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Old 06-28-2021, 10:17 AM
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I found where one of the buggers had chewed through the OSB under the vinyl siding and gotten into the house. After I cleaned up the sheathing chips, poop and insulation scraps I stuffed the gap with #3 steel wool. Set out a couple Victors but it wouldn't go for them. After a few days we found it croaked in one of the bedrooms. I didn't perform an autopsy but judging from its lack of interest in cheese and peanut butter, I would guess that it tried to leave the same way it came in and got a gut full of #3 and lost its appetite.