DG vs. The Squirrel Round II

Saturday morning, after the dogs woke us up at 6am, DG noticed the kitchen floor was wet. With dismay we looked up at the ceiling fan. Though we could not see the vermin, we suspected he was snowed into the damper and could not get out. Later in the morning, DG went back up to investigate. Guess who chewed through the electrical on the ceiling fan? It appeared our new house guest was more clever than we thought. We began to strategize our plan of removing our unwanted friend from the premises. Plan one was to go to the damper on the roof. We decided against this one due to all of the snow. Plan two was going into the crawl space combatting the fields of insulation. We put off our attack until later in the afternoon. When we returned home from our errands, the dogs were frantic and again there were piles of chewed plastic on the floor. Monsieur Squirrel was as well planning his method of escape as he chewed through the vent of the ceiling fan.

DG removed the chewed ceiling fan cover, the chewed fan, and the chewed electric of the fan and there sat Mr. S just out of arms reach. The household then turned into an I Love Lucy episode consisting of 1 squeeling girl, 2 barking dogs, 1 grouchy husband, gloved hands, garbage bags and BBQ tongs as we delicately tried to extract Mr. S from his location.

We gave up after an hour, and as a last resort, we created a trap consisting of a grocery bag with water and dog food hanging over the hole in the ceiling. We suspect some action in the middle of the night.

Round II: The Squirrel

To be continued...