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2832. Magoseph - 3/30/2005 10:21:15 PM Flexy last year was trying to live-trap the squirrels that were tearing holes in the roof and running around the attic chewing up everything. What he ended up trapping were vicious raccoons that were very unafraid of people. After an encounter with a particularly large one that went after him, he gave up the endeavor. It turned out he met an old-timer in the grocery store who told him to obtain a pail—fill it with old towels, soak the towels in ammonia and put the pail in the attic. He said, “You won’t have squirrels for very long,” and he was right. Squirrels have an unbelievable sense of smell and simply cannot tolerate ammonia. 2833. Magoseph - 3/30/2005 10:22:07 PM We had to replace the roof, though. 2834. thoughtful - 3/30/2005 10:50:40 PM That's good to know...a friend had a similar problem with squirrels in the attic..don't remember how he solved it though.
I love simple common sense solutions like that one though.
Another fellow I worked with was hit with carpenter bees. I'd never heard of them but apparently they can be very destructive on wood houses, like carpenter ants. Here's a shot of the damage they do to wood to make their nests.
 2835. arkymalarky - 3/30/2005 11:41:23 PM You can also pour amonia on your garbage bags if you have a neighborhood dog problem, though I think most people have more secure garbage accommodations than they used to.
2836. arkymalarky - 3/30/2005 11:41:46 PM m 2837. Macnas - 3/31/2005 7:39:22 AM I think, but I'll have to look it up, that stoats are very closely related to weasels, ermine and mink. All mustelids, if my memory serves me right. I think the badger is among that group as well.
I cannot say as to how bad a stoats odour might be, as I have never been that close to one. But I do know that ferrets, particularly male ferrets (called a hob) can stink to high heaven. We used to keep ferrets when I was a boyeen:
Thats a working albino ferret, about to flush a rabbit to the waiting lurcher. I have thoughts that when I retire I'll rear some and relive my youth. 2838. alistairconnor - 3/31/2005 9:40:44 AM I saw a ferret the other day, crossing the road. I think it's the first one I've seen.
Though it could have been a stoat. I didn't ask him.
(anyway I can't think of the French for stoat.)
Old but lame :
What's the difference between a weasel and a stoat? 2839. alistairconnor - 3/31/2005 10:13:41 AM ... one of them's weasily distinguished...
... and ... 2840. Ronski - 4/3/2005 4:04:23 AM The spring thaw:
 2841. Ronski - 4/3/2005 3:35:40 PM That was yesterday. Today, the rain has turned to wet snow. 2842. Ronski - 4/3/2005 4:42:08 PM The aforementioned wet snow:
 2843. jayackroyd - 4/3/2005 4:43:23 PM And we're playing baseball tonight at 8 pm. Idiots. 2844. Ronski - 4/3/2005 7:08:42 PM Ground squirrel, in tree.
 2845. Magoseph - 4/3/2005 7:43:06 PM 
My son just sent this picture, which he took this morning--he has a new program and I haven't learned yet how to resize before transfer to Shutterfly.
2846. alistairConnor - 4/3/2005 10:08:35 PM ... and the other's stoatily different
(in case you were wondering) 2847. Macnas - 4/4/2005 9:31:55 AM Not really no. 2848. Magoseph - 4/4/2005 10:30:57 AM In the last picture above, what type of bird is the one in the middle? 2849. Ronski - 4/4/2005 11:56:43 AM Looks like male house finch. 2850. thoughtful - 4/4/2005 3:17:42 PM I always have trouble telling the purple finch from the house finch.
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 2851. ronski - 4/4/2005 3:28:57 PM The purple has more coloring and deeper coloring. In the photo, the one on the right is clearly a female house finch, which has a broken-striped belly.
The one of the left is harder to discern; maybe a sparrow.
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