Hello Jim

[glatt]

Do you actually have the squirrel in the cage at this point?

[xoxoxoBruce]

Take it to New Jersey.

[lookout123]

poisoned peanut butter or throw a blanket over the cage and run a hose from your jeep's exhaust into the cage. easy peasy no more squeaky.

[lookout123]

ok, fine - just run the hose from the jeep up to the attic and let 'er go. the squirrel will probably be dead when you start feeling lightheaded downstairs.

[lumberjim]

the jeep is a Hemi. I can't afford that much gas.


i don't know why we ruled out poisoning....

no, glatt, the cage is in the attic propped opened allowing the squirrel to get used to it. i want to be home when i catch it, so that will have to wait until friday night at the earliest. I don't want it in there freaking out for half a day until i can get home to deal with it.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by lumberjim

the jeep is a Hemi. I can't afford that much gas.

You drive the Jeep to work?

I don't want it in there freaking out for half a day until i can get home to deal with it.

Why not? You're overthinking this, it's a bushy tailed rat. It's not going to start banging it's tin cup on the bars, it'll probably take a nap until you show up.

[lumberjim]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

You drive the Jeep to work?

NEVER


it's jinx's baby

[lumberjim]

Why not? You're overthinking this, it's a bushy tailed rat. It's not going to start banging it's tin cup on the bars, it'll probably take a nap until you show up.

because if there are more than one, i want to minimize the time the squirrel spends trapped alerting others to the danger of the cage.

[jinx]

i don't know why we ruled out poisoning....

Uh huh.

[DanaC]

Hmm. Hadn't thought of the spreading disease aspect. Or the territorial nature of the other squirrels.

Now, if it were me, I'd drive it down to the nearest vet or animal rescue centre and just dump it on them to deal with :P Say it turned up in my garden/house and seemed injured: barely reacted when i tried to catch it etc etc. And then walk away.

[xoxoxoBruce]

They wouldn't take it.

[glatt]

Poisoning it has the down side of stinking up the joint for weeks or even months if it dies someplace inaccessible like a wall or something. If the squirrel somehow can get the bait without setting off the trap, you might find yourself in a smelly situation.

[jinx]

Originally Posted by glatt

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]

An advantage of peanut butter is it can't be carried off whole, like most baits.

[lumberjim]

Originally Posted by jinx

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.

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.