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Posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2012
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Yesterday when I was tidying up the storage shed I noticed a little trail of bird seed starting at the bag where it came from, going all the way to the door of the shed.
“Great,” I thought to myself, “not another mouse!” I swept the little bit of bird seed outside and kept organizing. Then I heard something off in the back corner and thought it was probably that little seed stealing mouse. I didn't want to get any closer than necessary to it, but I had to get it out of there if I was going to continue working in the shed. I grabbed the broom and slowly stuck it behind the mower, thinking that the mouse would run right through my legs and out the door. Much to my surprise, it wasn't a mouse at all, it was a squirrel! I have not heard any nice things about squirrels and was scared instantly. I dropped the broom, (who am I kidding, I threw the broom!) and screamed. The little thief ran right out the door before I could grasp my sanity. He was awfully cute, but I was not going to deal with a squirrel making its home in my shed.
I had to make some arrangements to make sure the squirrel would not enter my storage shed again. I poured the contents of the bird seed bag into a storage tub and made sure that it sealed all the way around, no cracks or openings. The extra box of Fresh Cab I had in the garage worked perfectly for the little space in the shed. I placed a pouch on both sides of the tub and used the other two next to the opening of the shed.
Later in the evening, I was doing dishes in my kitchen and looking outside at my shed, which was conveniently located for a perfect view. I saw what I thought was the squirrel from earlier in the tree. He was making his way closer and closer to the shed. I watched how he had gotten there so many times before. He jumped from branch to branch until he was just over the shed roof, and then jumped down onto it. He crawled down the side of the shed and had found the crack in the door to enter. As I watched his head enter, I was getting more furious with him, but just as fast as his head entered the door, his head poked back out. He was covering and rubbing his nose dramatically, just like when a dog gets scratched on the nose by a cat. The squirrel waited a minute and tried again. Same thing!
The Fresh Cab pouches worked just as well as they do with mice and rats. I was very pleased to see that Fresh Cab fixed yet another one of my pest problems.
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