Posted by Kae --Previous Message--
on December 22, 2004, 11:00 pm, in reply to "Re: Something is eating mice in my basement"
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: I have recently had a problem with mice
: in my house in the Laurel Highlands of
: PA. I set several mouse traps. Two of
: them were set in the utility room which
: houses the furnace. When I came back
: to check on these traps a couple of
: days later, there were patrial mice on
: them (mainly the head). I believe that
: something is eating the mice. I hope
: it isn't a racoon or some other large
: mammal, but rather a snake. The house
: is only a year old. Could it be a
: snake and if so, how can I tell?
:
: Hi, and I don't think it is a snake,
: since snakes swallow their prey whole
: and cannot chew it, so, unless it were
: a large snake, I doubt it could leave a
: mouse part in the trap, but would
: rather get trapped itself. In your area
: most (if not all) of the snakes are in
: some nice warm (but not too warm) den,
: slumbering away the winter. I wouldn't
: suspect a Raccoon or anything big, but
: you might think about a Weasel, Mink,
: Shrew, or possibly (but unlikely) a
: Skunk.
:
Do you know how I'd go about identifying it? I'm worried about rabbies. Thank you so much for taking the time to reply. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
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