We are bedevilled with these horrid fat, fluffy little creatures at the moment. This is one of three that were in the garden this morning. Mr C next door has loaned me his trap but neither DH nor I can bring ourselves to kill them by the approved method - shoot them or hit them on the head with a hammer!! Once trapped it is illegal to release them as they are classed as vermin. They have done a lot of damage to the house over the years as well as the trees in the Dell. Their antics are actually quite entertaining and Sox finds them intriguing but has no idea what to do with them - like catch them and kill them PLEASE!!
One of the advantages of living here is that we have lots of wild birds visiting the garden, but the squirrels steal the food I put out for them as well as eating the eggs and baby birds in the spring.
A solution may have been found - one of the builders who worked on the wall ties has an air rifle and has offered to come and shoot them without our having to trap them. Hooray ..... can't believe it will ever happen but watch this space.
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