Insulation around stove? Interesting help needed

Kenneth Brown

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Ok, this is hard to admit but I have a problem. I have a mouse in my stove. The little !@#$%^ lives inbetween the casing and the inner box. Mind you he doesn't get in food prep areas, he just lives in the insulation aound it. I am planning on pulling the stove out and pulling the casing off. I have used every type of trap known to man kind but can't catch him. I have no idea how he's getting in but he's there. I figure once I get it out and apart I'll be able to block future entrance. Heres the question- Is the insulation special or will the pink without the paper be ok? I am gonna pull all of it out and want to replace it. The stove is only about a year and a half old so getting rid of it is out of the question.
 

Boomyal

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Re: Insulation around stove? Interesting help needed

Do you understand roasted mouse? :D
 

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Re: Insulation around stove? Interesting help needed

Originally posted by Boomyal:<br /> Do you understand roasted mouse? :D
ROFLMAO! <br /><br />If no-one here has the answer just call your local service shop and they will be able to let you know...
 

SlowlySinking

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Re: Insulation around stove? Interesting help needed

He's gotta come out sooner or later to find food so borrow someones cat for a few days.
 

gspig

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Re: Insulation around stove? Interesting help needed

I doubt Owins-Corning pink is the correct insulation for your stove. Does your stove have a self cleaning function? Try glue traps around and under the stove. If that doesn't get him, do a self-cleaning cycle on the oven.
 

roscoe

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Re: Insulation around stove? Interesting help needed

Mind you he doesn't get in food prep areas,
:) <br /><br />That like saying, " my dog only runs in your yard, he nevers poops there."
 
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DJ

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Re: Insulation around stove? Interesting help needed

Believe it or not, I have had this exact problem.<br /><br />I would not recommnd trying to roast him out. Been there done that. It (smell) just about ran us out of the house. Apparently the first roasting attempt killed the mouse and the smell, of the carcass after further "ripening" attempts, reappeared for several weeks.<br /><br />Take the stove apart and contact an appliance repair parts house. They will have the insulation.
 

Kenneth Brown

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Re: Insulation around stove? Interesting help needed

He runs outside your fence roscoe, not in your yard, thats why he doesn't poop there.<br /><br />I have did the self cleaning feature with glue traps. I had to turn it off for the smell it was making. The thing is still there because he pushes insulation out around the edges. I have glue trapped it to death. I reckon I'll have to call a shop to see what they say will work.
 
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