[Rhodes22-list] Squirrel Question for Robert

[Brad Haslett]

Ben,

Actually, I wouldn't mind having another cat.  My farm cat was with me for
about 12 years (10 years ago) and finally missed a step in old age crossing
the road.  He was mean as a snake to my dogs at the time, a yellow lab and a
golden retriever, and they gave him a wide berth. Unless of course it was
cold, then he wanted to snuggle and be their best buddy.  Tonight will be
the test to see if today's kill had a domestic partner. About midnight seems
to be the most active period for my attic "pets".

Brad

On Feb 6, 2008 9:02 PM, ben <benonvelvetelvis at theskinnyonbenny.com> wrote:

> Brad,
>
> I think you need a good, young, male cat.
>
> One fall, I gathered some of the hundreds of pecans that fall in my back
> yard and left them outside in a basket.  Didn't take the squirrels long
> to figure out that I had done their gathering for them, and then it
> didn't take the cat long to figure out that I had built him a trap.
> Every day for three days in a row, I came home to a dismembered squirrel
> in my house, brought through the cat door for my viewing pleasure.
>
> It was gross, but I was proud too.
>
> Ben
>
>
> Brad Haslett wrote:
> > Robert,
> >
> > Diplomacy failed, negotiation ended in deadlock, and war has been
> declared.
> > My "re-education camp" for squirrels that steal tomatoes ended early
> because
> > the el cheapo soft-air pistol broke and never was accurate.  After $1500
> of
> > tree work and $300 annually for the last five years for trapping
> expertise,
> > civil order broke down. I bought a $129 - .177 pellet gun from WalMart
> on
> > sale for $89.  It has a really nice scope for the money and after about
> 30
> > rounds, I can get a 5 shot pattern within a 3 inches at about 30 yards.
> The
> > biggest compromise is the trigger action - I try and squeeze gently but
> can
> > never predict with accuracy when it will trip. This morning I was 1 for
> 1 on
> > the corner of the house they use for ingress/egress.  It wasn't a
> completely
> > clean kill as he scampered off after hitting the dirt from the second
> story
> > but I think it's fatal.  He/she ran into the neighbors bushes and I
> didn't
> > go investigate whilst holding the weapon in my hand (air guns are
> illegal in
> > my Nazi community).
> >
> > Here's the question.  What is the probable lifestyle of the "victim"?
>  Is it
> > likely that he has a domestic partner and I'm only half done?  What is
> the
> > other "half" likely to do?  The final straw for me was when I went to
> get
> > some clothes out of the closet and they were actively trying to invade
> my
> > home or create a new path for escape.  Will concentrating on the obvious
> > culprits be enough or should the war be expanded to the entire yard?
> >
> > Brad
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