Baloonatic

I had a frog (!!!) find my back yard pond this past spring. Invited a few female friends over too. Their party laughter kept us up all night! The ladies took off later but the gentleman kept calling (pining??) all night every night. Finally caught him, just under 2" long but whatta pair of lungs! Dropped him in the nice creek behind the houses across the street, 25 feet down and over 250 feet from my pond.
Next night he was back. He had to cross the road to do so.
Finally caught him again, dropped him inna creek on the other side of the bridge.
Next night he was back, having crossed TWO roads to do so.
Finally caught him AGAIN (by this time I was ready to get the shotgun out), took liddle Romeo for a ride--a mile away and into a different creek that had a gazillion other happy chorusers! One that does NOT connect to my local waterway! Thank God we haven't seen (heard) him since. But spring is always gonna come again...

Baloonatic

What's a rat log??

Baloonatic

I just call Don at the County animal trapper, he brings the traps and then takes the nasty critters away. I've caught raccoons, skunks, and possums in my back yard...and I live in a city of 50,000! Deer aren't unusual either. The entire town is criss-crossed with creeks, I don't think anyone lives far from one or another, and the wildlife uses them as corridors.
I had a rat take up residence under my house, and before I could catch her I had to trap 5 of her offspring! My Mom had a terrible experience with the female that got into her 2-story house. I think they caught 13 of her kids before they finally got the mama (she was trap-smart). They had to finally get her with poison, and found 2-week-old younguns in a kitchen drawer! The damage they caused to Mom's custom-made kitchen cabinets is incalculable :cry:

alwayslearning

Oh, what a great solution!

megs0863

We have a resident groundhog under our front concrete stairs. He burrowed and my front stone paver walkway collapsed about a foot deep. One paver was never to be found. I Can't help but think about the movie "Caddyshack".

teacherbailey

We had a baby possum who slithered in our garage where we leave the door up about 3-4" for the cats...he looked too small to be away from Mom so we let him come and go, eating cat chow for the winter. The next winter he was all grown up and too big to get under the door, but we still see him---we think----around sometimes. The cats just ignored him, by the way!

barri1

I'm not sure I have you beat.. I was putting paper in the fax machine in the office a couple of hours ago, and a mouse jumped out at me.. Now that I think of it.. You guys might have topped me, but it freaked me out..
Barri

Greenheron

That's not all they do. Skilled diggers that they are, they burrow under foundations and cause them to collapse, most often outbuildings like barns, sheds and silos. Their instinct tells them that digging a chamber under a rock or log or your foundation puts a solid ceiling over their heads. They are edible but not choice.

BTW, great silo/whistle pig photo, Donna.

Bren

Baby possum in our garage awhile ago. Gently nudged him into a box, drove down to the river, and set him free!

DonnaB

Don't know what's worse, groundhog or a skunk....we've been trapping them (skunks) for 3 weeks now, I think we've caught 11, and let them go out in the woods about 20 miles from us.