Michael had this wonderful idea to take off our back gutters (they were old, and needing to be removed/replaced). When he did that we found that one of the fascia boards had a hole in it, big enough for a little squirrel to get through.
Of course at the time we didn't expect a squirrel to go into our attic and he was planning on repairing the hole the next day.
At some point between point A and point B this squirrel decided to make it's way in, and brought a friend along. And over the last month or so we've tried everything we could to get them out. I couldn't bring myself to kill them, so poison was right out.
It's been particularly horrible for us because they parked themselves right over our bedroom, and in fact right over our heads... lol. So every night we hear them pouncing, running, scratching, gnawing, etc. This could go on for hours. Sleep has been kind of elusive the past few weeks. You'd be amazed at just how noisy two squirrels can be!
Anyway we finally remembered live traps! The first one we tried was too big, and I saw the squirrels happily eating all the corn and whatnot out of it when I'd take Abby out to go potty. They'd look down at me and it almost seemed like they were smirking at me, little devils. So I called Michael and told him that was a no go.
On to a smaller trap! Success!!! We got the one pictured today. It's a sweet little thing, albeit very anxious and unhappy. Michael took it down the road a few miles. We are going to have to wait out the second one now. Hopefully we catch it tommorrow. It was on top of the cage today, while it's friend tried in vane to get out. When it saw me it bolted off into our neighbors yard.
Here's a video of the scared little squirrel:
Morale of the story: if you find yourself with a hole in your fascia board- board it up asap! lol
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