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Squirrel trouble.
PostPosted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 2:31 pm
by christianfriend
Approximately an hour ago, while I was downstairs by myself, I started to hear strange noises on the roof near the chimney that leads to my Grandmother's stove. They suddenly got louder and louder until I realized there was something IN the chimney trying it's hardest NOT to fall. The noise stopped after a few minutes....and there was silence for a while. But it started up again, this time even louder! There was squeaking and scratching and finally the scratching started getting closer and closer to the stove until I heard a light thud.
Ladies and Gentlemen...there is a squirrel in my Grandma's stove.
No, there is no fire, or else I wouldn't really have much of an issue but a bad smell, or maybe a good smell, I wouldn't know since I've never seen or smelt a cooked squirrel.. But anyway....
Any ideas on what I should do about this problem folks? I'm pretty darn scared about just letting it out and run wild in my Grandma's house, all dusty and ashy >.> and I'm all alone too. Any thoughts or comments?
PostPosted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 2:40 pm
by Etoh*the*Greato
Get a box and put the squirrell in it then release the squirrell in the wild... or keep it as a pet!
PostPosted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 3:03 pm
by Mister
put it on a leash and call it "Bob"
PostPosted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 3:08 pm
by Roy Mustang
christianfriend wrote:Ladies and Gentlemen...there is a squirrel in my Grandma's stove.
Turn on stove and cook and serve the tree rat!
[font="Book Antiqua"][color="Red"]Col. Roy Mustang[/color][/font]
PostPosted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 3:33 pm
by christianfriend
Conclusion!!!!
Folks, it turned out to be a crow in the stove. It flew out and started flying into the windows, so me and my Mom had to run around the room to catch it. It was successfully released outside though, and he did not seem to be hurt at all, just shaken. We dusted him off and sent him on his way, hopefully to be reunited with his fellow feathery critters on the roof.
I'm glad it wasn't a squirrel though, I think it would have been much more difficult XP
PostPosted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 3:36 pm
by Atria35
Seriously, google the phrase 'remove squirrel from property' along with the state you live in, and something will turn up. There will probably be a variety of services that will get the squirrel out and release it somewhere where it won't bother you again. Just remember to double-check the credentials with the Better Buisiness Bureau
EDIT: Got ninja's by the OP. Great news that it's out!
PostPosted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 3:36 pm
by ashfire
Call animal control to come get the squirrel out of the stove. After that call someone to come put a screen on the chimmney to prevent any more animals from entering.
I have chased a squirrel around someones house and inside the fire station I am a memebr of before. You just have to give them a stright shot for a exit and no way past you to hide, climb or jump on to something.
PostPosted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 4:36 pm
by Tsukuyomi
Haha, nice that everything worked out and the little guy (?) was let go ^^ Hopefully, he or any of his friends fall in the chimney either xD;
PostPosted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 4:51 pm
by That Dude
Shotgun, that's what you need for the next time...
PostPosted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 8:14 pm
by Furen
next time keep it as a pet as a warning for other animals to watch out.
PostPosted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 8:19 pm
by Warrior 4 Jesus
The squirrel turned into a crow? Shapeshifter! You've got to watch out. I think you're being spied on by Randall Flagg and you just released him.
PostPosted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 8:22 pm
by Furen
Why would anything want to shape shift into a crow?
Maybe it was a crow that accidentally shifted into a squirrel when it was over the chimney...
PostPosted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 8:49 pm
by Warrior 4 Jesus
You'll need to read Stephen King's The Stand to discover that one. But here's a start. They can fly long distances. Can see long distances. Are common enough to not draw attention to themselves. Hence, they make the perfect scout/spy.
PostPosted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 8:54 pm
by CrimsonRyu17
That Dude (post: 1421195) wrote:Shotgun, that's what you need for the next time...
Yeah, let's shoot some unfortunate creature that fell down a chimney.
PostPosted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:20 pm
by That Dude
CrimsonRyu17 (post: 1421249) wrote:Yeah, let's shoot some unfortunate creature that fell down a chimney.
I hope that you realize my sarcasm in the post.
PostPosted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:39 pm
by Mister
i actually agree with you though.... shotguns good.... stray animals bad...... Birdy meets 5-shot pheasant load.....good.....
PostPosted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:42 pm
by Nate
Why do people hate crows anyway? I think they get a bum rap for no real reason. Crows are pretty awesome in my book.
PostPosted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 11:10 pm
by Mister
oh i agree. i love animals, i just have no qualms with killing them.
my my how animal loves hate my soul... XD
PostPosted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 8:40 am
by XIII_whisper
Nate (post: 1421265) wrote:Why do people hate crows anyway? I think they get a bum rap for no real reason. Crows are pretty awesome in my book.
DUDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I TOTALLY agree that crows r hated 4 no reason AND ummmmmm ummmmmm yea cool
PostPosted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 8:45 am
by Etoh*the*Greato
Nate (post: 1421265) wrote:Why do people hate crows anyway? I think they get a bum rap for no real reason. Crows are pretty awesome in my book.
My wife loves crows and ravens both. The Ravens at least I kind of want to smack. That's a personal experience thing, though, as a camper.
PostPosted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 11:29 am
by Furen
Nate (post: 1421265) wrote:Why do people hate crows anyway? I think they get a bum rap for no real reason. Crows are pretty awesome in my book.
Crows are awesome!
I believe that it is bad luck in some cultures
PostPosted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 2:22 pm
by XIII_whisper
that's true, but i honestly believe that they are awesome. i would love a pet crow!!!!
PostPosted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 2:53 pm
by That Dude
Mister (post: 1421278) wrote:oh i agree. i love animals, i just have no qualms with killing them.
my my how animal loves hate my soul... XD
Seconded.
PostPosted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 4:24 pm
by ashfire
Hey Crows will run hawks away. We have bird feeders for song birds and anything else(Including Squirrels) and a hawk hits on the birds feeding including the doves. We put crow decoys around our feeders and the hawk won't come near the feeders. Hawks and crows are enemies of each other.
I have squirrels that will sit and wait for me to put food in the feeders in the mornings.
One thing about the hawk is that it grabed a rat in our yard.
PostPosted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 4:40 pm
by Esoteric
Crows are disliked because they are in many ways the hyena of the bird world. Shifty opportunists. They eat farmers' nut and fruit crops. They eat eggs and baby birds. They are carion eaters too so they aren't very clean animals. They travel in packs and gang up on other birds (hawks included).
PostPosted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 4:55 pm
by Furen
Esoteric (post: 1421455) wrote:Crows are disliked because they are in many ways the hyena of the bird world. Shifty opportunists. They eat farmers' nut and fruit crops. They eat eggs and baby birds. They are carion eaters too so they aren't very clean animals. They travel in packs and gang up on other birds (hawks included).
but hawks do the same back
I'd want a hawk as a pet, but crows are pretty cool too
PostPosted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 6:19 pm
by Esoteric
but hawks do the same back
Hawks eat other birds, yes, but they don't destroy crops or gang up to run out the competition (only once have I seen a hawk chase a crow). I was just pointing out the reasons many people don't like crows, and one of those reasons is because they rob nests.
Due to their lack of pickiness it comes to food, the crow is a very successful predator, I'll give them that, but I really don't care for them--there are just too many where I live. Driving down the freeway certain times a day I'll see swarms of them that blacken the sky like something out of
The Birds.
PostPosted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 6:54 pm
by MomentOfInertia
That Dude (post: 1421195) wrote:Shotgun, that's what you need for the next time...
CrimsonRyu17 (post: 1421249) wrote:Yeah, let's shoot some unfortunate creature that fell down a chimney.
I'd be more worried about the holes that would make in the walls/stove/etc.
That Dude (post: 1421258) wrote:I hope that you realize my sarcasm in the post.
Mister (post: 1421278) wrote:oh i agree. i love animals, i just have no qualms with killing them.
my my how animal loves hate my soul... XD
That Dude (post: 1421419) wrote:Seconded.
Third-ed.
PostPosted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 7:30 pm
by Yuki-Anne
ashfire (post: 1421453) wrote: a hawk hits on the birds feeding
"Hey baby... fly here often?" *creepy wink*
PostPosted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 7:32 pm
by MomentOfInertia
Yuki-Anne (post: 1421535) wrote:"Hey baby... fly here often?" *creepy wink*
:lol::lol::lol::lol: