Catching a wild with serious eye issues

[Baxied]

My daughter was out feeding the wilds yesterday and called me to come out to look at one little guy. There is a small grey with both eyes impaired. One is very small/squinty and the other is beginning to look cloudy. Both are red rimmed and he was rubbing them quite a bit. I was able to get fairly close to him, but he seemed to be able to smell my presence. I don't think he can see and if he can it is minimal. I put a hav-a-hart trap out with peanut butter (so it will smell) but fear I won't get him or will get another grey or chipmunk. Has anyone ever successfully captured a grey with a net? Unfortunately my net was left in the back yard this summer and the beavers took it, and it is now woven into their dam. :grin2 I have a couple of doctor appointments this morning and will be checking in to the board. If anyone thinks a net will work I can stop and get one on my way home. I just hope and pray that I can get this little one because if I don't soon he will be way too easy for the predators to pick off.

[Baxied]

Already caught another grey..... I'm going to remove the trap while I'm not home this morning.

[TubeDriver]

Trap should work. Net might work but I generally have better luck with traps. I rig a 10' piece of string to the "j" bar trigger and pull it in order to try and get the specific squirrel I want.

[Baxied]

He showed this afternoon looking even worse and wandered near the trap but not in. I observed him going up a tree and into a knothole, so I placed the trap by the base of the tree. Hopefully we will get him this evening or in the morning. Fingers crossed!!!

[lennysmom]

Oh goodness, poor little guy.:(
Prayers he wil go into the trap tomorrow.:grouphug

[Baxied]

Well, I'm fairly certain that I've caught every other wild but the one that I want. I didn't see him Friday or yesterday, and I was despairing that he was gone. This morning I saw him up a tree, so I set the trap near the base of the tree he was in. I waited for over 2 hours watching with binoculars (yeah, I'm sure my neighbors think I'm nuts! :grin2 ), and he finally headed down and was at the base of the tree...… He then jumped and hit the trap; it closed, and he ran up another tree. :shakehead Again I waited for a long time and he came down but not near the trap and wandered into the woods where I lost him in the fog.

This little buggar breaks my heart as he just rubs and rubs his eyes and is in obvious distress. I braved the black Friday crowds to get a net, so I am ready if I can just get close enough..... I stress and watch for any sight of him so much so that nothing else is getting done.