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Shawnee123 · 01-20-2010, 10:24 AM

You're not a squirrel, you're a squirell. Big difference!

DanaC · 01-20-2010, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by lookout123

I think what Dana was getting at was, have you really taken the time to consider this from the squirrel's perspective? Being a rich white man who has had it easy his whole life you can't possibly understand the plight of the squirrel just trying to get by in this cold cruel world.

I loll'd

@ Lj: ok that does sound quite inconvenient :P Have you contacted pest control/extermination services? They can often offer non-lethal solutions.

I asked whether he was causing trouble, because I know very little about squirrels and whether or not they cause damage etc once inside the house. I realise for some people having a 'pest' squatting in their house is enough of a reason to get out the bb gun, but I wasn't sure if that was the case here' or if the squirrel was actually causing damage/trouble.

Shawnee123 · 01-20-2010, 11:38 AM

If he's chewing wires, the problem should eventually resolve itself.

glatt · 01-20-2010, 11:43 AM

And hopefully the house won't burn along with it.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-20-2010, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by DanaC

@ Lj: ok that does sound quite inconvenient :P Have you contacted pest control/extermination services? They can often offer non-lethal solutions.

Why? It's a bushy tailed RAT. The only good thing about them is they don't do as much damage to your car as deer, when you run over them.

Shawnee123 · 01-20-2010, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

And hopefully the house won't burn along with it.

Never thought of that...does that really happen?

lumberjim · 01-20-2010, 12:47 PM

I'm sure it can happen. The little fucker has chewed through 2 wires to date. Fortunately there was no power to them. It's the storage section of my attic, and i have an extension cord running down the length of the inside of the ridge that connects a few strings of c9 christmas lights, an old wall sconce, and one of those clip on metal dish thingers they use for heat lamps. He chewed one of the extension cord, and shortened my c9 string. I don't think there is any loose powered wires up there...but my cable wires go through right where he had been getting in before.

I just invested $50+ in this.....

fucking thing. I'm not sayning I won't kill the bastard once I catch him, but this seemed more cost effective than buying a higher powered weapon, and probably putting my own eye out.

squirell nutkin · 01-20-2010, 01:20 PM

Hard to shoot your own eye out when your tongue is stuck to the flagpole, lj.
D-

squirell nutkin · 01-20-2010, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

Never thought of that...does that really happen?

All the time. Up here in the Toolies the FD tells me it accounts for about 70% of the fires we have.

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

You're not a squirrel, you're a squirell. Big difference!

I suppose the next thing you're going to tell me is that squirrel's don't know how too spell?

Shawnee123 · 01-20-2010, 02:15 PM

Squirrelz can haz cheezburgers.

squirell nutkin · 01-20-2010, 07:19 PM

Speaking of Chibbaguh Chibbaguh (No Coke, Pepsi)
My neighbor gives her squirrels the happy dispatch with a little potpourri made of sugar, cornmeal and plaster of Paris, all wrapped up in a little saran wrap sachet, tossed in the attic. They nom nom nom the P o P along with the sugar and cornmeal and then when they drink they beverage the plaster sets in they tummeh. They go to the clinic and usually never make it long enough to see the squirrel doctah.

skysidhe · 01-20-2010, 07:31 PM

What will you do with it after you trap it?

DanaC · 01-20-2010, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by squirell nutkin

Speaking of Chibbaguh Chibbaguh (No Coke, Pepsi)
My neighbor gives her squirrels the happy dispatch with a little potpourri made of sugar, cornmeal and plaster of Paris, all wrapped up in a little saran wrap sachet, tossed in the attic. They nom nom nom the P o P along with the sugar and cornmeal and then when they drink they beverage the plaster sets in they tummeh. They go to the clinic and usually never make it long enough to see the squirrel doctah.

That sounds like a horrible way to die.

zippyt · 01-20-2010, 07:37 PM

skysidhe · 01-20-2010, 07:41 PM

My bets on LJ driving 30 miles in the boondocks to let it go.

I don't know about Jinx. I keep waffling between benevolence and squirrel stew.

01-20-2010, 10:24 AM	#31
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	You're not a squirrel, you're a squirell. Big difference! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

01-20-2010, 11:38 AM	#33
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	If he's chewing wires, the problem should eventually resolve itself. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

01-20-2010, 12:47 PM	#37
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	I'm sure it can happen. The little fucker has chewed through 2 wires to date. Fortunately there was no power to them. It's the storage section of my attic, and i have an extension cord running down the length of the inside of the ridge that connects a few strings of c9 christmas lights, an old wall sconce, and one of those clip on metal dish thingers they use for heat lamps. He chewed one of the extension cord, and shortened my c9 string. I don't think there is any loose powered wires up there...but my cable wires go through right where he had been getting in before. I just invested $50+ in this..... fucking thing. I'm not sayning I won't kill the bastard once I catch him, but this seemed more cost effective than buying a higher powered weapon, and probably putting my own eye out. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

01-20-2010, 01:20 PM	#38
squirell nutkin has a second hand user title Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: in a Nut House Posts: 2,017	Hard to shoot your own eye out when your tongue is stuck to the flagpole, lj. D- __________________ And now I'm finished posting.

01-20-2010, 02:15 PM	#40
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Squirrelz can haz cheezburgers. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

01-20-2010, 11:43 AM	#34
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	And hopefully the house won't burn along with it.

01-20-2010, 07:19 PM	#41
squirell nutkin has a second hand user title Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: in a Nut House Posts: 2,017	Speaking of Chibbaguh Chibbaguh (No Coke, Pepsi) My neighbor gives her squirrels the happy dispatch with a little potpourri made of sugar, cornmeal and plaster of Paris, all wrapped up in a little saran wrap sachet, tossed in the attic. They nom nom nom the P o P along with the sugar and cornmeal and then when they drink they beverage the plaster sets in they tummeh. They go to the clinic and usually never make it long enough to see the squirrel doctah. __________________ And now I'm finished posting.

01-20-2010, 07:31 PM	#42
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	What will you do with it after you trap it?

01-20-2010, 07:37 PM	#44
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	__________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

01-20-2010, 07:41 PM	#45
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	My bets on LJ driving 30 miles in the boondocks to let it go. I don't know about Jinx. I keep waffling between benevolence and squirrel stew.

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