...and it ain't a Geico commercial. Yeah...I've been hearing pitter-patter noises for a couple of weeks and I think it's squirrels. Any suggestions for exterminators in the North/Northwest part of Houston?? Thanks!
"If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones; you take the tough ones too…” – MAJ Richard D. Winters (1918-2011), E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne "Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil... Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel." - Isaiah 5:20,24
September 13, 2019, 01:59 PM
YooperSigs
Well... cant help you with local exterminators. But when I was infected with them, I opened my attic hatch and tossed up my 13 pound, combat ready, squirrel hating tom cat. A series of disturbances then took place and when I checked later, I was squirrel free and the cat looked quite smug. I then found a vent they chewed their way into and repaired it with heavy wire mesh. My main concerns were making sure I was completely rid of them before any repairs were made and I did not want any to die up there and stink me out.
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September 13, 2019, 02:02 PM
chellim1
"Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown
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September 13, 2019, 02:09 PM
RichardC
Try playing Slim Whitman's Indian Love Call at top volume for a few hours.
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September 13, 2019, 02:35 PM
PowerSurge
Put some moth balls up there and they’ll go to someone else’s attic.
——————————————— The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Psalm 14:1
September 13, 2019, 02:43 PM
9mm_shooter
After you're done with this round, seal up all entrances through your roof with chicken wire.
September 13, 2019, 03:42 PM
10-7 leo
Rat traps work, if you are going for the kill.
Sic Semper Tyrannis If you beat your swords into plowshares, you will become farmers for those who didn't! Political Correctness is fascism pretending to be Manners-George Carlin
September 13, 2019, 04:33 PM
erj_pilot
Thanks for the chuckles. Nah...don't really want to go for the kill...would rather they either leave by some external motivation or trapped. Looks like I'll call Terminex or some other big name company next week to come take a look and assess the situation. Will of course get a roof guy out here to seal up any entry points.
"If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones; you take the tough ones too…” – MAJ Richard D. Winters (1918-2011), E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne "Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil... Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel." - Isaiah 5:20,24
September 13, 2019, 08:43 PM
armadill0
If you use mothballs - put them on a plate or something you can remove later. I know a woman who threw them loose into the insulation and she had to move out because she couldn't get rid of the smell.
I put a couple of ultrasonic generators in my attic and the critters moved out quickly. I bought them on-line for about $20.
armadill0
September 13, 2019, 11:14 PM
GWbiker
quote:
Originally posted by RichardC: Try playing Slim Whitman's Indian Love Call at top volume for a few hours.
Del Shannon's "Runaway" will also work.
********* "Some people are alive today because it's against the law to kill them".
September 13, 2019, 11:22 PM
zoom6zoom
A powerful strobe light can also drive them out.
I have my own style of humor. I call it Snarkasm.
September 14, 2019, 12:45 AM
flashguy
Well, OP, thanks for posting that meme! Ever since seeing that Geico commercial where the different actors are in the dressing rooms being prepped I've been trying to remember what ad I'd seen that lady in--and now I know!
flashguy
Texan by choice, not accident of birth
September 14, 2019, 01:46 AM
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I am going to get one of these. Last week at the other place, there were over a dozen squirrels in the one pecan tree.
