[RP TownTalk] Help with squirrel

[Corey Slavitt]

Amy!  I can not thank you enough for this great information! 

I had a horrid mouse problem this year, much of which was my own 
fault for not paying attention to what was happening in my kitchen 
and pantry while I was consumed with geriatric pet care for my 
14-year-old German Shepherd Rescue Dog Tamu.  A mouse family took 
full advantage.

I believe the mice are all gone now, having caught a bunch and 
relocated them more than a mile away to where they could tweet 
#OCCUPYCAFRITZ.  My geriatric cat Linus caught about three himself (I 
named them all like hurricances.)  But every time the ceiling fan 
breeze rustles a curtain or I brush against something, I'm thinking 
"MOUSE!"  I have no food stored anymore except in heavy duty 
containers, and if my cat does not finish his food, it is picked up 
and put in the fridge.  I don't want a repeat invasion this fall and 
need professional help securing my funky old house.  I looked on 
Washington Checkbook and Angie's List for exterminators, but it was 
hard to find a humane consultant house-sealing type service.

I'll be calling Humane Wildlife Services soon. 

Thanks!

Corey

From: Amy Rogers <amyrogers1 at live.com> [Add to Address Book]
To: mcgann_patrick at yahoo.com, towntalk at riverdale-park.org
Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] Help with squirrel
Date: Jul 23, 2012 8:10 PM
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I work as a dispatcher for animal control and when people call to 
complain about critters in their attics, walls, or crawlspaces we 
always recommend they call Humane Wildlife Services. They evaluate 
the situation to find entrance locations, humanely evict the animal, 
and patch up the holes. Any handyman can patch up a hole, but if 
there is an animal that is making a habit of coming in and out of the 
attic, it is probably for a reason. The animal could be nesting, 
which means you could have a whole family of critters living with you 
soon, if not already! If you have the holes filled in while the 
animal is still inside, it will either die and start to smell or tear 
up your attic trying to escape and possibly make a brand new hole in 
order to do so.

here is the info:
Humane Wildlife Services
866-948-6263
http://www.humanesociety.org/animal_community/shelters/humane_wildlife_services.html

I think they are located in Gaithersburg and service DC and Maryland.

Good luck!

Amy


From: Amy Rogers <amyrogers1 at live.com> [Add to Address Book]
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2012 15:22:46 -0700
From: mcgann_patrick at yahoo.com
To: towntalk at riverdale-park.org
Subject: [RP TownTalk] Help with squirrel

Hello Riverdalians (is that what we're called?),

I'm hoping you can help my wife and me with what we think is a 
squirrel in our attic. It's in and out at various times and we're not 
sure where it's getting in. My balance is not good enough to get up 
on the roof to find out and the access panel to the side of the attic 
the squirrel gets in is too small for me to fit through.

We're hoping to hire a handyman to figure out where the squirrel is 
getting in and patch the hole up.

Would anyone have a recommendation for a handyman (or woman) that 
they've used and were satisfied with?

Thanks for any help you might be able to provide.

With warm regards for Riverdale,
Pat and Abby

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