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| I woke up last night to the sound of a critter in my bathroom. It sounded like my cat chewing dry cat food. (My cats are shut out of the bedroom/bathroom at night by a closed door.)
I banged on the wall and the sound stopped. I didn't have the courage to take a look. My question is what to do about this critter that must be coming up through the shower drain. Of course there is a grate over the drain. I saw no sign of him in the toilet this morning so again, I'd think the shower drain is where he was having fun. What was the sound I heard, chewing on the grate? Thanks for your help!! Ginny |
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- Posted by jakethewonderdog (My Page) on Tue, May 1, 12 at 14:07
| Not a critter... Zombie for sure! |
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| "My question is what to do about this critter that must be coming up through the shower drain." Or in the wall, or an attic. |
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- Posted by hollysprings (My Page) on Tue, May 1, 12 at 16:54
| Squirrel in the attic. Or possum. Or raccon. Or rat. In your attic, or crawlspace, or walls. NOT in your shower drain. You need to go up in your attic and inspect and also inspect the exterior as to where the access point might be. Then you need a professional to trap or poision said critter and another to repair the damage he's done and make sure that every single access point is properly shut up. |
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- Posted by ginnyginny (My Page) on Tue, May 1, 12 at 17:08
| I'm assuming you say it's impossible for anything to come up through the shower drain and make that noise? I have had rats in my garage and outside, partly because I stored fertilizers in my garage. They are out now and I haven't seen a rat in the garage. I guess he hasn't given up on my house as a source of food. The chewing sound I heard was the critter eating my house I guess? Oh my gosh - I love my house but it's falling apart bit by bit; it's 55 years old. Thanks so much. I will call the rodent company today. Ginny |
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- Posted by weedmeister (My Page) on Tue, May 1, 12 at 17:19
| I had a similar sound. It was mice in the attic crawlspace. A few mousetraps and peanut butter took care of the problem |
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| We had a drain hole in our bathroom under/near the water heater (to drain it into the crawl space, I assume). Anyway, we found that mice were coming up through that little hole at night to snack on the dog food--which the dog did not appreciate. Hope you solve your zombie soon! |
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- Posted by jakethewonderdog (My Page) on Thu, May 3, 12 at 8:28
| If it turns out not to be rodents, this may help. |
Here is a link that might be useful: How to get rid of Zombies
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- Posted by ginnyginny (My Page) on Thu, May 3, 12 at 13:14
| It is rats in the walls coming from the attic. Rodent company came out yesterday, set traps in attic(saw lots of droppings) and sealed up one place in the attic and one in the garage where they can enter. Thanks for your help with this. Ginny |
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- Posted by lazypup (lazypup@yahoo.com) on Mon, May 7, 12 at 15:48
| It is quite possible that it was a rat or mouse trying to chew through the cross in the drain line however I would not be overly concerned about it and I certainly would not worry about an opening in a drain line in the house. In all probability, if it was a rodent in the drain line, it came in through the drain lines from the municipal sewer main. Generally when that occurs they will claw and chew frantically for a short time in an effort to escape, but once they realize their efforts are fruitless, they generally return the same way they came in. |
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