[Rhodes22-list] Squirrel Question for Robert

Brad Haslett flybrad at gmail.com
Thu Feb 7 10:09:04 EST 2008


Rummy,

So far so good, I could usually hear him active early in the morning and
this morning was quiet.  He also usually appears out the hole while waiting
for the school bus but was absent this morning.  I've had five or so trapped
over the years and relocated and a new one just moves over from the tin over
from the last guy's hole and chews another one.  I thought cutting down the
access trees would solve the problem for sure - not so. A guy was walking by
while I was in WalMart and said he owned the model gun I was looking at and
assured me it would take out squirrels.  I believe it did.

Ed,

My question was for Robert and was specifically related to conjugal habits
of squirrels.  We've discussed various mating habits over the years, but
never as I recall, how squirrels, er, consummate their relationships and the
stability of their partnerships .  Based on my experience with this
particular family of squirrels, I would fear for the chastity of a barn owl
even if I could convince one to take-up residence.

Brad

On Feb 7, 2008 8:36 AM, <R22RumRunner at aol.com> wrote:

> Brad,
> Like I said, day time and night time squirrels are different problems. We
> had flying squirrels living in our house the first year we moved in. I
> repaired
> the holes they made to enter the house and set live traps in the attic
> using
> peanut butter with sunflower seeds mixed in. I caught all nine of the
> little
> rascals and relocated them.......far, far, away.
>
> Rummy
>
>
> In a message dated 2/7/2008 8:17:04 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> flybrad at gmail.com writes:
>
> Slim,
>
> All I can say is, if he ain't dead, he's too crippled to  scale the brick
> wall.  Last night was quiet for a change.  I read  an article on the
> internet
> on how to build a silencer for a pellet gun out  of a cardboard box, but
> then
> read another one where people have actually  been charged with a felony
> for
> that offense (even pellet guns).  The  fine for discharging a pellet gun
> in
> my community is $50 so I'll stick with  "better to ask forgiveness than
> permission". I'm thinking the pellet gun  will come in handy for the
> spring
> mole season.  Instead of digging-up  my yard to maul the bastards with a
> hoe,
> I'll make a sport of it from the  deck.  The neighbors can bite me.
>
> Rummy,
>
> If he's a flying  squirrel he needs some more lessons. Yesterdays dive off
> the second floor  ended with a thud. I'm going to have my handyman repair
> the
> hole (I don't  do ladders) and see what happens next.
>
> Brad
>
>
> On Feb 7, 2008  6:20 AM, <R22RumRunner at aol.com> wrote:
>
> > Brad,
> > You are  fighting two different types of squirrels. The nocturnal
> squirrels
> > are  the flying squirrel variety. Shooting daytime squirrels won't get
> rid
> >  of
> > them.
> >
> > Rummy
> >
> >
> > In a message  dated 2/6/2008 10:54:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> > flybrad at gmail.com  writes:
> >
> > 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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