[ladyjane]

I think I found out the culprits! My son was over yesterday and we were looking around...he found a burrow underneath the cable box that is in the corner of my yard. Interestingly, I have had some intermittent issues with my tvs .. they all seem to get scrambled at times and the sound cuts out. That box is for the neighborhood so if it continued we would all be without reception! I will bet something is chewing the cables under there.

I called the exterminator yesterday and he was here this morning. He lifted the one side of the cable box and underneath it were some sago seeds...some of them chewed in half! He is quite sure it is a rat burrow *shudder* . He said that it could be a baby possum, but he is leaning towards rats. He did not lift the entire box since we had no idea for sure what might be lurking. There is a fence in that corner so he put some traps back there...and we will see what happens. It all makes sense because I find them in the mornings so it is something that is out at night. They need to go find another place to live. Not welcome here!