Criters in the Attic

[Samuari]

But not bats in my belfry.

It’s 23:30, and Samuriville has just shut down, Madam S and I are nearly asleep, after a very long day. All at once, Puddles the Wonder Poodle goes absolutely berserk. She jumped into the middle of the bed and started barking at the ceiling. While I’m trying to find my glasses, I hear a furious scratching and digging form the focus of her barking. A chunk of ceiling comes down, landing between Madam S and Pudds. Having found my glasses, I turn the bedside reading light up to find the worlds biggest, ugliest possum staring back at me. Madam S screams. I bundled her into the den, gave her a Valium, and made the couch out into a bed. Its at least 1:30 before I can get to sleep.

Now I’m waiting on the city to bring by a have-a-heart trap, have calls into a couple of carpenters to fix the hole when I‘ve got the critter trapped. And I called my insurance guy who checking to see what hazard marsupial damage will come under. Called the Pharmacy to get the Valium refilled. Oh well, I didn’t want to do go to work today any way.

 

[TN_Vixen]

laughing at the scene

the animals are becoming more bold in their quest to get inside homes. Skunks are plentiful here in E. TN and they will walk right up to you... freeze you in your tracks. One actually chased my uncle into his home!! Rabid Skunks?

My cousin had a family.. not just one, but a WHOLE FAMILY of racoons living in his attic. Decided one day to kill them, the one he shot weighed upwards of 40 lbs! Imagine!

We live in a wooded area and so the squirrels, possums, skunks, snakes and deer are everywhere and anywhere. A coworker told me the other day he had a family of foxes living underneath his deck. Would feed them dog food!

Hope all gets better for you.

 

[KillerMuffin]

Awwwwwww poor Madame S. Give her a nice massage with some soothing aromatic oil, you have good hands. That should destress her.

 

[CreamyLady]

My sister lived in a converted attic apartment for some years. Late one night, she heard munching and went into the kitchen to investigate. She saw the mouse run under the refrigerator, screamed blue murder, grabbed her purse and car keys and left, going to our mother's house to sleep.

She was wearing only her nightshirt at the time, and had to drive back, in broad daylight, wearing said nightshirt. She didn't have any Valium, either.

Good luck with the possum, and I hope Madame S' nerves recover. KM is right. Lavender is a soothing scent.

 

[Samuari]

Well the trap is set in the attic, baited with bacon greese,(anybody know anything better?) but haven't heard anything from the critter, no more damage, either. We will sleep in the den 'till we catch him, or are convinced that he has gone elsewhere. (arround Christmas, if there is NO sign between now and then.) Thee is no insurance coverage for damage from wild animals, so which one of you does he belong to?

Vixen, we live in the center of an isolated city of aprox 55,000, surronded by wheat fields. I have no idea how we got so lucky. The animal controll guy said that the drought has driven a lot of wildlife into town, because of the realitive abundence of water.

KM how did you know about my hands? Any way i did give her one of my footrubs this after noon, and seemed to help take some of the edge off, thanks.

CL that sounds like one of the dares from the SRPG board, lol.

Thanks for your concern, everyone.

 

[Bobtoad777]

Wow Sam sounds like you have had quiet a day and i thought i had a bad day when a bat came in through my flase cielings

 

[jcgirl]

omg that's frightening! It's worse then the squirrels we had at college! One year the entire Villanova campus was covered with squirrels looking for food. They got so bold, daring and downright mean, that we couldn't leave our windows open because they would chew thru the screen to get into our dorms looking for food............Sam, forget about the heart trap bud,,,,,,,,,trust me.......AquaNet and a Bic lighter......works everytime.......and much less money



LOL

 

[Stormystarr]

Well, since this is a sex site...

I was having sex one night, and the window was open, with no screen. Anyway, just as I was about to have 'my big moment', a bat flew in through the window and ruined my whole night!
We finaly caught him with a blanket thrown over him and put him out the door, but it was too late, no more fun for me that night.

 

[Samuari]

Closure

The possum got himself trapped this morning, and animal control guy came and got him about 10 minutes ago, said that he was a big 'un, and would make supper for his family! (I didn't ask / don't want to know.) I'm in the process of getting the carpenters in for estimates and cleaning up to reclaim our bedroom. The couch has been better than the floor, I guess...But I'm going to be real glad to reclaim that king size bed, and the normality that it represents.