Wildlife, living next to nature - Page 106

footfootfoot · 10-29-2020, 06:41 AM

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Originally Posted by glatt

So there had been an occasional rustle coming from the eaves. I thought it was birds in the gutter outside. My wife thought it was a mouse in the eaves.

...stuff happens...

At least it will rot in the woods and not in my ceiling.

I just bought a real trap on Amazon, so if another one gets in, I can actually trap it in a way that it won't go dragging the trap around.

That kind of intimate gruesomeness is an acquired taste. You are so lucky though. My BIL emeritus had a squirrel die in a wall cavity in a bathroom (old victorian house, behind a steam radiator in front of wallpapered plaster and lath wall) He and SIL emeritus decided that it wasn't worth the cost to remove it. That bathroom stank for a decade or more.

I have a woodpecker visiting my house. Disturbingly, the specific area that I just installed new trim.

footfootfoot · 10-28-2020, 08:20 PM

You need to floss your floor joists as well as brush them.

Dude111 · 10-28-2020, 09:04 PM

This is a nice thread

BigV · 10-28-2020, 09:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Dude111

This is a nice thread

you are truly weird

monster · 11-01-2020, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

Apparently holding a squirrel in a death grip for a few minutes will actually kill it.

At least it will rot in the woods and not in my ceiling.

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Originally Posted by Dude111

This is a nice thread

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Originally Posted by BigV

you are truly weird

LOL (several times)

Some days you are chronically verbose and some days you just NAIL IT with minimal comment. Love it. Variety is the spice of life and all...

glatt · 11-01-2020, 04:39 PM

Yesterday, I was walking around the house with binoculars, looking for any little gaps where a squirrel could possibly get in.

I finally found it. Under the valley flashing over our front porch. You don't notice the gap unless you are really looking. I got the ladder out and shined a flashlight up under the valley flashing. In the gleam of the flashlight, you can see that animals have been using it as a highway. There's a dirt pattern that couldn't have been made any other way.

So I bent a piece of sheet aluminum and riveted it under the valley flashing to close the gap.

burns334 · 11-01-2020, 05:57 PM

rats with tails

glatt · 10-29-2020, 06:45 AM

The horror! Seriously. I would never put up with that.

glatt · 10-29-2020, 06:46 AM

ETA... the wood pecker just likes hearing himself.

monster · 11-01-2020, 07:46 PM

bleuch. I struggle to keep the mice out of the basement. And those darn woodpeckers! Pretty and I like the sound.... but not on my house, please?

BigV · 11-03-2020, 07:39 AM

they are. rats with wings maybe?

fargon · 11-03-2020, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by BigV

they are. rats with wings maybe?

Those are Bats I think.

BigV · 11-04-2020, 06:58 PM

if the wings have feathers, it's pigeons

10-28-2020, 08:20 PM	#2
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	You need to floss your floor joists as well as brush them. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

11-01-2020, 07:46 PM	#10
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	bleuch. I struggle to keep the mice out of the basement. And those darn woodpeckers! Pretty and I like the sound.... but not on my house, please? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

11-03-2020, 07:39 AM	#11
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	they are. rats with wings maybe? __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

11-04-2020, 06:58 PM	#13
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	if the wings have feathers, it's pigeons __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

10-28-2020, 09:04 PM	#3
Dude111 An Awesome Dude Join Date: Oct 2015 Posts: 1,111	This is a nice thread

11-01-2020, 04:39 PM	#6
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Yesterday, I was walking around the house with binoculars, looking for any little gaps where a squirrel could possibly get in. I finally found it. Under the valley flashing over our front porch. You don't notice the gap unless you are really looking. I got the ladder out and shined a flashlight up under the valley flashing. In the gleam of the flashlight, you can see that animals have been using it as a highway. There's a dirt pattern that couldn't have been made any other way. So I bent a piece of sheet aluminum and riveted it under the valley flashing to close the gap.

11-01-2020, 05:57 PM	#7
burns334 High Propagandist Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: East Windsor, NJ Posts: 112	rats with tails

10-29-2020, 06:45 AM	#8
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	The horror! Seriously. I would never put up with that.

10-29-2020, 06:46 AM	#9
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	ETA... the wood pecker just likes hearing himself.

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