I'm very confused........help needed.
Feb 27th 2009, 12:21 am
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I'm very confused........help needed.
Something strange keeps happening in the night. I have a woodden floor and often when I go into the dining room in the morning, there is a pile of black dust, looks a little like gun powder, sitting on the floor under the light fitting.
I thought something must be living in the light, but when I took it apart there was no animal or dust present.
After cleaning the dust up, I came out this morning to find a pile of the same gun powder type dust under the light again.
Anyone any idea what could be causing it ??????
I thought something must be living in the light, but when I took it apart there was no animal or dust present.
After cleaning the dust up, I came out this morning to find a pile of the same gun powder type dust under the light again.
Anyone any idea what could be causing it ??????
Feb 27th 2009, 1:10 am
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Re: I'm very confused........help needed.
Am sorry Croweater I don't have a clue, but am now very curious also so I hope someone responds to you soon! 
Feb 27th 2009, 1:15 am
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Re: I'm very confused........help needed.
Does your wife suck coal & sleep walk ... ?
Something strange keeps happening in the night. I have a woodden floor and often when I go into the dining room in the morning, there is a pile of black dust, looks a little like gun powder, sitting on the floor under the light fitting.
I thought something must be living in the light, but when I took it apart there was no animal or dust present.
After cleaning the dust up, I came out this morning to find a pile of the same gun powder type dust under the light again.
Anyone any idea what could be causing it ??????
I thought something must be living in the light, but when I took it apart there was no animal or dust present.
After cleaning the dust up, I came out this morning to find a pile of the same gun powder type dust under the light again.
Anyone any idea what could be causing it ??????
Feb 27th 2009, 2:54 am
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Re: I'm very confused........help needed.
Cor sounds intriguing!
Sorry don't have much of an answer really, not a mouse or anything like that chewing threw? My friend kept having a little visitor and she had no idea how he was getting in until she chased it and it was going out the plastic cover that had been put around the waste pipe to the outside, it hadnt been fixed in place and the mouse had his own private door! Took her ages to find out.
Perhaps its something like that.
Hope hyou find out soon though.
Plants
Sorry don't have much of an answer really, not a mouse or anything like that chewing threw? My friend kept having a little visitor and she had no idea how he was getting in until she chased it and it was going out the plastic cover that had been put around the waste pipe to the outside, it hadnt been fixed in place and the mouse had his own private door! Took her ages to find out.
Perhaps its something like that.
Hope hyou find out soon though.
Plants
Feb 27th 2009, 8:29 am
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Re: I'm very confused........help needed.
Something strange keeps happening in the night. I have a woodden floor and often when I go into the dining room in the morning, there is a pile of black dust, looks a little like gun powder, sitting on the floor under the light fitting.
I thought something must be living in the light, but when I took it apart there was no animal or dust present.
After cleaning the dust up, I came out this morning to find a pile of the same gun powder type dust under the light again.
Anyone any idea what could be causing it ??????
I thought something must be living in the light, but when I took it apart there was no animal or dust present.
After cleaning the dust up, I came out this morning to find a pile of the same gun powder type dust under the light again.
Anyone any idea what could be causing it ??????
Feb 27th 2009, 7:00 pm
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Re: I'm very confused........help needed.
Any holes in the wood? It might be a wood borer (bug)
Feb 27th 2009, 7:20 pm
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Re: I'm very confused........help needed.
Put a table or something under the light.Next day if the dust is on the table,it's falling from above, if below it's coming up from the floor.You can also lightly sprinkle talc on the floor surrounding the black dust area,if any critter breaks the magic circle it will leave a trail.
See what happens and we'll take it from there.
See what happens and we'll take it from there.
Feb 28th 2009, 8:15 am
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Re: I'm very confused........help needed.
Put a table or something under the light.Next day if the dust is on the table,it's falling from above, if below it's coming up from the floor.You can also lightly sprinkle talc on the floor surrounding the black dust area,if any critter breaks the magic circle it will leave a trail.
See what happens and we'll take it from there.
See what happens and we'll take it from there.
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Feb 28th 2009, 8:38 am
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Feb 28th 2009, 8:48 am
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Re: I'm very confused........help needed.
Something strange keeps happening in the night. I have a woodden floor and often when I go into the dining room in the morning, there is a pile of black dust, looks a little like gun powder, sitting on the floor under the light fitting.
I thought something must be living in the light, but when I took it apart there was no animal or dust present.
After cleaning the dust up, I came out this morning to find a pile of the same gun powder type dust under the light again.
Anyone any idea what could be causing it ??????
I thought something must be living in the light, but when I took it apart there was no animal or dust present.
After cleaning the dust up, I came out this morning to find a pile of the same gun powder type dust under the light again.
Anyone any idea what could be causing it ??????
Feb 28th 2009, 9:51 am
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Re: I'm very confused........help needed.
Something strange keeps happening in the night. I have a woodden floor and often when I go into the dining room in the morning, there is a pile of black dust, looks a little like gun powder, sitting on the floor under the light fitting.
I thought something must be living in the light, but when I took it apart there was no animal or dust present.
After cleaning the dust up, I came out this morning to find a pile of the same gun powder type dust under the light again.
Anyone any idea what could be causing it ??????
I thought something must be living in the light, but when I took it apart there was no animal or dust present.
After cleaning the dust up, I came out this morning to find a pile of the same gun powder type dust under the light again.
Anyone any idea what could be causing it ??????
