Steve wrote:
Squirrels in the attic!

I'm using two traps.
One is for a "small squirrel " Its very sensitive, I closed one end and put
corn and peanut butter at the closed end. They got at the corn last night
and triggered the trap but they were not in it. I'm guessing they are to
big, the door closed on their but and didn't lock down and they were able to
back out of the trap. the door shut behind them when they got out???

The other trap is a large old rusty one I borrowed. Its about 14" x 12" x 3
feet long. I hung an apple in the trap and covered the trap with a cloth
because they were getting at the apple from the outside (I think?) They keep
eating at the apple but not triggering the trap. I tried adjusting the trap
to make it more sensitive but still no luck.


I think the small trap wont work so I'm trying one more thing with the large
trap. I cut a piece of plywood slightly smaller than the floor of the trap.
I rest the board on the trigger plate creating a ramp the squirrel will have
to walk on to enter the trap and get to the back of the trap where the bait
is. This wont allow the squirrel to step over the trigger and the extra
weight of the board will make the trap more sensitive...

I set this up before coming to work this morning, I'll see when I get
home...

I haven't found their entry yet! I'm going up on the roof tonight to check
around the chimney...


Sr




Not completely OT, but I received this book as a gift a while ago and
it's really a hoot.

http://tinyurl.com/bq9n9

About five years ago I converted the kids' old gumball machine into a
squirrel feeder. It took the little bushy tailed roof rats less than a
day to figure out how to crank it around to get themselves some dried corn.

http://home.comcast.net/~jwisnia18/jeff/nuts.jpg

(Last pix in the series is just a gag I lifted elsewhere.)

They chew up the wooden handle pretty good, I've had to replace it a
couple of times already.

Jeff
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Jeffry Wisnia

(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)

"Truth exists; only falsehood has to be invented."