So on Friday, as we're cleaning up the Money Pit. Celle is vacuuming the dust out of the outlets. She had removed all of the coverings so she could get an accurate count to replace them with newer looking ones. Since they're all open she figures she'll vacuum out the dust from them. As I'm scrubbing away at the floors I hear her scream. I walk over and she says, "what I thought was a piece of insulation wasn't coming out. So I go to take a look and it wasn't insulation. Insulation does not have bones!"
It turns out this mouse tried running across the terminals on this outlet and fried himself. No, he actually didn't "fry". There are no burn markings around the area. He most likely found himself paralyzed not able to move with all that current coursing through him and just died there unable to do anything else.
This poor guy has been mummified for a while. I'm sure his demise provided quite a feast for the roaches as well.
This is what happens when the socket outlet box does not line up flush against the wall. You get dead critters like this getting through the gaps. If he had been wet, he could have blown a fuse or worse, started some sparks causing a fire. This need to be taken care of. I'm thinking of using some putty to help cover up the gaps. It'll help keep things like this from happening, and keep bugs out.
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