Animals in the Attic (Part 3)

"zeontestpilot" (zeontestpilot) 02/29/2016 at 18:08 • Filed to: Houselopnik

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Instead of paying $200-$300+ to get rid of these critters, I decided to be a man and try to remove them myself. Until I wimp out at least. Apparently squirrels don’t have babies until mid-March, so I have until then to give up.

I have awesome neighbors, because one of them lent me this cage with bait included! Hooray! But getting that massive cage into a small attic door was an annoyance, -_-.

I saw two potential openings when I turn off my flashlight. One had been covered in siding, and was still good, the other is below.

Not sure if you can see that, but that’s the horrible patch job I did when I first moved here; in the cold, in the dark, so my wife would stop asking me to do it. *sigh*, in my defense, I had no idea what I was doing, and I was making it up as I went back then.

Well, I’ll figure the part out in due time.

Wacko > zeontestpilot 02/29/2016 at 18:11

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Same cages I used to catch a chicken killer

zeontestpilot > Wacko 02/29/2016 at 18:16

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Foxes are tricksters. They look pet-table, but they aren't!

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > zeontestpilot 02/29/2016 at 18:20

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Where’s part 1 and part 2?

zeontestpilot > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 02/29/2016 at 18:31

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http://oppositelock.kinja.com/animals-in-the…

http://oppositelock.kinja.com/animal-in-the-…

I got very liberal with the naming convention, I’m really just making it up as I go.

OPPOsaurus WRX > zeontestpilot 02/29/2016 at 18:38

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Sweet deal good luck.

Tekamul > zeontestpilot 02/29/2016 at 19:12

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Until you get it patched, you can pour a ton of critter ridder (basically black pepper) in your attic. I used it for years to keep them out of my shed in the winter.

zeontestpilot > Tekamul 02/29/2016 at 19:19

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Get at any hardware store?

shop-teacher > zeontestpilot 02/29/2016 at 19:22

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Not gonna lie, I LOL’d at your soffit “patch”. Good luck catching the varment!

zeontestpilot > shop-teacher 02/29/2016 at 19:31

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Soffit patch? Lol

shop-teacher > zeontestpilot 02/29/2016 at 19:32

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Yeah, that stuff in the bottom of the roof overhang, it’s called a soffit ;)

zeontestpilot > shop-teacher 02/29/2016 at 19:42

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Ah, the foam insulation in a can, :).

That's gonna leave a mark! > zeontestpilot 02/29/2016 at 19:50

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Don’t know what you are using for bait but it looks turds. Best is Cheetos or Twinkies.

Tekamul > zeontestpilot 02/29/2016 at 19:54

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Probably. Its more of a gardening thing. But a big place like Lowe’s or Home Depot will have it

zeontestpilot > That's gonna leave a mark! 02/29/2016 at 20:18

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It's walnuts. It was free so worth a shot.

TheRealBicycleBuck > Tekamul 02/29/2016 at 20:42

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Mothballs may also work.

shop-teacher > zeontestpilot 02/29/2016 at 20:48

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No no. The thing with the big hole in it, that you filled with foam, that part of a house is called a soffit :)

zeontestpilot > shop-teacher 02/29/2016 at 21:18

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Learned my new thing for the day, don't need to learn anything else, :).

Tekamul > TheRealBicycleBuck 02/29/2016 at 21:39

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Mothballs definitely work, but I avoid them indoors. That smell travels.

shop-teacher > zeontestpilot 02/29/2016 at 22:26

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Job done!

vdubyajohn > zeontestpilot 03/02/2016 at 10:00

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OK, then I won’t tell you that the vertical board in front of the soffit is called the facia...