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Experiments with squirrels.. hahaha
I'm not sure if you guys remember, but Matt and I have four "pet" squirrels. Two come around every single day and are named "Barf" and "The Mrs.". The other two are Ninja and Burglar who come around only once every couple of weeks or so. Here's a picture of Barf about a month ago when he was first molting, enjoying a strawberry. He always eats by the window to remind us to give him extra special things.
We haven't seen Barf or The Mrs. in over a week now. Last Sunday some construction workers were out on the roof here (we have a rooftop patio) and plugged up some hole of some sort. Which turned out to be their squirrel nest. We haven't seen them since, and Matt was convinced that the workers just made some barrier keeping them from the rooftop, and that they weren't in their nest when the workers plugged it up. He couldn't handle the thought of the squirrels being trapped inside their nest and starving or suffocating.
But they are. I finally got into a fight with Matt this morning when I SWORE I heard them in our wall. But a week had passed already, and the idea for Matt was too horrifying. Matt was too upset to think about it, but promised he'd talk to the landlord. Apparently for the heck of it, after I left for school, he decided to poke a small hole behind the baseboard to take a peak. Who's face greeted him right away, but good old Barf! I guess the wall is their nest, and they have been living off of their peanut stash for the past week. We're not sure if all four are in there or not. When I got home I made a much bigger hole in the wall (3" x 3") and put a tiny dish of water in there, which they drank up. Then some apples. Then I put some peanuts just outside the hole and in our apartment to see if I could get them out of the hole.
The peanuts are gone.
So now I'm freezing my bum off in my 3 degree apartment, waiting for them to leave the hole once again and follow the trail of peanuts that leads them to the outside patio from our bedroom.
When I fail my chemistry exam tomorrow, I'll always remember my crazy excuse for not studying.
Re: Experiments with squirrels.. hahaha
I just think squirrels are adorable...I loved that picture
My first thought was that you were doing something weird to hurt them, but then I was like no way would she do that.
So I opened it
That was my intention: catchy title to grab you guys, and then woo you away from noticing my crazy long story with a picture of cuteness and strawberries.
Update: The little peanut bums are USING ME! They are fully capable of coming out of their little widened hole, and have been grabbing the peanut treasures inside our bedroom and escaping back into the hole--completely ignoring the open window to the outside. I don't yet know if it's Barf, The Mrs., or both who is doing this, since I haven't caught them in the act, but I'm hoping this gets resolved before the weekend. We're planning on going away, and I don't much like the idea of giving them free reign of our bedroom to keep them fed and hydrated.
I would try luring them out with a few in the room (not many and then right outside the door, a larger amount outside. Be close by though so you can block the hole as they go outside.
The peanut trick worked! Barf and Ninja are now outside. The Mrs. and Burglar are still MIA though. Barf was acting very skittish and upset when he was the only one out there, but now that Ninja is out there too, he's roaring around like his happy self. Such social little critters! We've closed the glass door to our room and put peanuts outside the hole again to see if The Mrs. or Burglar will take them (so we know they're in there). The waiting game begins.
Barf woke us up many times last night sneaking out of the hole and eating peanuts like a woodchipper.
Here are some photos of the jailbirds. The first is Ninja (eating a peanut) and the second is Barf (eating a peanut).