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jinx 01-21-2010 11:28 AM
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Originally Posted by DanaC (Post 628784)
That'd depend on the place I'd have thought. I'm pretty sure if I showed up at the local RSPA and said 'here' and dumped the squirrel in its cage on their counter, and then refused to take it away with me, they'd deal with it. Wtf do I know about injured squirrels? They're the animal experts not me. 'T'aint my squirrel. Just found an injured wild thing and took it to someone who might know what to do.
Gosh that's so humane of you Dana, make it someone else's problem. :rolleyes:

Bruce is right though. They won't take it. I've been this route with the baby squirrels.

jinx 01-21-2010 11:30 AM
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Originally Posted by glatt (Post 628792)
If the squirrel somehow can get the bait without setting off the trap, you might find yourself in a smelly situation.
Yeah that's what we would have to be careful of. Jim said he had the peanut butter in the cage in a way that it cant get to it from outside though. Not poisoned yet.

xoxoxoBruce 01-21-2010 11:37 AM
An advantage of peanut butter is it can't be carried off whole, like most baits.

lumberjim 01-21-2010 11:41 AM
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Originally Posted by glatt (Post 628792)
Poisoning it ....If the squirrel somehow can get the bait without setting off the trap, you might find yourself in a smelly situation.
good point

DanaC 01-21-2010 11:43 AM
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Originally Posted by jinx (Post 628795)
Gosh that's so humane of you Dana, make it someone else's problem. :rolleyes:

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*grins* yup. I'm all heart. I was also working on the assumption that they probably have many very humane ways to get rid of such a creature. I have a bit of a soft spot for squirrels. I'm also a bit leary of supposedly humane execution methods, because of the experience with the little rat. Really stuck in my mind.

So far the car exhaust seems the best suggestion.

lumberjim 01-21-2010 11:45 AM
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Originally Posted by jinx (Post 628796)
Yeah that's what we would have to be careful of. Jim said he had the peanut butter in the cage in a way that it cant get to it from outside though. Not poisoned yet.
i took one of those gladware containers that deli meats come in now, and wired it to the back of the cage tilted so even long armed tool using squirrels cant get to it from anywhere but the front.

another point made on that site is that squirrels may not be the only inhabitants. mice can get out of these traps even if they are sprung.
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BAIT GONE, NOTHING IN TRAP
When this happens, you should consider the possibility that there might be MICE that are invading your trap. Mice will be able to escape through the cage grid of either the HavaHart 1030 or the 1040 traps. Some of the other models too. Mice can get through anything they can get their head through - that's just about the size of a dime.

classicman 01-21-2010 12:10 PM
OMFG - Trap it and bring it to my house.

SamIam 01-21-2010 12:14 PM
Adopt a large cat and give him a new home in your attic. At least that would keep any mice down and possibly solve your squirrel problem, too.

jinx 01-21-2010 12:18 PM
There was an old lady who swallowed a fly....

xoxoxoBruce 01-21-2010 12:19 PM
And a large dog to catch the cat, to catch the bird, to catch the spider... :haha:

edit... too slow:blush:

lumberjim 01-21-2010 12:32 PM
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Originally Posted by classicman (Post 628808)
OMFG - Trap it and bring it to my house.
OK

classicman 01-21-2010 01:04 PM
Just give me a heads-up - I can probably meet you 1/2 way.

Pie 01-21-2010 04:02 PM
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Originally Posted by classicman (Post 628808)
OMFG - Trap it and bring it to my house.
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Originally Posted by lumberjim (Post 628820)
OK
Uh, why?

lumberjim 01-21-2010 04:05 PM
he has a new fryer

xoxoxoBruce 01-21-2010 04:27 PM
I'd use a George Foreman.


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