So, as I already mentioned in other previous arts, micros could be a real problem, specially since they’re really small and can basically invade houses
so I think they would be treated as “rats” in some situations, like this one, to prevent an infestation xD
I think the biggest issue with micros as pests is establishing their limits of range. I fudged it on my story and it should break the immersion of anyone who cares, but they can’t climb like roaches or rats. So their vertical movement ought be severely hampered.
If a building has micros high and low, I think it’ll have other structural issues as well. Now, ground level and lower? More likely. A basement infestation where they fell in and can’t get out for instance.
It’s less about them getting in and invading and more about… Well, you’ll read it. There’s a part where there is evidence of something nibbling food that’s on a counter but I totally cheated on that. I can’t figure out how a micro could get up there. They’re not roaches or geckos and able to climb walls. They’re not rats and mice who can squeeze through tiny holes or climb narrow gaps.
Fluffies reaching high places won’t break immersion for anyone who’s been in the fandom for a while. One of the very first fluffy pictures had a foal somehow reaching the ceiling fan. When asked how it got there, the fluffy had no idea.
Now, some fluffy headcanons are more reality-based than others, but even then there is leeway. As a general rule, even if you aren’t doing weirdbox, you don’t have to worry about how a fluffy got to where it is, because they have off-screen teleportation.
Or, to paraphrase a certain TV show: “it’s just (fluffies), I should really just relax.”
I would imagine that any presence of fiberglass or cellulose insulation in the walls would damage their tiny, fragile lungs to the point of death. So, maybe only a real problem in older, non-insulated buildings… 🤷🏼
A can of spray foam filler applied to a micro woukd be fun to watch as it expanded and engulfed the filthy little thing until asphyxiation occurs. Most delicious
Big fan of the sticky glue traps for fluffy micro infestations. You get to listen to them beg for their lives right before you bend them in unnatural ways.
That’s why people with cats probably have to worry about micros significantly less. One of the more unpleasant things about micro pest control would be, depending on the person, having the responsibility of killing them could be a bit sickening. But a cat can not only be better at catching micros than a human, but they’ll deal with the killing part too…
Unless they decide it’s time to teach you how to hunt, and set a live fluffy down in front of ya at 3 a.m., which then runs off into a difficult crevice.
Fun for the whole family.