Saturday, September 27, 2008

Pepe Le Pew Perhaps

We caught this skunk in our Havaheart trap last weekend - he too likes peanut butter. We didn't want to fuss with him and risk getting sprayed, so instead of trying to relocate him we quietly snuck-up and unlatched the trap locks and let him alone to work his own way out. He was gone not too long after. Since skunks eat mostly insects, many of which are pests to humans. They are therefore very beneficial to have around.

The trap has been reset in the hopes of catching more of the many (too many) grey squirrels that we have. I'm not sure where they've all come from but with the cold weather moving in we're all of a sudden overrun with the pests. We've already caught and relocated (6) of these earlier this year. Perhaps, I'll introduce them to the "blue barrel"...

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