That wins the typo of the year award in my book.
Dave Nelson
Is the layout room finished? Do you get it sprayed by a reputable company often? If “no” to either question, that might be the problem.
For mice, I use Snap Traps, too. I bait them with peanut butter. I try not to have baited traps in the fall, because at that time it attracts them from outside. I wait until it’s quite cold to start baiting them.
The Terminix guy used to leave those poison traps around, although I told him not to. He would also put down sticky traps, and it was up to me to find them when a dead mouse started to smell.
Or the HO scale residents of your railroad stocking up their wood piles for winter!
Jokes aside, I honestly have no experience with this. My main enemy is dust! It gets over everything and sadly (or perhaps thankfully…) it does not conduct electricity!
Hi. Thanks to everyone who responded to my post. There were some very good suggestions presented. Today the culprit revealed himself to be a mouse then disappeared quickly. I believe that the small stems of the super trees were good nesting material. I am used to seeing the odd roach periodically and we use a pest service but no one has attacked my scenery as much as this mouse. I think that the path forward to deal with this pest is pretty clear. Thanks to all of your comments and photos. The two cats we have are absolutely usless. Regards.