Soooo...I was finding these little pellet looking things in my cabinets. After asking around, I was told they were droppings from an American roach/Palmetto bug and too small to be made by a mouse....I emptied out my cabinets and pantry and sprayed the hell out of with with the usual stuff that kills these kind of roaches. That was last week. Today my wife goes to make some pasta and finds this: Yes, I handled the droppings and arranged them, adding a penny for scale. This looks to be the work of a mouse, no? Palmetto bugs can't eat that, can they? There is no evidence of scratching or tearing or biting in anything. There another box of pasta with a couple of deposits left in it, but no eating of it The thought of it creeps me out. Could it be something else? If it is mice, WTF do I do? Is this a DIY job? ETA: The pasta must have been like this before we sprayed and we just didn't notice it
Ask fin-d to send you some love bugs. They will seduce whatever is doing the infestation and convince them to move out.
I hear ya. My wife says that the pasta couldn't have been more than 6 weeks old. Can roaches eat that much?
Call CashInFist. He'll eat whatever it is. Occasionally my sh*** come out the size of marbles and I weigh 180. Could be a little mouse with a digestive disorder.
If you don't already have some, get some large plastic bins and put your pantry items in them. Make sure they are sealable and only open them to take out food. Spray your cabinets and don't return the items for a month or two. Sent from my GT-P3110 using Tapatalk 2
Go to Home Depot and buy a syringe of roach bait with "fipronil" and also a package of glue boards. Both found in the pest control section. Put a just few drops of the bait in the middle of the glue board and put it in the cabinet where you're seeing the droppings. Total cost probably $20.00. I can't tell for sure but it does look like palmetto droppings. The bait is great for roaches if/when they get to it. If its a small mouse it will get stuck to the glueboard. If they aren't droppings at all and you see them moving, just go through all your rice/pasta and search through it. It could be grain beetles. No spray needed for that. Just throw the crap out.
Put up a picture of FinD. They will move out and/or burn the house down. Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk 2
Do the mice like that bait too? Is there anything else I can put on the boards that mice will seek out. I ask because I don't where they are running and would want to attract them I'm just confused. When I think of "bait" it's usually a hairless young man
You can put a peanut or 2 crushed and in the center. Or...sprinkle crushed peanuts in and on top of the bait. Try that. Just the scent of peanuts would attract a mouse.
Step 1: Dip your willy in peanut butter. Step 2: Go to sleep. If you wake up and your d*** has teeth marks you probably have a mouse.......... or need a new wife.
I don't think that's mouse poop for two reasons: 1) it's too small. I have mice in my house and their poop is a litter bigger 2) mice have such incredibly strong teeth that if they started eating those pieces of pasta, I doubt they would leave just small holes, they would chew up and stuff the whole thing in their mouths. if it's roaches, try the glue paper. glue paper only works moderately well with mice, I've seen bigger mice just bring it back to their holes. old fashioned mouse traps with a tiny bit of peanut butter work the best for mice.
Yep, thats why I suggested glue boards. I use them to catch rats and mice on jobs all the time. And yes peanuts or peanut butter works great. Strong odor they can't resist.
OK. So I had a post control guy come take a look. The droppings are American Roach. He said the pasta was most likely bought with some other pest inside it that ate the pasta. In thinking I can take care of this myself. I'll be getting the glue boards. Haven't had a chance to do too much, but I did lay down some borax. I think I'll put down some of that syringe stuff too. I'm a bit relieved that it isn't mice. The guy said he almost never sees mice in my area unless it's near a field or something. I thought that was interesting Thanks for all the input everyone. Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2
Nah, I was a Mod at FinHeaven and FanHell. There is no WIN in being a Mod. But yeah, calling a Mod a fargin bastage will take you places.... I recommend it.
