Now the squirrels have overtaken our yard. Last weekend we noticed the bark on the limbs of our dogwoods had been chewed off. Enough is enough! Squirrels be gone! Tim bought a trap, placed some peanut butter inside, and each day since, the trap has had an occupant. The trap is then transported down the road to a city park, the trap door opened and the critter scampers out. He runs quickly to all of his squirrely friends and yells out the warning -
"stay away from Ms. Peggy's house - she's a trappin' fool!"
While we were in the critter gettin' mode, we decided to adopt and then mount this plastic owl near our roof top. We're hoping Mr. Hoots will scare away the birds who think that the utility wire - next to our house and directly over our parked cars - is their personal port-a-potty. Removing hardened white gookiness off my car is not something I savor first thing in the morning.
Hope everyone has a nice weekend! We will since we've got it all under control now.
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8 comments:
A cat or boxer-puppy might mitigate both of these problems, and be much more entertaining than emptying a trap every day.
I hope the owl works for you. We tried that, a rubber snake, and
cd-s hanging from a branch (twirling) to frighten ducks from the pool. Mel on duck patrol yelling "get outta here" is the only thing that did work.
I just dropped off 2 Downtown Squirrels for you.
Horrors,
Jane
AE, yes I think continuous releasing of squirrels could eventually become a drag. Chris, how in the world are ducks getting into your fenced back yard? Gunny, look out your window - I just released a squirrel family of 8. They're sitting on Jane's jeep.
Jane has shot up squirrels and Jeep with a .30-06. Geez, what big holes! Maybe I should use a smaller caliber next time?? Why do I hear sirens?
Janie Get Yer Gun Oakley
The ducks come from the creek across the street and the one down the street...they fly in.
Peggy, there's an old story of the squirrel problem that the Catholic Church and the Baptist Church were having. The Baptist minister tried everything to get rid of the squirrels that were getting into his church - he even trapped them and relocated them - but, they came back. He noticed that the Catholic Church, down the street, had no squirrels at all. So, he visited the pastor at the Catholic Church, explained his problem with the squirrels and was wondering why the Catholic church had no squirrels. Well, the Pastor said they did have a squirrel problem - but after they trapped them and before relocating them they we Baptized - that way, they only came back to the Church on Christmas and Easter. So, there's your answer - get some Holy water and sprinkle it on the squirrels before relocating them.
Jerry, baptizing the squirrels sounds like the only solution. Just hope the folks from PETA don't find out, I'll be accused of trying to drown them. Hey, wait a minute .... just kidding. Thanks for the tip.
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