MollyBear361
05-23-2013, 11:41 PM
Ok, my fil is the sweetest 81year old ever unless it comes to squirrels. Long story short, he hates squirrels on his bird feeder and tomatoes. Last year, before I knew about squirrels he was trapping them and going to release in a park. My husband told him to bring them here bc we loved them and most of ours were gone (we had an owl here and then I put 2+2 together).. I didn't know until I had found my three baby foxers that he had trapped and released over ten squirrels here. I live in a city neighborhood on two lots. Not in the country. I am sure bc of this momma got ran off or killed and that's why I ended up with Three babies. Again, then I learned about squirrel territories, etc.
Today I took our dogs over there bc we are going out of town....and there was the cutest squirrel burying pecans. Poor guys tail is all messed up.its cockeyed and only about half a tail. It doesn't go up over his back...just to the right side and kind of lays there. Also appears he doesn't use one of his back legs much. Gets along really well but I watched him and he didn't use that back leg half the time or more. So he went to the fence and kept staring at the feeder but couldn't figure out how to get on it.its like a lamppost in the middle of their yard. My fil was watching also and said once that that squirrel is on the feeder he's history...and then said he's too curious. Its a feeder full of corn...hmmm, yeah, I bet he's curious. When I say he's history he means trapping. He won't kill it. I whined and said if its a momma he's leaving babies to starve to death, yadda yadda, but he doesn't care.:soapbox
So obviously if a squirrel touches he's feeder he's setting traps out. Would it be best that he let's them go at a park or here where my land is small, I have established squirrels, but I feed every day. There is no right solution to this, but if he insists on doing this, I kind of feel I need to look out for the poor little guy with the broken tail and bad foot so maybe he should come here. Btw I lost a wild two days ago. Got run over in front of my house at the house next door and across the street. Was not Joe since I've seen him but I haven't seen Lucy since and now I'm worried it may have been her. I checked its ears and I didn't see the notch she has in her left ear....but that's another reason I wouldn't want more squirrels here in a neighborhood where I have a busy street where people drive way too fast in front of my house. I have a no win situation. :shakehead
Today I took our dogs over there bc we are going out of town....and there was the cutest squirrel burying pecans. Poor guys tail is all messed up.its cockeyed and only about half a tail. It doesn't go up over his back...just to the right side and kind of lays there. Also appears he doesn't use one of his back legs much. Gets along really well but I watched him and he didn't use that back leg half the time or more. So he went to the fence and kept staring at the feeder but couldn't figure out how to get on it.its like a lamppost in the middle of their yard. My fil was watching also and said once that that squirrel is on the feeder he's history...and then said he's too curious. Its a feeder full of corn...hmmm, yeah, I bet he's curious. When I say he's history he means trapping. He won't kill it. I whined and said if its a momma he's leaving babies to starve to death, yadda yadda, but he doesn't care.:soapbox
So obviously if a squirrel touches he's feeder he's setting traps out. Would it be best that he let's them go at a park or here where my land is small, I have established squirrels, but I feed every day. There is no right solution to this, but if he insists on doing this, I kind of feel I need to look out for the poor little guy with the broken tail and bad foot so maybe he should come here. Btw I lost a wild two days ago. Got run over in front of my house at the house next door and across the street. Was not Joe since I've seen him but I haven't seen Lucy since and now I'm worried it may have been her. I checked its ears and I didn't see the notch she has in her left ear....but that's another reason I wouldn't want more squirrels here in a neighborhood where I have a busy street where people drive way too fast in front of my house. I have a no win situation. :shakehead