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when I still lived on an acerage, I was plowing on the back 3 acres when all the sudden smoke started billowing out of my brake access hole on the axle of my john deere B--I got off and ran like crazy up to get some water to put out the smoldering fire--well it was a big mouse nest that got hot enough to catch fire--I learned from that what mice do---so I would try and plug small holes. don't ever think that it takes them a long time to do their nest and store nuts and seeds--they are very fast---well I swapped motors in my pickup and got everything done except to put the distributer back in before I went to work that evening---when I was at work I was bothered that I forgot to plug that hole---the next morning I decided to put the dist. back in and thought about the open hole that I couldn't see in---I bent a little hook on a hanger wire and reached down to feel if ther was any problems--when I brought it out there was some nesting material that I pulled up on the hook--well I had to get under and take the pan off to find a wad of nest about the size of a quart jar.--I could just imagine what a mess it would have been to put oil in and start the motor without finding the nest---That is just how fast they are to find a new home spot and get it built!!----well I now live in the city and still have that problem in my shops--but now the little red squirrels are more my enemy since moving here---I cleaned about a half barrel of walnuts out of the upper attic area, and noticed that the lights would sometimes work and sometimes not--well I opened up the wall around the switch and found where the red squirrel had chewed the wires till they were bare---I had to pull all the lighting wires out and found the new wiring was all chewed for the coatings for his nest---even the bare copper wires had been chewed almost in half.--so much for all the new wiring the previous owner had just put in.---CRITTER NESTS was a perfect title for this thread --thanks for starting it-----Dave hew: