Our Attic Playground

Our attic is a playground for several squirrels. Since squirrels are destructive, and can cause electrical fires, we have been trying to get rid of them.

We used a live trap to snag one of the squirrels, driving it to a park some miles away. The remaining squirrels toyed with the live trap, eating the bait and exiting without being captured. Thus, we replaced it with a different trap, one that killed a squirrel almost immediately.

The remaining squirrel has been nicknamed Wily by my better half. Wily usually toys with this trap, again eating the bait without getting triggering the trap, or triggering the trap without getting caught and then eating the bait.

Once, however, Wily triggered it with his hind legs, getting trapped without being killed. We were unsure what to do, since his teeth and front claws weren't immobilized. However, Wily solved our dilemma, as he worked his way loose. So we're continuing our efforts...