Mouse and Squirrel!

Been trying to trap mice in the basement of the farm house and the traps are always sprung and the bait gone. Decided to set the little trail cam I use around the place for fun. Here is the culprit. Just cannot figure out how he is getting in! You are looking at a marked...er...squirrel. You can just see him in the right of the picture of the trap.

We used to have problems with ground squirrels getting into the tomato plants. Bought some of these traps:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MXOBXE7/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
They set really easy, are pretty sensitive, and have worked well for ground and tree squirrels. A smaller trap of same design works for mice and small squirrels. The large trap has also caught fairly small mice.

For squirrels, get a few pecan halves/pieces. Use a little peanut butter to "glue" a pecan to the trap, inside the small bait cup. Spread 4 to 6 pieces around the trap. When the squirrel finds the loose pieces and tries them, he'll find the last one in the trap.

So far, we haven't missed a squirrel yet.

Victor #3 placed where kitties won't go but squirrels will. Jim

can't get your link to work.

Tomorrows,,whats in the crockpot,,,for ya?

Dave, that is a Red Squirrel! They are destructive and evil. They will kill any other type of squirrel around. A Red Squirrel will NOT make it off my property alive. We now seem to finally have a Grey Squirrel. He eats under the bird feeder.

Get that lil critter caught if you can.

We have one where work that is slowly demolishing the building. It has chewed a hole in a stucco half-wall by the entry stairs... it has significantly chewed up those outdoor stair treads. Somebody is trying to trap it - no success yet.

(quoted from post at 03:47:54 11/02/18) Dave, that is a Red Squirrel! They are destructive and evil. They will kill any other type of squirrel around. A Red Squirrel will NOT make it off my property alive. We now seem to finally have a Grey Squirrel. He eats under the bird feeder.

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"destructive and evil", that made me laugh! I had a family of them living in my tractor last winter. I didn't know it until I had run the tractor for part of a day when the ground thawed, took a break, went back out and saw a small hand sticking out from under the battery. Tried to get the remaining two babies out of there with no success. Spaces too tight for me to get at them. Went back the next morning and they were both lying on the ground, barely alive. Took them in a bucket loaded with hay back into the barn and they were gone within a few hours. They couldn't even see yet. I knew one had died, and a couple weeks later, I saw the mom with the remaining baby. Looked like she was teaching it how to climb trees. Well, my dog also saw that and ran over there and killed the baby who was on the ground. Mom carried the dead baby back to the barn.. I'm waiting to open a drawer or a lid of something and find a skeleton. Wonder where she put it. A couple weeks later, mom was gone. Have never seen her since. This was in May/June. I think she died of a broken heart, losing all her babies. I got my first cat a month ago and he is a mouse killing machine. Every single day I look out and see him throwing mice into the air. I think that's the best trap. If that red squirrel was still around, the cat would've either got her or chased her off. The cat lives in the house and has found a couple mice in the basement and the rest come from the barn or somewhere in the yard. Never saw a cat hunt like he does. Name is Chuck. Chuck-a-rino.

Tastes like chicken!!!

ha.

at first i thought this was a bullwinkle thing. "Boris, we must get the moose and squirrel" in russian accent.

Well at least SOMEBODY got the joke!