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Sundae · 01-27-2010, 02:44 PM

Just for the record - I have heard squirrels growl.
There were a lot of them in Greenwich Park. The ones close to the lake were semi-tame. They would come up and take monkey nuts from your hands. Probably why there wasn't a surfeit of monkeys in the park.

But the ones closer to Trafalgar Road were the wild boys, running free. I heard them chatter at dogs once they were a safe distance up a tree. And during the Spring I heard them shouting and swearing at eachother from different trees. And I don't mean trees with interlocking branches, I mean trees on different sides of a wide path.

Squirrels are growlers.
But growlers aren't squirrels.

classicman · 01-27-2010, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

Saw a recommendation to fill the hole with newspaper once you think you got them all. Makes sense.

I'd be really cautious about that. Just keep trapping them as you are. The plan is in place.

Putting anything (structure, impediment, scent...) that might dissuade them from entering the hole you already have will lead them to create new ones!

lumberjim · 01-27-2010, 03:00 PM

To be clear.... Once the trap is sprung, I need to limit it to one end of the cage. So I made a slotted board that fits that purpose. I poke a chopstick at him to get him to the proper end. This last one grabbed it, bit it and growled like a dog fighting over a chew toy. Grrrr grrrrr grrrrr

Pie · 01-27-2010, 03:48 PM

I dunno, give it a steak.

squirell nutkin · 01-27-2010, 07:23 PM

How are the swimming lessons coming coach? Do you have any potential medalists?

I run a pretty good swim camp in the summer for possums and woodchucks. So far, most of them liked camp so much they refused to go home.

monster · 01-27-2010, 08:45 PM

Our team's swim mom shirts say "underwater, no-one can hear you whine". I'm guessing that works for growling too.....

Cicero · 01-28-2010, 12:05 AM

Oh jeez, jim's turned into a squirrel trapper.

I had no idea this was going to turn into such a long journey road to hell.

monster · 01-28-2010, 12:07 AM

you did too....

lumberjim · 01-28-2010, 12:08 AM

one does what one must

lumberjim · 01-28-2010, 04:44 PM

happiness is an empty squirrel trap

limey · 01-29-2010, 04:02 AM

Stop up that hole. NOW!

monster · 01-29-2010, 09:50 AM

that sounds dirty

lumberjim · 01-29-2010, 10:26 AM

all quiet on the squirrel front. Good thing. it was 13 degrees this morning..... I don't know what I would have done with one if there had been one in the trap.

If all is quiet until Sunday, I'll be spending my morning in the attic.

monster · 01-29-2010, 10:50 AM

you can't drown them at 13 degrees? ice too thick to break?

squirell nutkin · 01-29-2010, 09:05 PM

I'm not sure if you have a hole plugging plan in place, but may I suggest coarse Bronze wool and expanding foam? In the spring you can get outside and fix the boards properly but for now if you take coarse bronze wool (doesn't rust, get it at a paint supply store or a boatyard) and gently pull it apart so it very loosely fills the hole, then you spray expanding foam into the mess of wool it will expand and create a nice foam plug that noone will want to chew through.

01-27-2010, 02:44 PM	#151
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Just for the record - I have heard squirrels growl. There were a lot of them in Greenwich Park. The ones close to the lake were semi-tame. They would come up and take monkey nuts from your hands. Probably why there wasn't a surfeit of monkeys in the park. But the ones closer to Trafalgar Road were the wild boys, running free. I heard them chatter at dogs once they were a safe distance up a tree. And during the Spring I heard them shouting and swearing at eachother from different trees. And I don't mean trees with interlocking branches, I mean trees on different sides of a wide path. Squirrels are growlers. But growlers aren't squirrels. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

01-27-2010, 03:00 PM	#153
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	To be clear.... Once the trap is sprung, I need to limit it to one end of the cage. So I made a slotted board that fits that purpose. I poke a chopstick at him to get him to the proper end. This last one grabbed it, bit it and growled like a dog fighting over a chew toy. Grrrr grrrrr grrrrr __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

01-27-2010, 03:48 PM	#154
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	I dunno, give it a steak. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

01-27-2010, 07:23 PM	#155
squirell nutkin has a second hand user title Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: in a Nut House Posts: 2,017	How are the swimming lessons coming coach? Do you have any potential medalists? I run a pretty good swim camp in the summer for possums and woodchucks. So far, most of them liked camp so much they refused to go home. __________________ And now I'm finished posting.

01-27-2010, 08:45 PM	#156
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Our team's swim mom shirts say "underwater, no-one can hear you whine". I'm guessing that works for growling too..... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-28-2010, 12:05 AM	#157
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	Oh jeez, jim's turned into a squirrel trapper. I had no idea this was going to turn into such a long journey road to hell. __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

01-28-2010, 12:07 AM	#158
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	you did too.... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-28-2010, 12:08 AM	#159
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	one does what one must __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

01-28-2010, 04:44 PM	#160
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	happiness is an empty squirrel trap __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

01-29-2010, 04:02 AM	#161
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Stop up that hole. NOW! __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

01-29-2010, 09:50 AM	#162
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	that sounds dirty __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-29-2010, 10:26 AM	#163
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	all quiet on the squirrel front. Good thing. it was 13 degrees this morning..... I don't know what I would have done with one if there had been one in the trap. If all is quiet until Sunday, I'll be spending my morning in the attic. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

01-29-2010, 10:50 AM	#164
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	you can't drown them at 13 degrees? ice too thick to break? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-29-2010, 09:05 PM	#165
squirell nutkin has a second hand user title Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: in a Nut House Posts: 2,017	I'm not sure if you have a hole plugging plan in place, but may I suggest coarse Bronze wool and expanding foam? In the spring you can get outside and fix the boards properly but for now if you take coarse bronze wool (doesn't rust, get it at a paint supply store or a boatyard) and gently pull it apart so it very loosely fills the hole, then you spray expanding foam into the mess of wool it will expand and create a nice foam plug that noone will want to chew through. __________________ And now I'm finished posting. Last edited by squirell nutkin; 01-29-2010 at 09:14 PM.

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