Comments on: 5 Tips For Winterizing Your Home Against Pests — and What’s Your Favorite Pest Story?

By: theidearoom

theidearoom — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:50:04 +0000

We have had problems with wasp nests too. All around the outside of our home and one in our attic. We have had a lot less issues with them now after having sealed off many areas where they were getting in cracks…much like in your home renovation! Can’t wait to see it 🙂

By: Jessica

Jessica — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 18:58:39 +0000

I was laying in bed one night and I could hear this tick sound. Like when you try to open something with your fingernail… Anyway I woke up my husband and he went to the bathroom to investigate and found nothing. 2 minutes later it was right above our head ticking, so we flipped on the light and we could see a little mouse claw gabbing at the vent trying to get in!!! I had to sleep on the couch the rest of the night. Luckily he captured it the next day.
I am also a huge arachnophobe and one night I pulled my covers up and thought I saw a spider, but it was my imagination (so I thought) the next thing I knew, I was seeing a huge spider running on the top edge of my covers!

By: melanie

melanie — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 17:09:59 +0000

my most horrific pest story…. one morning i was laying in bed thinking about getting up when i heard the oddest tinkling noise, like china being moved gently .. i looked around couldn’t figure it out, i heard it again and to my HORROR about 3 feet from my head a Fat mouse was hanging upside down from my necklaces that were hanging on 4 hooks on the wall EEEKKK!!

By: Carrie

Carrie — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:54:11 +0000

i was sleeping and felt something land on my head- i thought it was my husband’s hand so i reached up to push it off and it did NOT feel like his hand! i swatted it off and turned the light on cause i just KNEW it was a frog! my husband told me i was crazy and I never found it so we went back to sleep. the next evening, i found the frog in our bathtub! how it got into the house we have no idea.

By: Shannon

Shannon — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 14:52:10 +0000

We’ve had a skunk and 2 possums forcibly removed from underneath our bay windows. A skunk sprayed under one of them and since the house is 55+ years old, it was not sealed. The spray got into our storage room and main air intake for the furnace. It was winter, so when the heater kicked on, it was indescribably horrific. We lived in a hotel for a month! It took a few years for the smell to go away. I still don’t like to go to the storage room on a hot humid day.

A few months later (still winter), we discovered that a possum had burrowed a hole through the other bay window and was living in between our living room floor and basement ceiling! After that was sealed up and ensuring no animals were still in there, we installed chicken wire and fencing around those windows. It’s anchored in a concrete trench, too. Overkill? Maybe, but I’m not risking another skunk incident!!!

By: jen@tatertotsandjello

jen@tatertotsandjello — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 04:48:13 +0000

In reply to kristina. Gah!!!Hows cary to find a mouse in the grape juice. I am glad you have gotten rid of the rats Kristina. My mom had those and they were hard to get rid of! xxo

By: jen@tatertotsandjello

jen@tatertotsandjello — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 04:46:59 +0000

In reply to Shannon. Expanding foam is amazing, don't you think? I love that stuff!! xoxo

By: jen@tatertotsandjello

jen@tatertotsandjello — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 04:46:30 +0000

In reply to Micki Weinrich Sellers. Eeeeks!! Great tip Micki!! xxxxo

By: jen@tatertotsandjello

jen@tatertotsandjello — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 04:46:04 +0000

In reply to Lara Garner (@LaraEllieG).

I think I would have a huge freak out if a rat fell on my head LOL!! Scary!!

Love you my friend!!

xoxox

By: jen@tatertotsandjello

jen@tatertotsandjello — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 04:44:40 +0000

In reply to Sue {munchkin munchies}. That is so sad. And so scary with a new baby Sue! xxox