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Old 08-19-2014, 08:29 AM
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Default Consider removing Bird Feeders also

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Originally Posted by Happinow View Post
I looked out on the lanai this afternoon and saw quite a few black things on my lanai floor. I didn't think too much of it and later went out to inspect them. They were mice droppings! I couldn't understand how a mouse could get in the lanai. I was washing off some pool shoes and happen to look down at the screen and there was a hole chewed right through the screen. I called Massey and told them what I had observed. They asked if I had a grill on my lanai and I told them I did. They said that mice will eat through the screens in search of the fat/ drippings on the grill. At the time, I hadn't looked near the grill because there weren't any droppings in that area. Upon further inspection, sure enough there were two more holes chewed through another screen behind the grill and a lot of droppings under the grill. Massey was right, the mice were after the grill. We moved the grill outside and will now have to pour a larger slab to accommodate it. So, if you have a grill on your lanai you might want to move it outside. We now have to replace two large sections of screen.....so far. Massey will come and trap those nasty pests!!!
... and get rid of Bird Feeders!!!!
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