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Squirrel/ mouse in loft - Please help
spluff
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Hi all,
We have heard lots of scurrying up in the loft space over the past 3 weeks...... eventually caught 1 mouse in mouse trap but the noise continued..... :mad:
We then saw a squirrel enter the roof space and we chased squirrel out by banging on ceiling and sealed all holes....
We then set a trap and caught it this morning and humanely killed it.
Worried now about the mess and damage they may have caused - the space is very tight and low and awkward to get in up there - would have to crawl about and lots of places are very inaccesible..... there is also lots of fibre glass insulation up there also....
Do we need to try and clean up the feces - I think it will be very hard for me to do this..... Ive heard lots of bad stories on internet about diseases, attracting other pests etc etc......... will other squirels try and get in?
We have heard lots of scurrying up in the loft space over the past 3 weeks...... eventually caught 1 mouse in mouse trap but the noise continued..... :mad:
We then saw a squirrel enter the roof space and we chased squirrel out by banging on ceiling and sealed all holes....
We then set a trap and caught it this morning and humanely killed it.
Worried now about the mess and damage they may have caused - the space is very tight and low and awkward to get in up there - would have to crawl about and lots of places are very inaccesible..... there is also lots of fibre glass insulation up there also....
Do we need to try and clean up the feces - I think it will be very hard for me to do this..... Ive heard lots of bad stories on internet about diseases, attracting other pests etc etc......... will other squirels try and get in?
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Hope it wasn't a red Squirrel.0
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no it was definitely a grey squirrel0
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