Four-Legged Critter in Attic

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toggleswitch

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Perhaps it's.......squirrels and raccons and possums.... oh my.
Someone came to vist, yet was not invited.

Any ideas as to how to trap/kill/maime/repel?
[Come on you real men out there.. is there a more macho topic?]

Pest control wants $750 min. to *consult* then trap.
*Oh no, we retrieve traps on Fridays. We only set them up on Mondays*

RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!
 
don't kill or mame...

...for practical reasons: There is a very good chance said varmit will live just long enough to creep into the walls and there die, leaving you with a stinking, discusting very expensive mess.
The society for prevention of cruelty to animals offers cages to painlessly trap various critters, as do many animal "rights" groups.
I strongly suggest, whatever you do, do not put yourself at risk of getting bitten or scratched. Rabies is no fun...
Of course, it might be an owl or a snake, then you could have a case for the state wildlife preservation folks to help you.
 
Not only do you have to worry about trapping it, but you have to repair the place where it got in. You can try scattering a bunch of moth balls around if you can easily get into the attic and that might make whoever is up there leave, but one of those Have-a-Heart traps with something delicious and aromatic like peanut products would be a good way to catch at least one of whatever is there. If it is a momma squirrel with a family, you don't want to do this until the kids are old enough to be on their own.
 
Bats in the Belfry

We lived in a three story Victorian House in LaConner. After moving it, I found the attic was full of bat guana. We had a Batdominium! I phoned the exterminator and learned, bats were a protected species and they couldn't be destroyed. Deterrents could be placed in the attic, but I was advised the colony was migratory and had used our attic for years. This was on their "GPS" If I forced them out of the attic, they would move into the lower floors with us. We lived in the house for five years. Only once, did a bat come to dinner, but before knew what was happening the cat had a bat to go.
There were great house mate, quiet, kept the bugs down, provided fertilizer for the flowers and scared my wife so much, the attic was my sanctuary where I hid my latest junk store finds and few copies of BlueBoy.
Kelly
 
WELL I guess that answers THAT question. LOL

Nothing like a good well-stocked library.

Welcome Dear Kelly.
U R the best.
It's great to know I can finally kick-back and relax, knowing you will entertain, enthrall and educate the troups!
In all seriousness...
SO GLAD YOU ARE ABOARD!
 
My parents had a squirrel in an exterior wall this winter. I looked on the internet and found that they dislike loud noises and bright lights. I put a Nancy Wilson CD in mom's boom box, put it facing the wall where we estimated the critter was, and cranked the volume. She ran out through the hole she came in (thank goodness--she was VERY pregnant), and I sealed the hole with expanding foam.

For attic critters, they suggested a strobe light. I can't remember exactly who "they" was...the extension service of some university I think.

My boss says to put piles of cat hair in the suspect area, if you have access to cat hair. The smell of cat evidently drives rodents away.

T.
 
Toggs,
I had squirrels in the attic last year. You could hear them actually rolling their nuts and things around. They were active at night. I made tons of noise as I went into the attic. They ran out, and I plugged up their entrance. It was a rotted eave. Repaired eave, no more squirrels. Just watch out if there are babies. You would need to wait a month of so.
Bobby in Boston
 
The smell of cat evidently drives rodents away.

Who could blame them?

loud noises
bright lights
a strobe light

COME ON OVER FOR DISCO FRIDAY NIGHT.
(sing it girls Y.M.C.A.....)

Bring your best 12 inch vintage plastic...er... latex...er.. vinyl. Vinyl, yeah that's it, that's the one!
 
No idea!

You could not possibly imagine how much I enjoy this group.

For the first time in 55 years, I do not have to use the "Normal" costume, activate the "You have gone too far" sensors or live with a stiff neck from checking my behind me to see, who's pointing and whispering.

There are times I could weep.

My very "straight normal" partner bought a Maytag Neptune set years ago, before we met and before he "knew". He said he almost didn't buy it because it didn't have a window.

I fainted!

I knew it was a heavenly coupling, with no annoying clackity clack like the couplers and failures, we discuss here.

I can be here with out needing to be strong. It is an amazing experience and I can't suitably express my fulfillment because words pale.

Seriously (You be Frank and I'll be Earnest)

Kelly
 
I had a racoon in my chimney last summer. Didn't realize it until late one night it sounded like someone was trying to break into our house. The loud banging turned out to be a racoon trying to open the damper in the fireplace in the livingroom. It turned out to be a mama with 2 babies who couldn't make it out of the chimney by themself. It cost me $500 to have them removed - mama was live trapped (she could get out) and the babies were taken out by hand from the fireplace (the exterminator reached up and grabbed them). They looked like little kittens...very cute but very mean. All three were let go together far away. My lesson learned was to keep chimneys capped.
 

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