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Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :

So for the past few weeks, I've wakened to the sounds of my pet dog scurrying and clawing on the other side of the wall. There's only one problem.

I don't have a dog. And the sounds are coming from above.

This is horrifying. There's SOMETHING living in the walls and ceiling, and while I've never seen any other evidence, I'm hearing it every mornng. What do I do? And yeah, it sounds bigger than a mouse. I think there's only one, but I don't know of entrances to the walls. Anyone know what my options are?

There was a fire in my building a few months, and I think it opened some of the walls up. I'll bet that's how it got in.

Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :

It could be a squirrel.

Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :

Or a ghost.

Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :

Or a ghost squirrel.

Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :

oooo... I like the squirrel idea.

I have to admit I was picturing something along the lines of the Rats of Nymm in my walls.

Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :

But then, very active in the morning.

I'll try a excorcism this afternoon.

Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :

Mice.

Posted by Valentine014 (Member # 5981) on :

Could it be a problem like this?

Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :

Seriously...much too big for mice.

Maybe a raccoon? All of which would make me feel better than the Monster Rat I'm picturing right now.

Posted by Mrs.M (Member # 2943) on :

quote:
What do I do?

For heaven's sake, call the landlord! I would absolutely flip out if that were happening in my house. You're a braver soul than I, Kat.

Posted by Bokonon (Member # 480) on :

NIMH.

Rats of NIMH!

Yes, I'm the resident NIMH-rod. [Smile]

-Bok

EDIT: Mice can make a heck of a lot of noise, especially if there are 2-3 of them. I had the sort of noise you described from 3 mice.

[ March 15, 2004, 09:18 AM: Message edited by: Bokonon ]

Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :

*scowl* I did. They came in, walked around, saw no evidence and didn't hear anything, and left. So much for that.

Plus, someone is cracking open my mail and swiping my magazines.

Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :

Spiders.

Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :

*pat pat* I don't think so.

Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :

Spiders can get really big.

Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :

Cockroaches.

Texas has giant, pre-historic sized cockroaches.

Posted by Tstorm (Member # 1871) on :

The sound of two possums making love can also be unsettling. They occassionally "did it" under the porch when I lived in Salina. Although it was freaky at the time, it's kinda humorous now. [Smile]

Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :

Don't be too grossed out by the rat idea. I wouldn't touch a wild one, but many people keep them as pets and they can be really loving. They just LOOK ugly. I'm not saying yours don't have rabies, but just try to keep it in perspective.

Posted by MEC (Member # 2968) on :

I had squirrels living in my attic once, I didn't mind them much, until they dug a hole into my living room. [Mad]

That's when I released my 3 cats into the attic, bye bye squirrels. [Evil Laugh]

Posted by Bob the Lawyer (Member # 3278) on :

Is it possible that your old lover now stalker built a teleportation device? Only, when he first tried it out there was some sort of a bug in it? Let's say a fly. Now he's some kind of stalker man-bug who lives in your ceiling and watches you sleep only to scuttle away when he sees you starting to wake up in the morning?

Oh, and he steals your magazines becuase he's pretty bored. He also thinks you should get cooler magazines.

Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :

BobT, I'm guessing it's not an old lover exactly. I bet it's the guy she got the apartment from to begin with and he's, like, spying on her.

Or it's a giant cockroach. [Dont Know]

Posted by Bob the Lawyer (Member # 3278) on :

Yeah, but if it's the guy who was in there before her wouldn't she notice the teleportation device? (Of course, she didn't say there *wasn't* one)

And don't even try to tell me that the teleportation isn't key. I think I've made it pretty clear that it's integral to the situation.

Posted by J T Stryker (Member # 6300) on :

What ever is living in your walls, I bet a pet ferret would get rid of it. Ferrets are such wonderful animals, too bad they are the devil incarnate. [Evil Laugh]

Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :

I had sqirrels in my ceiling and they sounded pretty large...

Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :

If the varmint was living behind her couch or the drapes or the refridgerator, maybe a ferret would help. Personally, I think a Turkey Vulture would be a much better idea. Or a hippo.

Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :

quote:
Maybe a raccoon? All of which would make me feel better than the Monster Rat I'm picturing right now.

You might want to reconsider your raccoon preference!

Dagonee

Posted by Happy Camper (Member # 5076) on :

It's probably a squirrel. There were two or three living in my parent's roof, and in the middle of the night they'd run back and forth along the soffett (sp?) and make whatever vocalizations they make. It got really annoying really quickly.

But what was fun was when I took a pond (pool) skimmer and ran it along the underside of the soffett where they were and scared them out of the roof. I got one of them to leap out of the side of the roof where their hole was and it fell two stories and landed on the sidewalk, on it's back. [Laugh]

Amazingly enough it then ran off.

Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :

I already lived in a house. I prefer my apartment.

Posted by luthe (Member # 1601) on :

maybe it homeless children who were raised by wolves.

Posted by MEC (Member # 2968) on :

Like one of these?

Posted by T. Analog Kid (Member # 381) on :

plus, buying a house doesn't make the problem go away, it just makes it your responsibility.

Kat, we have this issue and it *is* squirrels in our case. Also, that is more common than a rat or possum problem around here. Raccoons tend to be surprisingly huge, and I couldn't really picture them spending a lot of time in the walls and ceiling.

My bet is "squirrel".

Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :

Yay! I talked to the mangers this morning and they say squirrell as well. I think I can live with that - there's no physical evidence, and now that I'm not picturing that rat from Charlotte's Web staring at me at night, I'll be okay.

They are also changing the lock on my mailbox.

Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :

Squirrels aren't so bad. Not all of them, anyway.

Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :

Yes, that's it. I prefer the apartment because I hate cleaning.

Ver, are you new? Who are you, and why are you insulting me in my thread?

Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :

Was that too direct?

Ver, welcome to Hatrack. I'm delighted with the advice I've gotten in this thread. Very funny and informative as usual - vintage Hatrack. I'm not looking to change my living situation and am very happy where I currently am. Thank you, though. It sounds like you are very happy with your current situation as well.

Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :

What kat doesn't realize is that Hatrack -- by starting threads on babies and marriage, and by commenting in her thread about the importance of home ownership -- is conspiring to remind her how lax she's been in ticking off her "milestones" lately. [Wink]

j/k

Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :

I still say your best bet are a couple turkey vultures.

Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :

Oh good hannah. *hides*

*muffled voice from deep within the couch* I'm missing a co-captain, you know. I can't do anything about that.

[ March 15, 2004, 01:15 PM: Message edited by: katharina ]