Pest Management Professional, June 2018
In no time he was rooting around in the floor beside the couch taking dust samples in and under the thing Mrs Welch wobbled up beside him studying his every move Seeing anything she asked Crawley sat up leaning back his hands planted on the carpeted floor behind him Mrs Welch could I ask you a question Yes Yesterday when I was examining right outside there he nodded toward the window I saw bird seed on the windowsill Did you put it there Her eyebrows went up Yes I did is that bad Why would you be adoing that To feed the birds When my husband was alive he watched birds in the hedge out there But the couch is facing the wrong way for that Didnt used to be She waved a bony arm It was angled in that direction where he could see outside Crawley suddenly felt a slight tingling or crawling sensation on his hands which had been on the carpeted floor He sat up and examined them carefully like a jeweler might examine a diamond Sure enough what appeared to be freckles on his right hand were moving Uh oh Whats wrong Crawley scrambled for an alcohol vial and quickly transferred a couple of the tiny brown mites into the liquid He then turned on his all fours and began examining the baseboard under the window He found more mites Crawley stood up and tapped on the wall beside the window This heres your problem Mrs Welch Ill bet you anything theres a bird nest in this wall You were calling them up by feeding birds out there and they entered the wall through cracks outside and made nests And now you have bird mites Oh my can you spray them Do I have to get rid of my couch Crawley placed his hands on his service belt like a gunslinger and smiled a big toothy grin No need to throw out the couch Dont you worry one bit Ill get em Continued From Page 54 Continued on Page 58 56 June 2018 Pest Management Professional mypmp net
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