Chipmunks
 

On Fri, 2 Jun 2017 06:52:47 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 6/2/2017 6:20 AM, Poco Deplorevole wrote:
On Fri, 2 Jun 2017 00:15:45 -0700 (PDT), RGrew176 wrote:

On Thursday, June 1, 2017 at 1:12:19 PM UTC-4, Poco Deplorevole wrote:
Six in nine days at the same location!

The damn things are becoming worse than the squirrel population around here.

I haven't seen a chipmuck in years here where I live. They used to be all over the place.

Wonder what changed. Just walking around the cul-de-sac the other day I spotted four or five. Seems
like almost every house had a chipmunk running in the flower bed. I'm thinking of trying some of
this: Well, never mind. They were arsenic pellets, but Amazon has apparently removed them from my
wish list and no longer carries them. Oh well, I was worried the dogs would eat them anyway.



We had a gazillion chipmunks around the yard of the house we sold last
year. When we had the Sprinter camper there, parked beside the house,
some chipmunks moved in and created a nest in the compartment behind the
television. They stored a bunch of big, red seeds from a nearby
Japanese Maple tree in the compartment which began to stain the wall
upholstery below the compartment. They also chewed through all the
audio and video cables for the TV, completely destroying them. It took
several shampoo cleaning and rinsing of the wall to get rid of the
stains. Fortunately they all came out but I had to completely re-wire
the TV. They are cute but a royal pain in the ass.

Out in the woods or in a park on a picnic table, they're cute little buggers. Around a house they're
foundation-ruining rodents.

Chipmunks
 

On 6/2/17 8:52 AM, justan wrote:
Keyser Soze Wrote in message:
On 6/1/17 7:10 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 01 Jun 2017 17:42:54 -0400,
wrote:

On Thu, 01 Jun 2017 13:12:18 -0400, Poco Deplorevole
wrote:

Six in nine days at the same location!

The damn things are becoming worse than the squirrel population around here.


===


Get a good cat. To them chipmunks are just a mouse with racing
stripes. Of course your bird population will suffer a bit also.



Snakes are a better option.


Shoot 'em. Shoot 'em all. Napalm their homes, flood their tunnels, Agent
Orange their habitat. After all, they're part of that dangerous crowd of
marauding mexican chipmunks. Kill all the birds, too, and the squirrels
and any wandering foxes. Dig up the group and get thos nasty earthworms.
Cut down your trees and pave over the grass. That'll teach those nasty
critters. :(



You've turned in to quite the sweetheart. :-)


No, ****-for-brains, it's just sarcastic me.

Chipmunks
 

On 6/2/2017 10:19 AM, justan wrote:
Wrote in message:
On Fri, 2 Jun 2017 06:31:20 -0400 (EDT), justan wrote:

Snakes are a better option.

Now, a couple of free range black snakes would be welcome. But then I'd have to figure out a way to
keep the dogs from attacking them.


They are fast and will bite if cornered. They aren't poisonous
but would you want to be bitten by something whose main diet is
lizzards moles mice and other snakes?

The black racers we have here seldom puncture the skin when they bite
and even if they do it is superficial. Usually you can grab them and
not get bitten. They do exude some nasty smelling stuff when they are
scared. Again that is a hit or miss thing. Most of the time they are
pretty well behaved if you just pick them up and carry them outside.


Not me fella. I ain't gonna pick one up. Nope. No way.


Only good snake is a dead snake.

Chipmunks
 

On Fri, 2 Jun 2017 11:07:11 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 6/2/2017 10:19 AM, justan wrote:
Wrote in message:


The black racers we have here seldom puncture the skin when they bite
and even if they do it is superficial. Usually you can grab them and
not get bitten. They do exude some nasty smelling stuff when they are
scared. Again that is a hit or miss thing. Most of the time they are
pretty well behaved if you just pick them up and carry them outside.


Not me fella. I ain't gonna pick one up. Nope. No way.


Only good snake is a dead snake.


Ah a rat fan. I prefer the snakes.
This one was eating a Cuban tree frog (invasive exotic)

http://gfretwell.com/wildlife/Bad%20...r%20Kermit.jpg

Chipmunks
 

Not me fella. I ain't gonna pick one up. Nope. No way.


Only good snake is a dead snake.


Ah a rat fan. I prefer the snakes.
This one was eating a Cuban tree frog (invasive exotic)

http://gfretwell.com/wildlife/Bad%20...r%20Kermit.jpg
.....

Is the snake immune to poison or is it dead?

Chipmunks
 

On Fri, 2 Jun 2017 15:00:15 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:


Not me fella. I ain't gonna pick one up. Nope. No way.


Only good snake is a dead snake.


Ah a rat fan. I prefer the snakes.
This one was eating a Cuban tree frog (invasive exotic)

http://gfretwell.com/wildlife/Bad%20...r%20Kermit.jpg
....

Is the snake immune to poison or is it dead?

Tree frogs are not poisonous. AFAIK that snake still lives under my
FILe's AC unit

Chipmunks
 

On 6/2/2017 5:27 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 2 Jun 2017 11:07:11 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 6/2/2017 10:19 AM, justan wrote:
Wrote in message:


The black racers we have here seldom puncture the skin when they bite
and even if they do it is superficial. Usually you can grab them and
not get bitten. They do exude some nasty smelling stuff when they are
scared. Again that is a hit or miss thing. Most of the time they are
pretty well behaved if you just pick them up and carry them outside.


Not me fella. I ain't gonna pick one up. Nope. No way.


Only good snake is a dead snake.


Ah a rat fan. I prefer the snakes.
This one was eating a Cuban tree frog (invasive exotic)

http://gfretwell.com/wildlife/Bad%20...r%20Kermit.jpg



Sorry. Don't like snakes. My only real phobia.

Chipmunks
 

Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 6/2/2017 5:27 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 2 Jun 2017 11:07:11 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 6/2/2017 10:19 AM, justan wrote:
Wrote in message:


The black racers we have here seldom puncture the skin when they bite
and even if they do it is superficial. Usually you can grab them and
not get bitten. They do exude some nasty smelling stuff when they are
scared. Again that is a hit or miss thing. Most of the time they are
pretty well behaved if you just pick them up and carry them outside.


Not me fella. I ain't gonna pick one up. Nope. No way.


Only good snake is a dead snake.


Ah a rat fan. I prefer the snakes.
This one was eating a Cuban tree frog (invasive exotic)

http://gfretwell.com/wildlife/Bad%20...r%20Kermit.jpg



Sorry. Don't like snakes. My only real phobia.


Snakes are nice. Politicians not really.

Chipmunks
 

On Fri, 2 Jun 2017 07:57:14 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote:

On 6/1/17 7:10 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 01 Jun 2017 17:42:54 -0400,
wrote:

On Thu, 01 Jun 2017 13:12:18 -0400, Poco Deplorevole
wrote:

Six in nine days at the same location!

The damn things are becoming worse than the squirrel population around here.


===


Get a good cat. To them chipmunks are just a mouse with racing
stripes. Of course your bird population will suffer a bit also.



Snakes are a better option.


Shoot 'em. Shoot 'em all. Napalm their homes, flood their tunnels, Agent
Orange their habitat. After all, they're part of that dangerous crowd of
marauding mexican chipmunks. Kill all the birds, too, and the squirrels
and any wandering foxes. Dig up the group and get thos nasty earthworms.
Cut down your trees and pave over the grass. That'll teach those nasty
critters. :(

I wish I could buy a couple dozen foxes to let loose in the neighborhood.

Chipmunks
 

On 6/3/17 5:56 AM, Poco Deplorevole wrote:
On Fri, 2 Jun 2017 07:57:14 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote:

On 6/1/17 7:10 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 01 Jun 2017 17:42:54 -0400,
wrote:

On Thu, 01 Jun 2017 13:12:18 -0400, Poco Deplorevole
wrote:

Six in nine days at the same location!

The damn things are becoming worse than the squirrel population around here.


===


Get a good cat. To them chipmunks are just a mouse with racing
stripes. Of course your bird population will suffer a bit also.



Snakes are a better option.


Shoot 'em. Shoot 'em all. Napalm their homes, flood their tunnels, Agent
Orange their habitat. After all, they're part of that dangerous crowd of
marauding mexican chipmunks. Kill all the birds, too, and the squirrels
and any wandering foxes. Dig up the group and get thos nasty earthworms.
Cut down your trees and pave over the grass. That'll teach those nasty
critters. :(

I wish I could buy a couple dozen foxes to let loose in the neighborhood.


Maybe that's why I don't see chipmunks around here...foxes! We have
foxes on patrol.