On Tue, 15 Dec 2015 22:10:53 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 12/15/2015 9:36 PM, Tim wrote:
On Tuesday, December 15, 2015 at 6:29:57 PM UTC-6, Mr. Luddite wrote:
A squirrel set up residence in the attic of our house about two weeks
ago. At night I could hear the pitter-patter of little feet running
around in a small workshop that is located in the attic'. I saw him a
few days ago when I opened the door and caught him by surprise sitting
there. He ran off quickly into some insulation on a wall and was gone.
That night he was back again though.

So, I bought one of those electronic ultra-sonic things.
It seemed to work because that night I didn't hear him at all. But,
then I realized that he was probably still in the attic somewhere and
had just moved to a more inviting location.

I searched for a trap and found one on Amazon. It had some good reviews
and was only about $25, so I decided to order one and try it.

It arrived today. Made in China but good quality. After looking it over
I baited it with some peanut butter, set it and put it on the work shop
floor.

Came back down to my computer to argue about drones and *SLAM*. I heard
the door on the trap slam shut. Only took about 15 minutes. Went back
up and sure enough, the night prowler was jailed. Let him go out near
the woods, away from the house. He booked it up the nearest tree.

Unless you found and repairer where he got in, he'll be back.

Around my place after the first time he'd be in the freezer...


The only opening I've been able to find is a small (about 2 inch dia.)
hole in the soffet screen that is just below the area where he was
hanging out. He was small, so maybe he could squeeze his way through
it. I didn't patch it before because the recommended way of getting rid
of him was to wait until he left in search of food or water and then
patch it so he couldn't get back in. I'll patch it now. But, I was
really happy with how fast the trap got him. Well worth $25.

Set the trap again. You may have more than one.
BTW a 2" hole sounds like it was opened up to be a door. That is about
as big as any of them need to go through at a full run. They can slow
down and get through a much smaller hole wiggling their way through.
They quickly open it up before they go back out.
I had a full grown roof rat get out of my trap by chewing out one wire
in a 1/2" mesh hardware cloth cage. (1" x 1/2" hole)
It took a while for me to even find it. I thought I had a real
Houdini. He was there and 5 minutes later he was gone.
He was pretty dumb because I caught him again the next night.
I went right after him that time before he started chewing.