I know many of you, I believe, have complained about the number of chipmunks in the northeast this year. We were infested with them and must say we were losing our plants and flowers. We finally purchased a cage and wanted to relay what we used as bait, which was a real success. We used nuts and apples coated with peanut butter. In less than 4 hours 4 of the critters were caught and relocated about 3 to 4 miles from our home. I would never have believed how effective the cage and bait could be. Today, a squirrel decided that the apple coated with peanut butter was also too irresistible. Just thought this might be of help for those with the same problem. BTW the cage is made by Havahart. Hope this helps.
same thing with glue traps for mice.
I'm not burning them alive or anything cruel.
I'm not burning them alive or anything cruel.
Surrrrre, nothing like the panic of being in a pool with no sides, swimming (something you arent chipmunks arent built for) frantically to keep your breath all the while swallowing more and more water until eventually dying of asphyxiation to send yourself off to that next world.
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they're rodents and drowning they say is one of the most peaceful ways to die.
I'm not burning them alive or anything cruel.
Surrrrre, nothing like the panic of being in a pool with no sides, swimming (something you arent chipmunks arent built for) frantically to keep your breath all the while swallowing more and more water until eventually dying of asphyxiation to send yourself off to that next world.
I fed them first. Get off my back.
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they're rodents and drowning they say is one of the most peaceful ways to die.
I'm not burning them alive or anything cruel.
Surrrrre, nothing like the panic of being in a pool with no sides, swimming (something you arent chipmunks arent built for) frantically to keep your breath all the while swallowing more and more water until eventually dying of asphyxiation to send yourself off to that next world.
I fed them first. Get off my back.
The bucket is good, the trap works, but a .177 pellet at 900 fps also does wonders...
The bucket of death sounds good now, but I'd never do it. I had to humanely drown one chipmunk my cat caught and paralyzed and that was hard enough.
And speaking of drowning (not), it has been so dry, again, this summer, that perennials and shrubs are already stressed. June was about 2" drier than normal here in the NE and 12 months-to-date has been approx. 11" less than "normal", which is probably on track to become new normal. Sucks, and we're on well water.
I took a 96 second shower last night, my shortest recorded so far. This is falling on deaf ears of wife and daughter....
the chipmunks don't give my strawberries or raspberries claws and long teeth, do they? How is that a fair fight?
circle of life.
Besides I usually throw the corpses over the fence into my neighbor's hedges and every now and then I check to see how big the piles is and it's always empty. hawks, foxes, coyotes, and other carnivores eat the chipmunks (or my neighbor's hedges are a pet sematary).
And speaking of drowning (not), it has been so dry, again, this summer, that perennials and shrubs are already stressed. June was about 2" drier than normal here in the NE and 12 months-to-date has been approx. 11" less than "normal", which is probably on track to become new normal. Sucks, and we're on well water.
I took a 96 second shower last night, my shortest recorded so far. This is falling on deaf ears of wife and daughter....
OK, so fill the bucket part way with cheap vodka or white wine. The little fuckers will be lining up to take the plunge!
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the chipmunks don't give my strawberries or raspberries claws and long teeth, do they? How is that a fair fight?
circle of life.
Besides I usually throw the corpses over the fence into my neighbor's hedges and every now and then I check to see how big the piles is and it's always empty. hawks, foxes, coyotes, and other carnivores eat the chipmunks (or my neighbor's hedges are a pet sematary).
Haha +1. I've been feeding a fox or bird all summer and proud of it