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 <apvand...@utexas.edu> wrote: > > > 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 > The University of Texas at Austin > P.O. Drawer 7219 > Austin, Texas 78713-7219 > P: 512-232-4614 > > > > > >> 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. >> >> >> >> >> 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. > > -- > 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. -- 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/A87A4BAB-366C-4BD4-B43A-EBBDA1AE3980%40aol.com.
