Squeak Update

I was on edge all day yesterday, my plan was if I saw it, me and Little A were going to be out the door in seconds flat. I didn't see it all day, but the anticipation of seeing it was almost worse! I scanned the baseboards of every room every time I entered, I carefully opened doors and looked at the counter tops. Nothing. I hoped maybe this was a one time visit and that I would get a good night's sleep last night.

Just to be on the safe side, M put out two peanut butter filled traps in our bedroom since that's the only place we heard it. He had band practice last night so I was alone when attempting to go to bed, except for my mother who was coaching me from distant lands. I used her advice and slept with our lamp on so that it would stay wherever it was, I didn't hear a single peep. Until 230 when Miss A woke up. I am not sure if that agitated it and it started squeaking or if it had been softly squeaking and I hadn't noticed. Anyway, I heard it and M didn't hear it at first. To me, it sounded like it was right near our heads below the bed. M finally did hear it after an especially loud squeak and we both jumped to the middle of the bed (this occurred even with the lights on).

We pulled the bed away from the wall, nothing. We could hear noise like it's little claws against the wall but we could not see anything where the sound seemed to be coming from. We are considering the idea that maybe it's in the wall, but the one thing that makes me think it's actually in our room is that I found a little wad of shredded paper near my closet....it could be Clete because he's been known to do that but it could also be our rodent perp.

We have yet to see anything...it's so irritating. After we tried to go back to bed last night, I could hear it's chirping/squeaking through the night and other random noises, like the sound of it messing with possibly a lamp cord and then another sound like it was moving some other things that are on the floor. Both traps remain empty....

M is going to vacuum our room today (it's been awhile) so that we can tell if there is more shredded paper showing up. Here's to hoping tonight is better....I know this tired feeling all too well from when A wasn't sleeping through the night. Hopefully this is a short reprieve from the wonderful full night's sleep we have been getting.