squirrels....

A family of squirrels have moved in the eves of my house, about 20-25 feet up. I've managed to catch 3 with a humane trap and I've relocated them about 15 miles away in a wilderness area...I know that this time of the year they'll have a hard time re-establishing, but frankly my dear...It was that or the shotgun...not that my neighbours would be happy 'bout the shotgun...
So far I've had the hole plugged but they just chewed another one, grrr....I'll just continue with the trap for now...does any one have any suggestions? Thanks

This message was edited Jan 7, 2004 10:06 PM

Can you stick a cat thru that hole? That should have an entertaining effect!

Sure is a lot of squirrels to have move in on ya. They are everywhere in my woods...gearing up to attack my fruit trees again this Spring, I suppose.

I feel for you!

LOL, Shoe, you sure do have a knack for coming up with innovative solutions. Do you have experience in this method of squirell extermination? I think you ought to try it, Giorio; but not until I get there with a camera. The fun part will be getting that killer cat up a 25 foot ladder!

rbb...I hear you laffing all the way over here!

(I was just looking for an entertaining way to wipe a few grins off them dang squirrels! Figgered that would do it!)

I think in my neighborhood the squirrels are meaner than the cats...After trapping the last one, I had him(her) on the porch inside the trap and a stray cat came up to investigate, once it realized what it was, it just ignored it...

GIORIO -- I HAD THIS PROBLEM WHEN I LIVED IN THE SUBURBS OF N.Y. USE MOTHBALLS 5-6 BOXES.PUT THEM IN YOUR EAVES PREFERABLY AT THEIR ENTRANCE. THEY HATE THE SMELL. IT WORKS. PACK IT IN! THE MORE THE MERRIER....THEY WILL COME BACK--THEY SPREAD THE WORD TO THEIR FRIENDS!!!

This message was edited Jan 11, 2004 12:35 AM

mothballs are good.
plug the whole with steel wool. Alot of rodents chew thier way into things, with obvious results.

drew

I think Shoe's solution is the most exciting! LOL!

HAH! Me too, Butterfly.

Okay, it's settled. Me and RaisedbedBob are gonna stuff a cat in a burlap bag, climb it up a 25 foot ladder (taking turns tossing it back and forth between us, then draw straws to see who is gonna open the bag and hopefully aim the cat into the hole in the eave. "Reeeellllllwwwwww!!!"

Once the cat is in we quickly slide down the ladder and remove it so the cat can't climb back down. Does that sound like a plan or what!?

Footage at 10! It can be the new reality show for the season--Shoe battling garden foes. It surely would beat "My Big, Fat, Obnoxious Fiance"!

HAH! Oh mercy! Forgive us, Giorio, for turning your serious thread silly! It was not intentional. (My suggestion was on the up-and-up.)

However, it could certainly work! Great fun, too! Humankind against the animals! Reminds me of the time when I was 9 yrs old I was challenged to jump on the back of a pigeon-toed scrub cow and ride it into the pond. (That cow was so full of ticks I really wished I was wearing more than just my bathing suit!) As "friends" looked on (and Granny came a'runnin, screaming and waving her walkin' stick) I vaguely remember the sound of a squirrel screeching a warning call. Er, wait...that might've been me making that sound, hanging on for dear life!

Oh well...sorry to go off topic. ô¿ô

(PS. Moral? Pigeon-toed cows don't swim too good, but they sure can out-holler a squirrel.)

Hey, Giorio, before shoe and I lug that mean cat up the ladder, you might try putting some instant grits in the hole. If they'll make an ant explode, think about what they'll do to a squirell!!

Oh my!

You go ahead and try that but dont come begging to me for help cleaning up the mess, you need to chain Shoe and Bob to the house and make sure they are around long enough to take care of the fruits of their garden deprived minds.

6 and counting...

They have been making fun---Let's get Horseshoe to go up the ladder with a wolverine in the bag(Might want some Kevlar in the bag!) Block your attic door with a crow bar. If you still have a roof in the morning---Shoe gets to take the wolverine back to it's home. Is that fair?

C'mon Shoe, It's time to live a little.

Hah! I'm near 'bout up for it! Give me another bottle!

Give the poor man a drink! I can't wait to see this >:~}

HAH! You folks are tooo much!

The wolverine population is a bit slim around here anyway...reckon I better leave 'em alone!

They make these little plug in sonic devices that emit a noise that we can't hear but drives rodents insane.

Aw, shucks, Shoe! And I was so looking forward to this one...

eco...I have one of those in the house. I've tried several kinds, too! One of them even had a switch that you could change frequencys with. (One of them settings will cause you to sleep walk tho...and makes you eat pickles and kimchee around 2 a.m. so be careful.) (I suffered on that setting.)

Sorry, Butterfly...I know to beware of wolverines, coyotes, crocagators and Opal! (Opal is the woman up the way that governs things for miles around and has a big voice, a big car, and a big gun.) Opal is well-respected. (She also cooks the best BBQ in the county and even uses real meat!)

Yeah Shoe, but are you spitting buckshot out of that BBQ and asking, 'Where's Fred? Anybody seen Fred??' ?

HAH!!!!... Laffing right out loud! (and the dogs are looking at me!)

;) glad I could give ya a giggle