AH HAA!! FINALLY..

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> Mr. Squirrel was released in a State Wildlife Preserve.

Lol he'll be dead and eaten by sundown tomorrow.

His brother will come looking for him soon.

Then Cousin Larry.
Then Cousin Hank.
Then Cousin BelvaLou.
Then Cousin........................

Tree Rats

Maybe release him in a "State of Preserved Wildlife"?

aka - Fill empty trashcan with water, insert occupied cage, place lid on top.

Oh, and sleep on your stomach, with one eye open.

Should have done some thinking about your timing. You have taken that Squirrel away from his stored food supply, which will force him to attempt to steal from other squirrels, If they don't kill him, he will die of infection or starvation, been kinder to have shot him. So many people today don't think about what their actions will trigger. Cause and effect should be part of everyone's thinking before any action is taken. Just noticed you are in Florida, will he be able to eat without getting into a fight, up here he would starve?
jud

Tree Rats

> Maybe release him in a "State of Preserved Wildlife"?
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> aka - Fill empty trashcan with water, insert occupied cage, place lid on top.
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> Oh, and sleep on your stomach, with one eye open.

🙁 Poor squirrel.

The very moment one of them enters your home, creates a stockpile under a blanket in the spare room, and leaves little brown gifts corresponds exactly to the moment SWMBO will declare Global Thermonuclear War on the entire species.

Be patient, friend.

> Should have done some thinking about your timing. You have taken that Squirrel away from his stored food supply, which will force him to attempt to steal from other squirrels, If they don't kill him, he will die of infection or starvation, been kinder to have shot him. So many people today don't think about what their actions will trigger. Cause and effect should be part of everyone's thinking before any action is taken. Just noticed you are in Florida, will he be able to eat without getting into a fight, up here he would starve?
> jud

Please refer to his initial post for a detailed explanation of his actions, specifically in relation to SWMBO...

Tree Rats

LOL Paden,

Re-read the second paragraph of my post. YOU wanna deal with my SWMBO? then have at it!;-)

Have a great week!

Tree Rats

Yes, could have dealt with her just fine, she would probably been given a choice, already with full knowledge that I follow through when things reach that point. My wife is free to express her discomfort or opinion and offer alternatives on what I plan to do, but there are no threats, if there ever were, it would only happen once.
jud

Well Jud,

I appreciate your input. In Florida there is absolutely no way a squirrel will starve. Fruits and nuts are readily available year around. Yes even in the “wild”.

As for killing the animal, that won’t happen with me, I simply could not do it. Guess I’m just a “wuss”!

Again, thanks for your response and have a great week!:-)

I'm a bit touchy about people dumping animals where their conscience is good but the animal starves, dies of thrust or because of the lack of survival skills and knowledge of the area gets them killed, usually after suffering for a time. Usually is kittens and pups I need to take care of, because of kind people, just dropping them off where they are out of s
their sight and therefor out of their mind. That spreads disease, suffering and those that live reproduce creating other problems, I get tired of having to do other peoples dirty work. I would rather shoot the one doing the dropping than their victims, so far haven't had a clear shot with them in the act, probably wouldn't pull the trigger, but they might be led to believe I was going to. Anyway thanks for you good response to my poor reaction to what you posted.
jud

Tree Rats

For Cripes sake Jud,

This is all in good fun and posted in "Humor".

Jimminy Crickets,dude, loosen up and enjoy life!

Again, have a great week!:-)

The last one that attempted to eat its way into my house by gnawing a hole in the siding was NOT relocated elsewhere. It found a permanent home directly below the tree limb from whence it leaped to its death upon hearing a thunderous roar from my shotgun. I can't hit the broad side of a barn anymore, so it must have been suicide.

http://tosh.comedycentral.com/video-clips/video-breakdown---girl-plays-with-a-dead-squirrel?xrs=share_copy

nice catch w/ the traps, and it was kind of you to relocate it. 😉

one way to keep squirrels out of bird feeders is to use safflower seed for bird feed. cardinals, chickadees, dove, and other seed eating birds like it, but squirrels don't. blue jays, mockingbirds, and a lot of other bug eaters don't much care for it either.

i buy 40-50 pound bags at the feed store for around $40 and store it in the garage in 5 gallon buckets.

Ummmm...that would go good in a gravy over some rice.

But "yard" squirrel tend to be a little tough, so pressure cooker would be required.

Not that I have/would do this to my "yard" squirrels.

Had the same problem, but the little critter climbed the feeder pole.

Simple solution was to spray the pole with some PAM cooking oil.

It was rather funny to watch him try to climb, slide down the pole and look at his paws in disbelief.

He finally went away to greener pastures and non oiled poles.

Heck SURVEYLTD, I've tried Pam, Crisco, Lard, Jergans extra strength moistening leg stuff and axle grease on the pole. The squirrels just lick it all off.

Here is the "afterword" of yesterday's endeavors for anyone interested.....

Well now that Mr. Squirrel has been relocated to a blissful place known as Wekiva State Park, he must have contacted Mr. Bear with explicit instructions to pulverize the bird feeder.

Mr. Bear complied with those directives promptly. This morning I noticed the pole, on which the feeder resides, was bent in half, the bird feeder on the ground (sans seeds) and torn all to hell.

I suppose the moral of the story is Don’t Fool with Mother Nature!;-)

Y’all have a great week!

No comments allowed here referring to 'oily poles'. This is a PG board.