Chipmunks
 

Six in nine days at the same location!

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

Chipmunks
 

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.

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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.

Chipmunks
 

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.

Chipmunks
 

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.

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I wouldn't have a free range cat, although it would probably help.

Chipmunks
 

On Thu, 01 Jun 2017 19:10:12 -0400, 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.

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.

Chipmunks
 

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.

Chipmunks
 

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.

Chipmunks
 

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. :(

Chipmunks
 

On Fri, 2 Jun 2017 06:31:20 -0400 (EDT), justan wrote:

Poco Deplorevole Wrote in message:
On Thu, 01 Jun 2017 19:10:12 -0400, 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.

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?

I'm not worried about me getting bit, I'd be worried about the dogs killing the snake.

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.

Chipmunks
 

On 6/3/17 8:36 AM, justan wrote:
Keyser Soze Wrote in message:
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.

You need to fit your foxes with muzzles.
When we were living somewhere else I watched a red fox tree a cat.
He kept the cat at bay for quite a while until the cat decided to
come down the tree, swat the fox across the nose, and run off.
The fox stood there dumbfounded for a while then left the yard.
The same day we were visited by a herd of deer and later, before
sunset, about 20 turkeys wandered into the yard and hung out till
dusk when they flew up into trees to spend the night.




We have...foxes, raccoons, rabbits, hawks, deer, groundhogs, geese, an
occasional field mouse*, little lizards, cardinals, bluebirds, snakes,
and possibly bears. My wife saw a "large mammal" shaking a tree while it
climbed it and it "definitely was not a cat or dog."



* About once a year, a little mouse finds its way into the house...and
one of my cats plays with it for a while and unless we catch the mouse
and release it outside, the cat rips it to shreds. :(

Chipmunks
 

On Sat, 3 Jun 2017 08:18:52 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote:

On 6/3/17 5:56 AM, Poco Deplorevole wrote:

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.

I was ready to say you should have them there. We saw one occasionally
in Clinton but they do keep a pretty low profile. They are tough on
chickens tho and people will shoot them.

Chipmunks
 

On Sat, 3 Jun 2017 08:42:35 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote:


We have...foxes, raccoons, rabbits, hawks, deer, groundhogs, geese, an
occasional field mouse*, little lizards, cardinals, bluebirds, snakes,
and possibly bears. My wife saw a "large mammal" shaking a tree while it
climbed it and it "definitely was not a cat or dog."


I said earlier, I bet you either have bears or will have soon. They
are rapidly expanding their habitat and coexist with humans quite well
,,, until someone gets hurt. I bet hogs will find their way to you
soon too. You may not be as accepting of them when they start rooting
up all of your wife's ornamental plants. At that point you may start
rethinking the idea of "feeding the birds".


* About once a year, a little mouse finds its way into the house...and
one of my cats plays with it for a while and unless we catch the mouse
and release it outside, the cat rips it to shreds. :(

I think we have a rat in the screen cage (or garage) somewhere but I
have not been able to catch him. If there is still any indication of
that when I get home, I am catching a snake and turning him loose in
there.
Within a week or two there will not be anything else living in there.
(frogs, lizards or rodents)

Chipmunks
 

On 6/3/17 9:56 AM, wrote:
On Sat, 3 Jun 2017 08:18:52 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote:

On 6/3/17 5:56 AM, Poco Deplorevole wrote:

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.

I was ready to say you should have them there. We saw one occasionally
in Clinton but they do keep a pretty low profile. They are tough on
chickens tho and people will shoot them.


I like 'em...beautiful animals.

Chipmunks
 

On Sat, 3 Jun 2017 13:30:43 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote:

On 6/3/17 9:56 AM, wrote:
On Sat, 3 Jun 2017 08:18:52 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote:

On 6/3/17 5:56 AM, Poco Deplorevole wrote:

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.

I was ready to say you should have them there. We saw one occasionally
in Clinton but they do keep a pretty low profile. They are tough on
chickens tho and people will shoot them.


I like 'em...beautiful animals.

I am OK with most critters but I do not have any chickens.
The people around me go nuts with the armadillos and raccoons. They
are OK in my yard.
People also have problems with the gopher tortoises. We have them
tagged and named. They will dig a huge hole so you just need to stay
on top of it and get them to pick another spot. If you catch them
early, just throw a rip rap stone in the hole. They think they hit
coral rock and move on.