Another "home invasion"

[kozmic]

Well this one was actually a garage invasion.

A couple months back a flying squirrel got into our house and our great dane had it "cornered" in our front entry. We trapped him and released him out front.

A feral cat has "adopted" us a month ago (or at least allows us feed him). Thankfully he stays outside, but has full "freeloader" status.

2 weeks ago we rescued a hound dog pup "Jed" from the shelter. He's great and has already made himself at home.

On Tuesday one of my son's ball pythons had 3 eggs hatch out. Until he sells them (if he sells them), they too are on the kozmic meal plan.

A few days back we noticed some things out of place in the garage. We knew it was a good-sized intruder ('coon or opossum). We set out a have-a-heart trap. Nothing the first day, but at some point last night the allure of cat food and water were too much to resist and we snagged him. I'm quite sure the little guy is from this year's litter. This morning we took him to an old railroad bed/trail and set him free.

Hopefully we are done for a while.

 

[Kanewpadle]

Shoot the squirrel and drown the possum.

 

[rwsmith]

Well, if it ain't..

Well, if it ain't one of them O-possums.

 

[JoseyWales2]

Grinners.... they are a foul smelling varmint.

 

[timn8er]

Kudos to you, Kozmic, for helping out so many of God's creatures.You're a good man, Charlie Brown!

 

[carpriver]

Squirrel and possum Stew , Yummmmmmmmm

 

[rwsmith]

I always thought......

Grinners.... they are a foul smelling varmint.

I always thought that they had more of a snarling leer than a grin. Maybe the ones I've seen were all teed off because I was running them out of my trash. And I don't think anybody will pay money for a possum coat. Scroungy fur on them critters.

 

[skrazo]

It could have been worse! i.e. One of your in-laws moving in with you!

 

[G.T. Smith]

True

Kudos to you, Kozmic, for helping out so many of God's creatures.You're a good man, Charlie Brown!

All I can say is that you sure don't want to try to catch a flying squirrel bare handed. When I was 8 or 9 I caught one in the church house and it bit plum through the tip of my thumb. Didn't feel good. Good for you being kind to things yer not gonna eat.
peace,
gordon

 

[JoseyWales2]

I always thought that they had more of a snarling leer than a grin. Maybe the ones I've seen were all teed off because I was running them out of my trash. And I don't think anybody will pay money for a possum coat. Scroungy fur on them critters.

"Grinners" is a trapper's term, maybe used by other people too, I don't know for sure. That's just what we call them around here. But they surely do stink, even when alive. We always joke around and say they smell worse when alive versus dead.

We don't target them specifically, but they show up in raccoon sets sometimes, so no use letting them go to waste. Some locals use the hair to make fishing lures I'm told.

 

[italiansport]

Back when I lived in Illinois a neighbor called me one day and said he had a squirrel in his house. I figured we'd either have to corner it or open the doors and get it to run outside. I was in for a big surprise when I got there.
The squirrel had fallen down his chimney and was dangling from the fleu in his fireplace. Well dangling isn't exactly correct as the squirrel had managed to close the fleu as he fell through and caught one of his front paws in it. At this time he was a very P.O.d squirrel!
I had my neighbor,he was a lawyer so that will explain what happened, hold a bag under the squirrel while I reached in and opend the flue.
The neighbor panicked and missed so now we had a P.O.d squirrel running around covered in soot and limping. I finally manged to get him out one of the doors.
The Lawyers wife is really ticked at all the soot on everything. I quietly left and let him deal with her.
jim

 

[BigBill]

I have three feral kittens that we're born outside and left to fend for themselves. They would fit in the palm of my hand when I got them. I hand fed them. Now there three grown tiger's. There friendly to me but outside nothing that breathes is safe.
There awesome cats now. No one wanted them because they were black and feral. I take in abandoned kittens I find were people dump them. Sometimes I take in pups too.

Online there is instructions how to talk to your cat. Trust me it works. You talk to it, it will respond.

When you adopt a cat or dog get two if you can there so much happier when there together. They give you but more love.

My funny story. One black cat comes on my bed at night and loves to be petted. He rolls over and I pet his fat tummy. Now his brother who doesn't like his tummy petted does a switch on me. In the dark it's easy. The next minute I have four paws with claws dug in my arm with teeth. Just lightly enough to let me know it's the brother. The third brother is shy.