Squirrel Attack (But league is important)

Do you notice a pattern here? All the LOLs are coming from those who have never dealt with a similar situation. Get wells are coming from those who have. Count me in the latter group. One wild and scared critter in your house can humble the toughest of us. Best wishes for a quick heal. If there's an upside to the whole thing, at least you avoided the whole rabies inoculation process.
Bill
 
What have you done to keep it, or another, from coming back in? :eek:

I mean.. that one had to come and go some way.
 
JimS said:
What have you done to keep it, or another, from coming back in? :eek:

I mean.. that one had to come and go some way.
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He should take the squirrel's head and impale it on a little stake in the backyard, this way other squirrels will know he doesn't screw around:D

Jake
 
bigskyjake said:
He should take the squirrel's head and impale it on a little stake in the backyard, this way other squirrels will know he doesn't screw around:D

Jake
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I like the way you western guys think. Put that together with a medicine man and you got a unbeatable defense.
 
I never had to deal with a squirrel in the house, BUT!! one day a few yrs ago, I was over at my dads house, and before I got there. a Ferrel cat had gotten in. Cuz they have about 15-20 wild/semi-tame cats running around and a HAND full of fully tame cats. Well they bread n bread and such.

Well on that day, my sister and stepmom were feeding the cats and some of them get curious and one got inside and went wild and ended up hiding, downstairs. While I was down there, I kept on hearing what sounded like a dog wining, so I thought it was my dad's dog. Nope, found out it was the cat, Well I find the cat and its under a cabinet, so I go and get some wood working gloves that are heavy duty, and get ahold of the cat, by the tail but he gets loose, and tries to get up the fire chimney.

I get ahold of the cat again, and he is going nuts clawing the gloves and biting them. Well my stepmom opens the basement door and I give the cat a toss out the door.

The only thing I was freaked about was if the cat went after me, instead of my hands, cuz it was just attacking my hands, non-stop. THANK GOD for heavy duty gloves.

After that, incident, I told my dad, WE should do some target practice lol, but of course he's like you know your sister will be pissed, ( she's only 11 ) and loves the cats.
 
Squirrels can hurt you? Damn, and there was me last summer stroking the tail of one in our backyard!! Oops. I will admit it was a youngster that seemed to have gotten used to seeing me around. Cute little thing used to hang around me when I was sat outside. I have a feeling it turned into a road pizza though.:(
 
FUNNY story Calcuttaman! My sides hurt from laughing......

Recently we had 3 adolescent raccoons drop down into our fireplace at 3 in the morning. Our Labrador and Yorkie went absolutely beserk. Complete CHAOS! Will never forget chasing the 3 terrified coons all over the house in the middle of the night.:eek:

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I thought your writing was very well done. Seems you have as penchant for pool and writing.

You should probably consider giving up hopes of the career in critter evicition.... In the interests of self preservation and pool league team excellence :D
 
I knew this was hilarious when you sent me the email Doug. I pictured the whole thing, and next time we get together, you can recap it outloud, and I can tell you a couple of the 'bat/snake' stories that have happened at my home.

And I concur with the last poster, your writing definately gave a solid visual, and I can picture you with cuts on your face hobbling around a pool table.

Good luck at Dr. Pool in May

:)
 
I had a similar situation a while back with a bird in my basement.

My buddy came over to shoot some pool one night, I was in the kitchen making a pizza and he came in and said he was going to go downstairs and shoot around for a bit. For some reason he forgot to turn the light on, on the way down, and all of the sudden I hear him yell, WTF!! and him falling back on the stairs and then comes running back up the stairs.

Me - " What happened?"
Buddy - "Something flew by my head."
Me - "Did you see what it was?"
Buddy - "No, the lights were off."
Me - "Let's go check it out."

We get down there with the lights on and I am looking. I am not seeing or hearing anything.

Me - "Were you drinking before you came over?"
Buddy - "No, something really did fly by my head."

Then all of the sudden a bird flies right past my face, I actually felt the wing touch my nose. I jump back and my buddy starts laughing at me. We go back up stairs and try to think of a way to catch the damn thing.

The only brilliant idea we could come up with was to try and catch it with a pot and its lid.

So me and him were running around in the basement for about 20 mins trying to catch the bird with no luck. And the bird was starting to get pretty mean, it kept swooping at our heads.

Since the pots weren't working, I did the only thing left I could do. I grabbed a old warped pool cue and started swinging at it. I actually hit it, and it was enough to just stun it. So we went and picked it up really quick the the pot and lid and took it out side took the lid off and it flew away.
 
Squirrel in House

I got a squirrel at my house. Except he is 80 years old, moves real good, and likes to eat on the seams of my pockets.:D

Smackmac
 
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Quesports said:
Wild squirrels are nothing to mess with and rival the ferrel cat in ferocity. Just grab one once and you'll understand! The peanut butter bait and a live trap works every time. Interestingly my wife is a formulation scientist and they did a study of rat poisons for a supplier were they put rats in cages with nothing but poison to eat. They all starved themselves to death rather than eat the poison! Hope you recover soon!!!
Dan
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Number one, video this stuff! Easy to get rid of squirrel in attic or walls. If they are in your house they will headquarter in attic and they do come and go at will. Find entrance hole first. Open door, usually a ladder and put an open box of mothballs on top step and turn a fan on. Go to your local pool hall and play for a few hours. Squirrel gone, repair hole. Buy a squirrel trap, $40 and trap them for the remainder of your life. Put trap in five gallon bucket of water and count to thirty. Works on all squirrels that don't have gills!
 
When you trap a squirrel...

... in one of those humane traps (like in Calcuttaman's video), I've been told you're supposed to take them across running water (a river, stream, etc.). They then have to find a new home.

My understanding is that crossing a moving body of water messes with the squirrel's inner GPS. Otherwise the squirrel will simply find it's way back to your house.
 
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If any AZer's have any issues in the future like this one where an animal has gained entry to your home, go to the website above and use the office finder to locate the nearest office.

Also, if anyone has any critter related questions feel free to ask me.

By the way good luck with the leg! Trust me when I say you want to stay off of it to avoid surgery. I broke the same bone and had a hairline fracture in the tibia so they had to do surgery which resulted in a metal plate and 7 screws and a sweet scar.
 
Squirrels will typically not come back if released upwards of 5 miles away from where they were originally trapped.

Lance Link said:
... in one of those humane traps (like in Calcuttaman's video), I've been told you're supposed to take them across running water (a river, stream, etc.). They then have to find a new home.

My understanding is that crossing a moving body of water messes with the squirrel's inner GPS. Otherwise the squirrel will simply find it's way back to your house.
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