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On 12/16/2015 4:37 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 12/15/2015 11:34 PM, wrote:

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.

Yup. I had set the trap again after releasing the first one.
At 3 am I woke up to the sound of something frantically banging
around in it. Went up and had another one ... a little bit smaller
than the first. These are obviously very young grey squirrels. Based
on pictures I found on the Internet they appear to be maybe 3 or 4
months old. Look just like a full grown squirrel but are much smaller.

So, I released this guy down in the woods. It was dark and I couldn't
see the deer who was standing about 10 feet from me. The deer darted,
crashing through the woods which scared the crap out of me for a sec.
The wildlife is active at 3:30 am. Went back inside and set the
trap again. Sat down with a cup of coffee and *bang* ... heard the trap
slide door shut again. That was half an hour ago (4 am) Another one.
That's three.

From what I've read on the 'net ... the mother runs the adult male out
of the area after the kids are born. Then, once they have reached the
age where they can fend for themselves, she leaves. They typically have
anywhere from 3 to 5 at birth, so I may have one or two more.

Update:

After releasing the third one, I set the trap again and went back to
bed. Within 5 minutes I heard the trap's door slam shut again.
Number 4. Released in woods. Gonna be a long day with little sleep.

No, they are not "returning". I can tell from markings and size that
they are all individuals. Hopefully, that's all of them but I set the
trap again just in case.

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