Here is squirrel #2. I never thought this was going to work! I was saying, here we go again, another $26 down the drain . This thing is fairly simple to make. It is just a length of plastic sewer pipe, cut in half so that each length is about 5 feet. Then cap one end of each piece. Put some seeds or squirrel bait in the bottom. Then liberaly coat the inside of the pipe with vegetable oil and stand it up where you know the squirrels are travelling. The guy at the store said to use peanut butter for bait, so we did.
Yesterday, right after I posted, I got Craig to go out and check the trap again. Lo and behold, there was a squirrel in it. I was some surprised. Poor little guy was dripping in oil from trying to get up the tube which was too slippery. He looked pretty funny.
So Craig took the pipe with the squirrel at the bottom and stood it up in the cab of the truck and took it for a little ride about 5 kms away. When Craig lowered the pipe it took off like a rocket.
So after Craig got back from his little journey, he readied the trap again and put it back in the same spot. At six in the morning he checked, but no squirrel. Right after breakfast he checked again and yup, squirrel #2.
So off for another ride to the same spot for release into his new home in the wild. Same scene, took off like a rocket. I'm sure they found each other and will be very busy licking the oil from each others fur for a day or two at least.
Haven't seen a squirrel all day and I sure do miss them. NOT!!!
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