Mice? Ants?

[The Dad Fisherman]

Sounds like Mice......They like to pull the Scraps of insulation to make nests. I get them all the time in my house. Little Bastards ruined 3 lawn-mowers on me (which is how I found out about they like to build nests out of insulation) and a Deck umbrella (chewed the Chit out of it).

[Karl F]

D-con, and mousetraps for the mice. Wherever ya see their chit pellets.

Ants.. Diazonon, or Bonide granules... do the whole lawn area liberally, go extra heavy around the foundation, re-apply in two weeks, ... ant traps in the kitchen, and bathroom, near the pipes...
go in basement, (where your resperator), spray the hell out of the sill area with Raid Ant Spray, or some kinda similar stuff... keep an eye on the little bastages.. if they are carpenters or t-mites....
Call Terminex, or similar company.. but, they like to get ya to sign up for a long term commitment....

[ThrowingTimber]

grab 2 dozen plovers and put them in a blender. make a ring of plover juice around your foundation, all your worries will go away.

[Slingah]

watch the donut crumbs....problem solved

[labrax]

Sounds like a mouse to me, but you would think if the cats had access to basement - then they should probably be able to take care of it (them). If you can find them anywhere - get a brand of mouse trap called 'snap-e-trap' - have two of them from Home Depot and they have killed about 30 mice between them in two years. They are great - the best part is they are easy to set and easy to get the mouse out to use again. There is a reservoir cup to put the bait in (peanut butter and some oats) and when set there is a trap door that rises up - they step on the raised false floor to get at the cup of bait and BAM - dead mouse.

[Raven]

the guy who sprayed around my house left me those little traps where the ants eat the bait and then take the food back to the nest which wipes them all out.

for the mice set traps.... leave a dish of bird seed in a corner with white flour sprinkled on the floor so you can see the evidence of tracks. there are also those electric shrill sounding (to a mouse) noise makers that drives them out without the worry of a cat ingesting a poisoned wobbly mouse and getting ill.

the rule of thumb with critters...is: if they can get their head thru a whole than they can get their body thru it also.
(size of a nickel.) Find the hole's and plug them....
sometimes copper mesh is used as it stuffs in a hole real easily and they can't chew it.

become the godfather and make them an offer they can't refuse.

[gone fishin]

Larry - Don't think I am crazy when I tell you the following! For the ant problem, the following is a formular that works. Especially if the ants are carpenter ants. The active ingrediant in exterminaters kit is boric acid. I was told about the following formular by a professional exterminater and it works!!
Buy 5 pounds of boraxo soap powder. -Boraxo is boric acid and pumice!- Buy 5 pounds of sugar. mix them together thoroughly and spread it around the areas that the ants frequent. The ants are drawn by the sugar and the boraxo ( which is the boric acid and pumice) It will will kill them. I have my shop in a shed as you do. The damn ants just about destroyed my shed and I did exactly what I suggest and I havn't seen an ant since.
The only problem you have that I didn't have is two cats. I have no idea if the cats will go after the sugar and boraxo mixture.
As for the mice -- Glue traps are pisser, just place them where the cats cannot get to them.

[partsjay]

D-con, and mousetraps for the mice. Wherever ya see their chit pellets.

I agree.