fuggin' Squirrel in my basement

[StukaJU87]

This all started Saturday. I got home from work to find my g/f frantic about a squirrel in the house. 2nd time in about 8 years. (I'll put on a chimney cap one of these days LOL)

We opened the door for a few hours hoping he'd run out. We thought he did.

I got home from work Sunday to find my g/f besides herself since the squirrel made an appearance in the kithcen, eating a bag of roasted peanuts.

Sunday I put the remaining peanuts in a havahart trap. No problem, right?

Monday after work we found the entire bag of peanuts empty....just as empty as that fuggin' trap. So then I baited it with peanut butter on a slice of bread.

You guessed it, bread and peanut butter gone, no squirrel, empty trap.:think:

Just about 30 minutes ago the squirrel surprised my g/f son by jumping out of the hamper and running back down the basement.

Now I am frustrated. I can't figure out why he won't trigger the trap. Maybe he is too light or too smart.

I just smeared peanut butter directly on the trap trigger so he is gonna have to work at it to get it off of there, hopefully triggering the trap.

I also oiled the sliding parts of the trap with 3in1 oil to help it along.

It has been 4 days since he invaded our house. I am hoping this will do the trick. Any ideas that might help me?

[SEEGERMANY]

Oh man, the really bad thing is that squirrels "spray" worse than a fucking cat. In four days, he's pissed from one end of the house to the other. If it's not too cold, I'd open the front and back door and then try to corral him out.

Sounds like you've done everything you can with the trap. I'm awefully afraid he's too light to trip the spring.

[Da' Melta']

Any ideas that might help me?

Yeah...leave the poor guy a bowl of water...he must be gettin' thirsty after all that peanut butter.

[StukaJU87]

Yeah...leave the poor guy a bowl of water...he must be gettin' thirsty after all that peanut butter.

Funny you should mention that. There is enough water in the basement to sustain him for weeks. LOL With all the precip we have had, the sump pump is working overtime.

[Rich#6]

Get a dog. It won't be pretty but he'll be out of your house.

[SEEGERMANY]

"I ain't going down easy!"

[CharvelRocker]

A BB Gun, a bag of chips, and a comfy chair. Stakeout

[Da' Melta']

Scott,
Does your city offer any kind of animal control service that could help, without significant cost to you? Sounds like he needs to be cornered and scooped up with some kind of net.

Just a thought.

[psychokissfan]

Thats too much!.... the same thing happened to my father twice in the past five years.... Until last year his condo association put a new cap on his chimney.

[SEEGERMANY]

Yea, this is ALL Scott's fault! SAVE THE SQUIRREL, SHOOT THE HOME OWNER!

[Da' Melta']

"I ain't going down easy!"

LMFAO!!! I don't know how you come up with the perfect images on the fly like that!:ROTF:

Now you've got Scott worrying.

[StukaJU87]

A BB Gun, a bag of chips, and a comfy chair. Stakeout

I sat up the other night with my xxxxx loaded with varmint xxxx just waiting for him. She was all for it at the time. Now she wants to save him. Just like a woman, can't make up her mind.

[StukaJU87]

"I ain't going down easy!"

Mark, you kill me, man. You are one funny dude.:ROTF:

[Spivonious]

Hopefully he doesn't pull the Rambo knife out.

I think you should wait until you're sure he's in the basement, then close off all the doors and go down there with a big sheet and capture him. Either that or set out some bait and pounce on him.

Just remember - squirrels bite!

[SEEGERMANY]

"MAKE LOVE, NOT WAR!"