Squirrels

[swarmcatcher 15]

Grey Squirrels in roof spaces are usually easy to trap,...however, at certain times of the year,..they act a bit strange,..the job can turn into a nightmare and definitely leave, even an experienced trapper, with egg on his face....

 

 

Wev'e had a couple of funny ones recently, one in particular where we have pulled out 2 young males (estimated from last year) - truly difficult to get for some reason. I'm thinking that if mother was caught last year and young weren't then that could account for them being very wary. Also only reason I can think that two young males would be making up together as well. Be interested in other sensible possibilities for that scenario.

When its difficult like that it helps if the weather gets bad seems to pull them into the traps better.

[Squirrel_Basher 17,101]

Next time you lads come across a young un ,keep it as a pet .The are excellent company lol.Never again .Worst bite i ever had was trying to stop a tame squirrel from getting to chocolate in my pocket .

[swarmcatcher 15]

There's another reason for not keeping grey squirrels if you are a law abiding responsible citizen?

 

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/22-23/12/contents

[Nicepix 5,650]

Talking of grey squirrels I am reading the classic novel Ivanhoe at the minute. There is one scene where the Saxon chief living in the 1190's is described as wearing a robe edged with fur from the grey squirrel. Now, many sources put the introduction of the grey squirrel in the Victorian era, around 1876. That is forty years after Sir Walter Scott died and over fifty years after the novel was written. So, how does a Scottish author come to describe an animal that should have been unknown to him?

[Deker 3,478]

Next time you lads come across a young un ,keep it as a pet .The are excellent company lol.Never again .Worst bite i ever had was trying to stop a tame squirrel from getting to chocolate in my pocket .

 

 

Many years back when I was a youngster a baby fell from an Oak in our back garden and tucked itself away behind a tub on our patio. I saw the whole thing, after a while I went out to look and took a crisp to feed the baby (Don't ask, I have no idea why I tried a crisp), it nipped me something wicked on the finger. Lesson learned!

 

Mum came and collected it about 30 minutes later, no idea if it was just winded or hurt!

[DIDO.1 22,851]

Squirrel jobs have just gone mad at the minute, I'm really scraping the barrel as far as traps are concerned, I only ever use bodygrips but I'm afraid the fenns are getting an outing this morning

[Nicepix 5,650]

Talking of grey squirrels I am reading the classic novel Ivanhoe at the minute. There is one scene where the Saxon chief living in the 1190's is described as wearing a robe edged with fur from the grey squirrel. Now, many sources put the introduction of the grey squirrel in the Victorian era, around 1876. That is forty years after Sir Walter Scott died and over fifty years after the novel was written. So, how does a Scottish author come to describe an animal that should have been unknown to him?

Discovered that the answer to my question is that the Eurasian Red Squirrel turns grey in winter in some colder regions. Never knew that!