Mission , Rogue Squirrel.

[Guest little_lloyd]

Looked out my kitchen window earleir, As i was gonna feed the mutts, Look over to the bird table down the bottom and there was a big grey thing hanging of onto the nut feed Not giving a toss about the banging on the windows, the bugger decides only to jump down when the dogs are let out,, Let me tell you my garden and my side of the village has been 100% squirrel free for the last eight years,,, Well erm' until this came along.

 

I be blowed, am i going to let this thing turn up and take my patch on,, GET f****d am i !! Got two options for my trap regime to stop the rouge in its tracks. Option one being as snare pole going from the fence to bird table which i can see bieng the easiest option for him to use,, Or option two, A cage, Which i had set from the moment i seen the bugger this moring,, came home from work not so long ago to find a blackbird,, At least with the snare pole i wont catch birds, triggering my cage of and lessaning the chance of the rouge being caught.

 

But its option two for the minite,, Reason bieng not having a nice pole to use. Alough i have a nice doulbe entry fenn cage that does not seem to catch birds as the normal cages do,, I will use that.

 

 

 

You will be seing his picture shortly ,, ,, Dead or alive this squirrel is not welcome.

 

 

[john b 38]

Be careful mate - take a closer look at that rockery ....

 

[Rolfe 2]

Lloydy............i do hope they are not all peanuts i can see scattered outside the cage.........it'll have no need to enter the cage if that is the case. Take all the food from the bird feeders and just leave a couple of peanuts scattered by the entrance of the cage and i nice tray full inside.........take all the rocks off the cage and use a T bar to hold the cage tight to the floor..........should catch soon then mate.

 

Rolfe.

[Guest little_lloyd]

Lloydy............i do hope they are not all peanuts i can see scattered outside the cage.........it'll have no need to enter the cage if that is the case. Take all the food from the bird feeders and just leave a couple of peanuts scattered by the entrance of the cage and i nice tray full inside.........take all the rocks off the cage and use a T bar to hold the cage tight to the floor..........should catch soon then mate.

 

Rolfe.

 

Thanks for your advice Rolfe. Its seed mix mate,, And its made a mess on my lawn barren garden, Somehow manage to drop the bag and spill its contents So cleaned what i could,, The rooks and pidgeons will take the left over spillage i exepct.

[Rolfe 2]

Lloydy............i do hope they are not all peanuts i can see scattered outside the cage.........it'll have no need to enter the cage if that is the case. Take all the food from the bird feeders and just leave a couple of peanuts scattered by the entrance of the cage and i nice tray full inside.........take all the rocks off the cage and use a T bar to hold the cage tight to the floor..........should catch soon then mate.

 

Rolfe.

 

Thanks for your advice Rolfe. And no its bird seed, Not peanuts lol

Well pick ALL the birdseed up ...........and replace it with a few peanuts just outside the entrance.........a few just inside the cage...........the rest in a tray behind the treadle plate...........remove all other food sources and it will catch pretty quickly mate.

 

Rolfe.

[Guest little_lloyd]

Lloydy............i do hope they are not all peanuts i can see scattered outside the cage.........it'll have no need to enter the cage if that is the case. Take all the food from the bird feeders and just leave a couple of peanuts scattered by the entrance of the cage and i nice tray full inside.........take all the rocks off the cage and use a T bar to hold the cage tight to the floor..........should catch soon then mate.

 

Rolfe.

 

Thanks for your advice Rolfe. And no its bird seed, Not peanuts lol

Well pick ALL the birdseed up ...........and replace it with a few peanuts just outside the entrance.........a few just inside the cage...........the rest in a tray behind the treadle plate...........remove all other food sources and it will catch pretty quickly mate.

 

Rolfe.

 

 

Yes Rolfers,, Will get that sorted in the morning mate,, But am i not correct that peanuts will choke young birds when the parents feed them on them? Thats sort of the reason i used the seed mix.

[Guest friedrice]

LLOYD WHY PAY OUT FOR A GAGE TRAPS WHEN THE MODIFIED PRO VICTOR RAT TRAP USED BY THE SNARE MAN WOULD BE A BETTER JOB ?

[john b 38]

LLOYD WHY PAY OUT FOR A GAGE TRAPS WHEN THE MODIFIED PRO VICTOR RAT TRAP USED BY THE SNARE MAN WOULD BE A BETTER JOB ?

 

Though not legally ofcourse. The modified rat traps are capable of killing squirrels but cannot be used in the UK for that purpose as they are not on the Spring Trap Approval Order.

[Holdaway 2]

LLOYD WHY PAY OUT FOR A GAGE TRAPS WHEN THE MODIFIED PRO VICTOR RAT TRAP USED BY THE SNARE MAN WOULD BE A BETTER JOB ?

 

Though not legally ofcourse. The modified rat traps are capable of killing squirrels but cannot be used in the UK for that purpose as they are not on the Spring Trap Approval Order.

 

 

Well said John. That is absolutely true, there is nothing worse than catching the wrong species in a trap too. Just the other day I accidentally caught yet another squirrel in a modified Pro Victor, which I had conscientiously set out for rats in a tunnel.

 

Who would have suspected that Squirrels like tunnels and peanuts too?

 

I had very carefully attached the trap to a tree but quite close to the ground so that other species would not be attracted to it. I really must read up on squirrel behaviour, as I had forgotten that they climb...

 

All the best to all

 

H

[Guest little_lloyd]

Day one.

 

Nothing as yet,, Its been pretty grotty and shitty all day long ,, Alough it did not stop the three squirrels i caught at work today going about there everyday activites., Its only been a day and he is probbaly of on another bird table away from mine,, Alough i expect he will be back,, Im not going to take the cage away ,, Its been a day and he WILL be back. I have had squirrels in the past withing an hour or so of setting a cage or tunnel,, and sometimes two or three out of the same trap in an afternoon or moring,, And i have also watied for days and even weeks for a few particular squirrels. And as for the pro victor suggestion,,.. Why should i bother with one if i dont have one and have a shed full of cages and springs?

 

LL

[Guest friedrice]

LLOYD WHY PAY OUT FOR A GAGE TRAPS WHEN THE MODIFIED PRO VICTOR RAT TRAP USED BY THE SNARE MAN WOULD BE A BETTER JOB ?

 

Though not legally ofcourse. The modified rat traps are capable of killing squirrels but cannot be used in the UK for that purpose as they are not on the Spring Trap Approval Order.

do traps have to be on the spring trap order for rats then john?like the pro victor.

they are the same size rodents,a bit silly if you ask me. sounds the same as the law with terriers under ground. use them for the control

of game, and wild birds, but cant to protect domestic birds and livestock.

[RatSnatcher 0]

A squirrel is a lot tougher species than a rat, much more muscle, I presume that the un modified pro victor has not got the power to kill a squirrel humanely in there eyes

[Guest little_lloyd]

Lloydy............i do hope they are not all peanuts i can see scattered outside the cage.........it'll have no need to enter the cage if that is the case. Take all the food from the bird feeders and just leave a couple of peanuts scattered by the entrance of the cage and i nice tray full inside.........take all the rocks off the cage and use a T bar to hold the cage tight to the floor..........should catch soon then mate.

 

Rolfe.

 

 

Rolfe i have swaped the fenn double entry with a smaller cage i have caught loads of squirrels in the past in. with the advice you gave me with the peanuts.

 

Still the bugger has not been seen since the morning,, But if he is back then he wont be running back down my neibours hedgeline.

 

 

 

[john b 38]

LL I still think you have far too many outside the trap / infront of the treadle. There's a couple of meals worth there

 

To be honest you have more inside the trap than I would use too but that's less of an issue.

[Guest little_lloyd]

LL I still think you have far too many outside the trap / infront of the treadle. There's a couple of meals worth there

 

To be honest you have more inside the trap than I would use too but that's less of an issue.

 

 

John i understand that,, Just i can garantee you the small birds will clear it up leaving a few,, So i did not put a few beacuse there would be nout for squigga.

 

The pile at the back of the cage is purley to open the eye,, If you looked from the squirrels eye view you could barley see nout.

 

LLoyd