Sadly, that's what I'm up to today. :(
Last night a red squirrel evidently fell down our chimney into the firebox of the family room fireplace, which has glass doors - so the squirrel at least was contained and not running wild through the house.
The cats were wildly entertained as the squirrel kept trying to climb past the flue and back up the chimney. Everytime it fell back down, kerplunk, with a little poof of ashes.
We couldn't figure out any way to just open the doors and let the squirrel scamper off. It would have wound up running amok through the house. So we taped the glass doors shut and figured the squirrel would either climb back out or die trying. Looks like he's going to die trying.
Did I mention that 2 years ago we had to spent about $5,000 tearing off and residing part of our house right by that fireplace, because squirrels had burrowed through the siding and were living in the house walls? We had to put heavy gauge wire mesh under the siding so they couldn't chew through. We also trapped about 10 - 12 squirrels and relocated them to Wisconsin where they could live happily and play in Kim's yard.
But? I guess they are still here and still want to live in that corner of my house. Stupid damn red squirrels. I like the gray squirrels and the black squirrels and the flying squirrels. They don't keep trying to break in and live with us. But the red squirrels? Can just die. Every last one of them.
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*whack* You keep your squirrels to yourselves! I have about 4 million gray ones in our backyard, I don't need any red ones!
Ah! Just let the cats have at 'em! *grin*
Oh... so you have a little squirrel display like in the zoo? A nice little glass enclosure thingy? *chuckle*
:(
I'm going to cry. Waaaaaaaaaah.
Free the squirrel, Swami. Free the squirrel. waaaaaaaaaaaaah.
Do you know how freaking tough red squirrels are? Angry squirrel would kill Graycie, I have no doubts. Tippie would just run - he's all hiss and no fight. He has yet to successfully kill even a moth. The moths usually overpower him and get away.
And yes - it is a squirrel under glass display, non-natural habitat.
Everytime I feel sorry for the squirrel, Carey, I remember the $5,000 I had to spent to reinforce my house. Then I don't feel sad anymore.
*snort*
Squirrel under glass? Hee!
That sounds like something Larry, his brother Darryl, and his other brother Darryl would make for a "sophisticated" meal. LMAO! *grin*
Welcome. To Murder, Inc.
In the family room, a red squirrel is circling the drain. Outside, under the deck, Graycie is torture-killing two small creatures. I think they are baby moles. Could be rabbits; it's hard to tell. They're black on top, gray on the belly, very stubby tail but short round ears.
I'm a good person! I am! It's just not a good dat to be a small wild creature in these here parts.
I may go vegetarian for dinner tonight...
RIP little squirrel. Tom came home & gassed it yesterday. Bummer but it seemed like the best thing to do since we couldn't just let it run out into the house. End of story.
Graycie unearthed another baby watchmacallit from the nest this morning. I'm thinking maybe they're possums? I dunno. Anyway, her quest to become a self-taught hunter continues.
I'll try to be more uplifting in the future, lol.
Sure. Uplifting as in picking up the corpses to take them out, right?
Crikey, It's a rodent massacare.
Did Tom take the squirrel to Jen's place?
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