Evicted!

We recently had to evict our upstairs neighbor for making too much noise, tearing up some insolation and starting to become a threat to chew up our house.

This little guy and his friend were trapped up in the attic when Tammy and I sealed off the loovers at the ends of our house with some new wire mesh screen. We did the end that they were getting into a few weeks ago, but then they would just walk across the roof to the other side to get in.

Last Saturday I sealed that one off and then trapped them inside. We fed and watered them for a few days so we didn't have a dead neighbor until we could find a trap to catch them.

The animal control folks brought out a trap and within a few hours after dark on the first night we caught the first on. We thought we only had one, till the noise continued.

At 12:30am I took this one about 2 miles down the road and let him out and re-set the trap to get the next one. However, it out-smarted the trap (and I guess me) by stealing the can with the bait without tripping the trap.

At 2:00am, I added a full can of Tuna in the trap. When I checked it at 6am, it was gone too. Now we have a fat and happy neighbor.

Sometime during the day or early in the morning this one had the strength to chew through some wood and pry some boards to free himself.

Now is the time that I think, "Where is that deposit money? - we had two free-loaders that tore a whole in our house and who is going to pay for that?"