OOT Auto Shop/Home & Garden - Call I got from my mechanic

[SlackerMcFly]

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OP lives in Seattle.


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I lived in Seattle for 5 years. I moved back to Arizona to escape the rodents. But they followed me here. Doomed!

[Freakin]

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freakin, its not as bad as you think, they arent rats, they are just mice. Is your garage AC? how about heated in teh winter?

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neither. single paned windows also.

is this good?

[guids]

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freakin, its not as bad as you think, they arent rats, they are just mice. Is your garage AC? how about heated in teh winter?

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neither. single paned windows also.

is this good?

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99% of the time its field mice, or "outdoor" mice looking to get out of the cold or the heat (usually cold). I would have suggested turning the AC off. Id suggest getting a cat, but then you car will get scratched up.

[RunDownHouse]

Definitely a common problem. You really think he wanted to lie to you and made up a rodent problem instead of blaming some mechanic-babble you wouldn't really be able to translate?

[Freakin]

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freakin, its not as bad as you think, they arent rats, they are just mice. Is your garage AC? how about heated in teh winter?

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neither. single paned windows also.

is this good?

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99% of the time its field mice, or "outdoor" mice looking to get out of the cold or the heat (usually cold). I would have suggested turning the AC off. Id suggest getting a cat, but then you car will get scratched up.

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it may be worth it. can i rent cats for a few weeks or something and keep them in the garage? Any chance this spread to a home infestation?

If I plan for rats and get rat traps then small things like field mice will steal my bait and make me look like a fool, right? Should I get some of both?

[guids]

if your garage is infested, your home is most likely too, if it is mice that is (which Im assuming thats what they are and not rats). Id just get both, see what happens. or maybe just hire an exterminator.

[Freakin]

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or maybe just hire an exterminator.

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i think i'm going to do this one.

[kyleb]

guys,

freakin is actually going nuts about this in the office; everytime i bring up the possibility that he has rats in his house he doesn't want to hear it.

it's really funny

[guids]

is there a drain in the garage? if so, it might be rats.

[kyleb]

every single one of these suggestions makes him freak out; please keep it coming