2013年9月27日 星期五

鼠災

2013年9月27日
 
很久之前,家裡後陽台開始有老鼠出沒的跡象,留下一些老鼠屎,但顯然沒有老鼠留下來,也就算了。
 
然後是近幾年開始在永和仁愛公園,不斷看到老鼠出沒,去公園運動的人,似乎都習以為常了。前兩天在公園旁邊一家小吃店剛買完東西,一隻碩大的老鼠就在眼前奔過,嚇人一跳。
 
很不幸,大約兩個星期前,發現老鼠終於進入我家了。前陽台隔了一個小儲物室,木門底下有一條不小的門縫,老鼠顯然跑進了儲物室。一開始懷疑有老鼠,是因為放在前陽台鞋子裡的襪子被拉到儲物室門縫前。
 
於是開始滅鼠作戰。
 
先是買了老鼠藥,倒在小紙盤上,放了兩盤在儲物室門前。隔天起來,有一盤被整盤拉進了儲物室,兩天後,第二盤也被拉進去了。
 
中秋天兔颱風來襲前,買了超音波驅鼠器,開始使用。
 
幾天之後,吃完晚飯回家,兩隻小小的老鼠死在前陽台地上,屍體僵硬。我買了自助餐店夾菜的那種夾子,檢起丟進塑膠袋,心裡一陣陣的噁心。
 
心想老鼠可能已經死光,打開儲物室,赫然發現一隻小老鼠坐在一堆雜物上,拍一下手,牠便躲進雜物堆裡。因為不知裡面還有多少隻,不敢清理雜物。晚間看到一隻小老鼠從大門底下的空隙跑出去,第二天打開儲物室,檢查木板下的空隙,確定沒有老鼠,但仍然不想去動那堆雜物。
 
開始做防鼠小工程。用特立屋買來的門縫條封進大門底下的門縫,但發現還有一個小洞封不掉,於是在門的前面用一種輕質膠板(珍珠板),用雙面膠貼上,封掉那個小洞。再用珍珠板,將儲物室的門縫封住。到此終於鬆一口氣。
 
第二天起來,儲物室那塊較大的珍珠板掉在地上,打開門一看,木門角落被咬掉了一些,木屑散落地上。心想是儲物室的老鼠逃走了,再將珍珠板貼好。今早起來,真嚇了一跳,一大一小兩塊珍珠板中間被咬開了一個老鼠洞,地上還散落不少木屑。
 

我差點要舉白旗了。
 

(各方友好有何驅鼠滅鼠妙方,還請不吝指教。)

10 則留言:

  1. 聽過的太殘忍,你也還是聽聽好了:火燒活老鼠由牠痛苦尖叫,之後一家子都會嚇怕不再回來。

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  2. 嗱,我唔識,不過我諗如果D老鼠要屢封屢咬,証明好消息,洞內沒有其它出路。
    咁,就可以要佢咬唔爛,方法可以用水泥。但係有問題,水泥要28日乾透,初步堅固也要三兩天。另外如果成功,將會係水泥藏屍案,會因臭味被揭發。
    另外就係引鼠出洞。方法係外罩玻璃箱,置重物,鼠不知,外出如常。置數倒剌尖釘在洞口,如泥鯭籠,鼠能出不能進,次日可生擒老鼠。
    我就講完,做就靠你。

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  3. 珍珠板 isn't working.
    Use a single board or 2 or 3 boards of solid wood instead. Single board is better. If use more than one board, leave no (almost no) gaps between them.

    Use solid wood, not ply wood, not boards made of wood chips, not boards that are even less solid.

    If it's hard to put solid wood on the wall, use metal sheets. It depends on what kind of wall it is.

    Use Solid Wood!! Or metal sheets!!

    The board(s) of wood shouldn't be too thin. Otherwise, the rats may still be able to chew through. Thickness of 3/8 of an inch should be good enough. (1/4 of an inch should be good too.) If possible, use thicker board(s). I would use half inch. If metal sheets are used, thickness of about 1/16 inch should be good enough. The board(s) or sheets should cover the gap ALL THE WAY and cover several inches of the wall from the bottom, that is, he top edge of the board(s) or sheets should be well above the gap. Find a way to secure the board(s) or sheets to the wall real well. It depends on what kind wall it is.

    Some metal sheets have rows of small holes (for example, 1/8 of an inch in diameters) in them. As long as the sheets are thick enough, that should be fine.

    If wood is used:
    To be safer, before put the board on, you can put some metal mesh in the gap so that there are no holes big enough for rats to go through. (Just to be safe, the wires on the mesh can't be too thin, even though rats will have a hard time to chew through metal.) Ideally, you can find a single piece of mesh that is big enough to cover the gap. Or else, you need to find a way to tie two or more pieces together. To secure the mesh in the gap may be tricky. If not secured well enough, rats may be able to pull it loose or away a bit and get through the gap. But the board(s) should stop them even when the mesh fails.

    PS. Before put the board(s) or metal sheets on, leave some rat poison in or behind the gap if it's okay to have dead rats there.

    Oh well, good luck.

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  4. Vic, 從相片看未知牆壁是單板還是裡外是木板而中間是絕緣物體, 若是單板問題比較簡單, 如果是雙層的話則比較困難; 因老鼠可以匿藏在板間中, 如它們破牆而出, 則此屋已被佔據(infested).

    你提及曾用老鼠藥毒殺, 相信是體形較小的那種, 現在假設是單板及儲物室連接住屋, 詳細檢查屋內外的各種縫隙, 尤其是儲物室與屋的牆及堵塞. 樓上已提議各種方法, 最根本可以杜絕誘因, 將儲物室的東西妥善處捚, 特別是食物應存放在容器內.

    根於防鼠的方法, 老鼠藥是治標而非治本, 除藥本身有毒外, 處理屍體亦煩惱. 其他辦法包括老鼠膠﹙沿牆邊擺放) 及一種超音波的驅鼠器(要插電). 我嘅經驗是多管齊下, 由老鼠的肆虐程度, 最重要是防止入屋, 用氣味濃的清潔劑洗滌, 可除去老鼠無形的軌跡, 改善後最好插上超音波驅鼠器一勞永逸. 以上是我的經験, 希望有用.

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  5. 現在首要清除已入屋的老鼠,除了放老鼠藥外,請考慮也放老鼠籠。老鼠藥放牆角, 有老鼠糞的地方(老鼠糞是像黑糯米的物體), 及 attic 上也要放。祝早日消除鼠患

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