Re: [PestList] Re: Mouse help

2022-10-20 Thread 'Thomas Parker' via MuseumPests
Mice love to sneak into buildings at the corners of roll doors where they meet the floor line. You should put glue boards flanking both sides of a roll door. Tom Parker > On Oct 20, 2022, at 2:33 PM, Alan P Van Dyke wrote: > >  > Gretchen offers some good advice. One thing I would add is kee

Re: [PestList] Re: Mouse help

2022-10-20 Thread Alan P Van Dyke
Gretchen offers some good advice. One thing I would add is keep an eye out for droppings and clean them up immediately. That way, if you discover new droppings, you know you have another friend hanging around. I would suggest working with your custodial crew on this, as they may see and clean wi

Re: [PestList] eagle claw damage

2022-10-20 Thread Anderson, Gretchen
Nicely put Tom! Gretchen From: 'bugman22' via MuseumPests Date: Thursday, October 20, 2022 at 8:15 AM To: pestlist@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [PestList] eagle claw damage CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recogn

[PestList] Re: Mouse help

2022-10-20 Thread Anderson, Gretchen
Hi Katy, It is a cute little guy. But that does not tell you anything. It is Fall, and the weather has turned cold. Chances are that this little guy wandered in, that is, if you are not used to seeing mouse evidence around. You might want to increase your trapping efforts, to see if there ar

RE: [PestList] eagle claw damage

2022-10-20 Thread Jodi Lundgren
Thanks for your advice Tom and Joel! The museums I’ve worked at previously had a much more rigorous exhibition turnover schedule and cases and movable walls rarely sat for more than a few months without being moved and checked/cleaned. This silica gel dust trick may be really helpful for us he

Re: [PestList] eagle claw damage

2022-10-20 Thread 'bugman22' via MuseumPests
Group - Just so the group knows, I have been working with museums, historic house museums, libraries, archives, and private collections all over the world for over 40 years. What most museum personnel don't realize is most display and storage cases actually have a void of about 4 inches beneath

Re: [PestList] eagle claw damage

2022-10-20 Thread Voron, Joel
Sounds like good resolve. Make sure you check on top of case and underneath it as well as nearby onesalthough I am sure you probably already have. Things like these when they crop up are good exercises and reminders for deep cleaning and crawling around with a flashlight inspections. Thanks