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 without making any mention.
Alan *Alan Van Dyke, *Senior Preservation Technician Harry Ransom Center <http://www.hrc.utexas.edu> The University of Texas at Austin <http://www.utexas.edu> P.O. Drawer 7219 Austin, Texas 78713-7219 P: 512-232-4614 <https://www.hrc.utexas.edu/> On Thu, Oct 20, 2022 at 1:22 PM Anderson, Gretchen < anders...@carnegiemnh.org> wrote: > 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 > are any more. Also, check to see if there are any new holes into the > building, any recent construction. Particularly near where you found the > mouse. Clear up any food that might be in the prep lab. Focus on > housekeeping. Before you panic (or go to extremes in your response), > verify that you do have a problem. Try to isolate it, if possible. > > > > Good luck! > Gretchen > > > > *From: *pestlist@googlegroups.com <pestlist@googlegroups.com> on behalf > of Katy Corneli <katharine.corn...@usu.edu> > *Date: *Thursday, October 20, 2022 at 1:46 PM > *To: *MuseumPests <pestlist@googlegroups.com> > *Subject: *[PestList] Mouse help > > CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not > click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know > the content is safe. > > Hello, > > > > I'm hoping someone knows something about mice and how to deal with them. > This fellow was found in one of our mouse traps in our fossil prep lab. I > am trying to assess whether he represents an active threat or an > inadvertent visitor. Maybe it doesn't matter? But we are wondering if he > just came in from outside (possibly even hitching a ride back from the > field with our paleontologists) or whether he came from inside the museum. > I think he looks more like a "house mouse" than a "field mouse" but does > that help answer our question? And, again, does it matter? Or should we > just plaster the museum with snap traps? > > > > Thank you in advance, > > Katy > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MuseumPests" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/BYAPR07MB4998EDDB01081417BD07553AEA2A9%40BYAPR07MB4998.namprd07.prod.outlook.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/BYAPR07MB4998EDDB01081417BD07553AEA2A9%40BYAPR07MB4998.namprd07.prod.outlook.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > > > The information contained in this message and/or attachments is intended > only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain > confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, > dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, > this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient > is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and > delete the material from any system and destroy any copies. Any views > expressed in this message are those of the individual sender. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MuseumPests" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/MN2PR02MB6912DF0CB208C9DBB6E68300BC2A9%40MN2PR02MB6912.namprd02.prod.outlook.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/MN2PR02MB6912DF0CB208C9DBB6E68300BC2A9%40MN2PR02MB6912.namprd02.prod.outlook.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MuseumPests" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CAHhLO3anZiHdp32DSzKZgv_y1ZpsdCsG-sdN75vVVQNnrgXYtw%40mail.gmail.com.
