Animal in wall
- Subject: Animal in wall
- From: B* D*
- Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 07:20:20 -0500
Hope someone knowledgeable can advise us on our current problem. It's off
topic but an emergency. For the past several weeks we have occasionally
heard rustling noises in the bedroom wall (this is a 2-story house). That
is unsettling enough but for the past two or three nights I've heard the
sound of loud gnawing, as if wood is being chewed on. It usually happens
around midnight and sometimes again around 3. It looks as if several
shingles are loose in that corner of the roof so maybe the creature is
finding a way in at that point. The noises emanate from just one area of
the wall.
The pest control man who came yesterday said there was no evidence of
attic infestation, but that it could very well be in the wall. He thinks
it is a squirrel or squirrels, and said he recommended gassing. With any
luck, he said, the animal would escape and not die inside the wall. My
husband is reluctant to do this and wants no more to do with this company.
I would like to just get the roof repaired, as long as we could be sure
that no creatures were sealed up inside the wall! If it is diurnal, maybe
it leaves in the morning and comes back at night, so that we could take
care of the problem this way. However, if it is nocturnal, we would be
in trouble!
Has anyone had this experience? Advice is welcome! (you can send privately
to me rather than clutter up the list.) Thanks much.
Bobbi Diehl
Bloomington, IN
zone 5/6
