Mice in dryer?
Dave K.
the perimeter of the house, and the only place I can figure that they're
getting in is through our dryer vent, which has a flap that doesn't close
tightly on the outside. I'm going to replace this with a newer style vent
designed to close tightly and keep pests out.
In any case, I'm not sure they could enter the house from there because the
flexible vent tube that goes from our 10 year old Whirlpool dryer to the
external vent in the wall does not have a hole in it and it's attached
tightly to the dryer and the vent, so the mice don't seem to be getting
through the flexible vent into the house.
However, I'm sure mice can crawl through our external vent, up the flexible
vent tube, into our dryer, but then would they be able to find a way out of
the bottom of the dryer some how? Would that be possible on a 10 year old
Whirlpool dryer? I've never taken our dryer apart, but I'm thinking that the
exhast tube inside the dryer would have to be sealed somehow within the
dryer so that the hot-air exhaust doesn't escape anywhere except out that
tube, where it's supposed to go. We've never found evidence of a mouse
inside the main dryer compartment, where the clothes go, and we keep the
dryer door shut when it's not in use, so mice wouldn't be coming into our
house from there. But is it likely that if a mouse followed the exhaust tube
into the dryer, he could find openings to come out the bottom of the dryer,
into our house? Any advice would be appreciated!!
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trail. They chew through things and leave debris behind in that manner as
well. Keen observation with a flashlight will probably lead you to the entry
point.
Hope this helps
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Gfretwell
in. It is possible that they are coming down the dryer vent I suppose but keep
looking. Look up, it may be near the roof line.
As an aside, I have always believed the "rat in the toilet" stories were about
a rat that fell down the roof vent, not one that came up from the sewer.
cvblr
gfre...@aol.com (Gfretwell) wrote:
I have a feeling mice have entered via my roof also--although I've only
seen "evidence" in the unfinished attic. (My cat--who isn't allowed in
the attic--seems to have prevented the mice from venturing downstairs.)
If mice could get in through the roof area, it would seem that a roof
vent could be an entry point. But that vent needs to be kept open for
ventilation, so isn't it just about impossible to keep mice out if
they're determined to go through a vent?
croll
Mice can get in alot of places but on your dryer it's pretty well
sealed up like you suspected. IF they were able to get in that way,
and survive, they'd have to come out where the lint filter goes in. I
have seen many mouse nests in dryers, it isn't difficult at all for
them to get in the bottom of it. You should go ahead and replace the
vent hood for other reasons. Sounds like you're going to get the one
with the "pest guard" on it (removable plastic screen-be sure to check
it monthly to clean the lint off of it). Do yourself a favor and
replace the plastic venting with 4 inch aluminum dryer vent pipe at
the same time. Use aluminum tape, looks like duct tape, but it's
aluminum with a peel off backing toseal the joints in the pipe. Don't
use any screws. Since the loss of our cat a few years ago, we get mice
too. Matter of fact, I'm battling them now. Found one was storing food
(dog food) in the console of my wall oven. You can seal any holes they
may come thru, like under a cabinet , etc, with steel wool and be sure
to put up anything they can eat like pet food if you have pets. I have
tried all kinds of traps. The ones I have the best luck with are the
regular old Victor wooden ones. For pesky mice (that lick the bait off
without tripping the trap, try a little fried bacon (not crunchy
fried, but not raw) and sew it to the trigger with thread. It works,
they get caught trying to pull it off. My wife walked in on me one
night sewing the bacon to traps I had lined up. It was an interesting
conversation..... Just think like a mouse, they want to eat, drink,
and be warm. Good luck!
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Decades ago (ca 1979 - I'm pretty sure it was my freshman year
in college) they were fixing the sewers in our neighborhood and we
found a mouse in the kitchen cabinet under the sink. My uncle chased
the darned critter with a hammer and somehow, next thing we knew it
was in the dishwasher! Go figure! Needless to say, my late mom
demanded a new dishwasher. Rodents are known to squeeze into holes
much smaller than the rodent itself. Or is that another "legend"?
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Cats too.
Some times I wonder how they do it.
Tony
Gfretwell
They have bones (I had a perfect skeleton in my garage once, thanks to the
ants) but they can still squeeze themselves into any hole their skull will fit
in.
Lar
cg.aol.com>, budysba...@aol.com.net.gov says...
:) Not a legend. Mice, and rats, have no bones. They can squeeze anywhere.
:)
:)
That would make them a furry slug :)
Their rib cage can collapse to some degree so if their
head will fit the rest of the body will follow.
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Lar
da...@REMOVEcompanynewsletters.com says...
:) We get a lot of mice in our 15 year old house. I've inspected every inch of
:) the perimeter of the house, and the only place I can figure that they're
:) getting in is through our dryer vent, which has a flap that doesn't close
:)
:)
They get into an opening the size of less than a dime.
If your house is a brick slab you may have weep hole
that are on the large side. They can also scale the side
of the home so making sure their are no gaps above your
head is necessary too.
Dave K.
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Dan O.
>:) Mice, and rats, have no bones. They can squeeze anywhere.
>That would make them a furry slug
>8~}
Good one!
RamblinOn
"Dave K." wrote:
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> tube, where it's supposed to go. We've never found evidence of a mouse
> inside the main dryer compartment, where the clothes go, and we keep the
> dryer door shut when it's not in use, so mice wouldn't be coming into our
> house from there. But is it likely that if a mouse followed the exhaust tube
> into the dryer, he could find openings to come out the bottom of the dryer,
> into our house? Any advice would be appreciated!!
Don't worry about it :o) Our mice used to come in, about one per
season, late in the fall. A very patient firefighter once came calling
late at night to find out why smoke was pouring from my clothes dryer.
I had shut it off and taken the clothes out, and nothing in the clothing
was burnt. After taking off the back of the dryer, he found a small
pile of dog chow, moved from the doggie bowl on the other side of the
kitchen and piled around the burner. Mice need only a very small
opening and I think they used either the vent itself or just squeezed
between the siding/footer to get in. One trap a year controlled the
problem nicely, but I also started storing cereal and such in cannisters
and tins so they wouldn't stop to dine on a new sack of flour in the
cabinet.
Lar
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:)
:) >:) Mice, and rats, have no bones. They can squeeze anywhere.
:)
:) >That would make them a furry slug
:)
:) >8~}
:)
:) Good one!
:)
A rat can squeeze down to the size of a quarter, a
mouse can squeeze down to the size of a dime, so that
makes the difference between a mouse and a rat 15 cents.
(Ok, I quit)
Kahlua53
>ventilation, so isn't it just about >impossible to keep mice out if
>they're determined to go through a vent?
Not if you put a screen in the vent or around the hole...
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