[Rhodes22-list] Squirrel Question for Robert

[Michael D. Weisner]

Brad,

Squirrels are not usually active at night.  Are you sure that you do not 
have rats in the attic?

Mike
s/v Shanghaid'd Summer ('81)
       Nissequogue River, NY

From: "Brad Haslett" <flybrad at gmail.com> Wednesday, February 06, 2008 10:53 
PM
> 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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