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Poquito Loco

On Mon, 18 Jul 2016 21:15:20 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 18 Jul 2016 18:34:00 -0400, Poquito Loco
wrote:

On Mon, 18 Jul 2016 17:12:56 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 18 Jul 2016 16:26:01 -0400, Poquito Loco
wrote:

Since April my humane trapping method has yielded six chipmunks, four squirrels, and one peanut
butter loving cowbird. Except for one chipmunk, they were all released without harm. The chipmunks
get a long ride first, and then they must find a new home in the woods. The squirrels and the
cowbird get released immediately. My lovely wife won't let me dress and freeze the squirrels. Don't
know why.

The one chipmunk get caught when I was away for the weekend. Usually I'll 'unset' the trap, but the
mind is getting worse every year.

I'm thinking in another 20-25 years it will have deteriorated to Donnie's level.

Why are you trapping them in the first place?

The only thing I ever tried to trap was cats and I ended up getting
possums and raccoons. I gave up. No animals were harmed but one of the
possums was trying to set up housekeeping in the trap. I was just
tired of feeding him.
The cat I was trying to get tangled with something bigger, probably a
bobcat and he was shredded in the front yard.

The tunnels they make along the foundation are not welcome.

The best you can hope for with any rodents is to slow them down. You
do have to be careful and not trade a fairly benign rodent for a far
more destructive one. When you get rid of everything else, rats will
fill the void. That is usually caused by uncontrolled feral cats.

Haven't had a rat in several years now. We do put out the rat stations and have a pest guy come by,
but all he's finding in the stations is mouse ****. I wonder why the damn chipmunks won't eat rat
poison. Maybe I should put some Jiffy Super Crunch on it.