[Bilyclub]

Any ideas on what did this. String trimmer, rodent, insects?

[MACH7SS]

Originally Posted by Bilyclub

Any ideas on what did this. String trimmer, rodent, insects?

No string trimmer. I know from experience. I've put two trimmer cuts in my birdcage over the years. Based on my past experience in our Savannah, Georgia home, some type of rodent did that damage. The screen has been chewed away. Check your birdcage/lanai area for food, crumbs, fruits, or anything else that is either edible, looks edible, or smells edible.

[Bilyclub]

Originally Posted by MACH7SS

No string trimmer. I know from experience. I've put two trimmer cuts in my birdcage over the years. Based on my past experience in our Savannah, Georgia home, some type of rodent did that damage. The screen has been chewed away. Check your birdcage/lanai area for food, crumbs, fruits, or anything else that is either edible, looks edible, or smells edible.

Thanks, it's completely empty, except for a few dead worms from the rain.

[N44125]

I’ve had the same problem...how do you repair it?

[Topspinmo]

My guess palm rat if you got palms around with ripe fruits. or squirrel 🐿, same thing just long furry tail.

[tophcfa]

That shouldn't be a string trimmer by the picture. There is adequate room between the concrete wall and the screen so that should not happen. Also, the picture indicates something chewed it, rather than cut it. We recently had something chew a hole in our birdcage also, but up much higher where the wall meets the roof. I suspect a squirrel or some kind of bird rather than a rodent given where the hole was chewed. Ace hardware sells screen repair adhesive patches which I found easy to use. So far, so good on the patches, but it will take time to see if the adhesion on the patches holds up for the long run. Another way to fix a hole in a screen is to take a small piece of matching screen and lay it over the hole, then us a clear fingernail polish and apply it where the patch and screen meet. Once the fingernail polish dries it bonds the patch to the screen. Hope that helps.

[skip0358]

I had a lime tree that atrackted rats saw these holes appearing in my screens set a trap and caught 2 small ones and 1 good sized one. Removed the lime tree no more problems. Neighbor had the same problem

[Medtrans]

Originally Posted by Bilyclub

Any ideas on what did this. String trimmer, rodent, insects?

Crane?

squirrel did that to us but we had birdseed on the lanai that attracted him. you can buy screen patches that glue on

[Jima64]

looks like a rat hole.

[Strongel]

Something could have got past you and was trapped inside. They might have tried to get out.

[bhoward]

Rats. We had them after the 2017 storms. 5 holes like yours. Traps got 6 of them plus a couple of squirrels.
I patched all the holes until a re-screening this past year. Good luck.

[CWGUY]

Originally Posted by Medtrans

Crane?

Frasier or Niles ?

[newwillo]

Rodent
I had the same thing..........

[Barbara Beveridge]

Squirrels, ruined our screens.