[klondike mary] On the level, part 3

[klondike mary]

Caught in the middle....

The upstairs neighbors are noisy. The downstairs neighbors are vagrants. What to do?

It seems like nothing short of chemical warfare will help.

[Doriana]

upstairs neighbours = humans? animals? plants?
downstairs neighbours = humans? animals? plants?

[klondike mary]

upstairs neighbours = humans? animals? This plants?
downstairs neighbours = humans? animals? This. Good to get that out of the way. plants?
Doriana

[JenBurdoo]

Chemical warfare used to get rid of the animals? Upstairs? Downstairs?

Are the animals in each place arthropods? Vertebrates? Bacteria? Pets? The same species?

[Doriana]

Are the individuals caught in the middle also animals? humans?

[GalFisk]

Is the same chemical used to battle both? Does it cause death? Discomfort? Sterility? Are the animals upstairs and downstairs in a house? On a person?

[klondike mary]

Are the animals in each place arthropods? Vertebrates?[b]This[/b]Bacteria? Pets? The same species?[b]No - 2 different species.[/b]
Chemical warfare used to get rid of the animals? Upstairs? Downstairs?[b]The upstairs ones.[/b]

[klondike mary]

Are the individuals caught in the middle also animals? humans?[b]This.[/b]

[klondike mary]

s the same chemical used to battle both? Does it cause death? Discomfort?This, no to the rest.Sterility? Are the animals upstairs and downstairs in a house? [b]Upstairs ones are. Downstars, yope.[/b]On a person?[b]Mercy, no![/b]
GalFisk

[GalFisk]

Are the upstairs animals mammals? Reptiles? Bats? Rats? Does the chemical warfare make them leave? Do the downstairs animals also leave? Stop maing trouble? Are they makign trouble? Do people want them to leave? Are the upstairs animals in the attic? Are the downstairs ones wild? The upstrairs ones?

[klondike mary]

Are the upstairs animals mammals?[b]This.[/b] Reptiles? Bats? [b]Rodents, yes.[/b]Rats? Does the chemical warfare make them leave? [b]Yes.[/b]Do the downstairs animals also leave?[b]No.[/b]Stop maing trouble? Are they makign trouble? [b]Not really.[/b]Do people want them to leave?[b]Not especially.[/b]Are the upstairs animals in the attic?[b]Yes.[/b]Are the downstairs ones wild? The upstrairs ones? [b]Upstairs, wild; down, sort of semi-feral.[/b]

[GalFisk]

Are the downstairs neighbors cats? Would they want to hunt the rodents? Eat them? Is the chemical a rodent repellant? A mammal repellant? An everything repellant? A bought product? Manmade? Natural? Are the rodents mice? Relevant what they eat? Is this happening in modern times?

[klondike mary]

Are the downstairs neighbors cats?[b]Yes![/b]Would they want to hunt the rodents? Eat them? [b]'Want to,' possibly. Whether they actually could or would, IDK.[/b]Is the chemical a rodent repellant? [b]It works on these animals, certainly.[/b]A mammal repellant? [b]..but not on mammals generally.[/b]An everything repellant?[b]Doesn't work on humans, so not an everything repellant.[/b]A bought product?[b]Yes. [/b]Manmade? Natural? [b]Yes.[/b]Are the rodents mice? [b]No.[/b]Relevant what they eat?[b]Yes, what they eat is related to the noise.[/b]Is this happening in modern times?[b]Even as we speak.[/b]

[GalFisk]

Do they gnaw on the house? Fight over food? Raid the food storages? Does the product have a strong smell? If so, for humans? Rodents? Cats? Are the rodents rats? Smaller? Larger? Is the product urine from a rodent predator? Other predator odor? Something from an animal? Plant? Mineral? Chemical industry?

[klondike mary]

Do they gnaw on the house? Fight over food? Raid the food storages? N.r. None of these keep the human tenants awake at night.Does the product have a strong smell?Presumably. If so, for humans?...but not to humans. Rodents? Yessish, no to all others.Cats? Are the rodents rats? Smaller? Larger?Same size, or larger.Is the product urine from a rodent predator?Yes!. I think you are closing in on it! Keep exporing. Other predator odor? Something from an animal? Plant? Mineral? Chemical industry? So no.

[GalFisk]

Is the predator a feline? Canine? Ursine? Do the rodents squeak? Scratch? Run? Climb? Interact with a noisy object? Such as a tin roof?

[klondike mary]

s the predator a feline? Canine?This.Ursine?Do the rodents squeak? Scratch? Run? Climb? They may do all of these, but that is not the major source of noise.Interact with a noisy object? object or objects, yes.Such as a tin roofBut the material of the roof is n.r.

[JenBurdoo]

Is the source of noise the canines? Are they trying to get at the rats? Digging? Barking? Scratching? Are the rats taunting them?

[trebor]

Do the rodents eat something that alive and makes noise? Or that they have to kill first? Does their food make the noise that aggravates the humans?

Are their predators dogs? Foxes? Wolves? Coyotes? Relevant?

[klondike mary]

Is the source of noise the canines?No. No canines are present at the scene.Are they trying to get at the rats?[b]There are no rats. Rodents, but not rats.[/b] Digging? Barking? Scratching? Are the rats taunting them? All n.r.

[klondike mary]

Do the rodents eat something that alive and makes noise? Or that they have to kill first? [b]There is no killing in this puzzle.Does their food make the noise that aggravates the humans?but their food does make a noise.[/b]Yopishly foxes All others, no.[/b]? Coyotes? Relevant?

[GalFisk]

Does the food make noise when: eaten? Carried? Dropped? Retrieved? Chewed? Stored? Are the rodents squirrels?

[klondike mary]

Does the food make noise when: eaten? Carried? Dropped? Retrieved? [b]These three, mainly.[/b]Chewed? Stored? Are the rodents squirrels?Yes.

So there are squirrels in the attic and cats in the crawl space. Where do the predators come in (metaphoricly)?

[GalFisk]

Is canine urine used to repel the squirrels? Does the urkbe also repel the cats?

[klondike mary]

Is canine urine used to repel the squirrels? Does the urkbe also repel the cats?

************SPOILER**********************
Yes, their pest control guy put out fox urine, which drives squirrels away, but cannot be detected by humans. Don't know if it would have any effect on cats, as they are not that concerned about the cats. In fact, they feel sorry for them and put out water & scraps, so now I guess they have cats whether they want to or not.