See that tiny hole above? There are a few more going up the wall, straight up from this one. They leave the poo as they slowly eat up the board in the wall. Thankfully, these are a slow-moving variety that tend to chew on one board and leave the others alone. At least, that’s what we found out the first time the termite guys came and treated the wall.
They will return today and open up this, the exterior wall in Kate’s room. Hopefully, they will do this from the outside. And hopefully, this will mean the end of freaking out over finding termite poo on Kate’s pillow.
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UPDATE: No wall-opening required. They found no actual termites during the visit (surprised us, too) and filled all holes completely (much more thoroughly than the first visit, actually). *fingers crossed* We’ll be opening the wall up eventually when we re-side the house. Hopefully everything can wait until then.
Erin | 10-Nov-09 at 1:07 pm | Permalink
uh oh
Charlotte | 10-Nov-09 at 3:50 pm | Permalink
Ewwwwww! I’d freak out too if I were Kate!
alejna | 10-Nov-09 at 7:24 pm | Permalink
Oh, man. That bites.
Pistolette | 11-Nov-09 at 6:14 am | Permalink
oooh, you might need to get the house baggied.
kitty | 11-Nov-09 at 10:16 pm | Permalink
Oh, man, one time I was painting one of the bedrooms and I poked at a tiny hole in the sheetrock. Within the next few hours they were swarming.
Come to find out, every home around here over ten years old has termites.
kitty | 11-Nov-09 at 11:50 pm | Permalink
Ah, Just saw the update, that’s great news, fingers crossed.