mice can't walk up them) but then somebody pointed out the obvious:

At mid-tide, when the deck is level with the finger pier, and with any Northerly component in the wind pushing the boat against the dock ... they can just walk aboard direct from shore.

Looks like the Big Secret Trick is to leave NOTHING aromatically interesting aboard. And we're going to try the 'whole cloves all over the boat' that a boating friend recommended. Also we'll be leaving De-Con in some of the under-floor compartments where they nested before.

(sigh)