How Do I get ride of a squirrel in my ceiling?
 

It could be a mouse or two, but its pissing me off. I can't sleep. Will a trap work for a squirrel? It could be two, don't even know if I want to go up there. And they seem move around into other parts of the ceiling in other rooms but only at night. Wish it was warm and they'd get the hell out.

Whatever you do, you don't want to kill it and have its rotting corpse in your walls or ceiling.

Yes, that would be gross.

Yes, most definitely... it happened to a friend of my mom's... they put poison out for the rat (or whatever it was) and it died in her walls. Absolutely horrid stench... no thanks. :eek:

You could get a cat!

Luckily, I've never had the above mentioned problem, Somer. (Only that friend of my mom's.) To be completely honest, I'm not much of a cat person myself. I think that every farm should have a few good barn cats, but for me, I'll pass on having them in my house. :)

The smell can't be as bad as randall's upper lip. He won't notice it. :D

Hijacking in progress.

Allah Akbar

I was partly joking but when we moved into a house a few years ago, there were several mice in the ceiling...we had cats and within a week...no more mice! Not sure how they got to them, all I know is they either packed up and left or provided a dietary suppliment!

Hahaha... some cats are good like that. Our best barn cat, Twiggy, would murder more rodents than any poison or trap. It was pretty disgusting when she'd bring me the remains that she didn't want, though. YUCK.

I don't know exactly what they're called but you could get a box trap and put a few acorns and/or cheese in it. Then drive to the country and let the little feller go.

bar bait for mice.
if it is squirrels, ya better get rid of them quick. they can do a lot of damage--love to chew on the wiring, and then you have a burned down house. you'd be surprised how many fires are caused by those dammed tree rats.

My cat died last April, when she was around the mice weren't...
this fall...the mice were back...
I've killed 23 and counting with traps so far.
Really miss my "Jitten" :(

Randall,
I've had squirrels, both grey and red, in two houses I've owned. I also had a flying squirrel in another attic in a different house.
By far, the reds do the most damage. But the greys, if they're nesting will bring all kinds of problems. Think insects, sqirrel poop.
Anyway, you could go the "gentle" way...get a have-a-heart trap, take them miles away...
I didn't do that.
First, walk around your house, look at the eves, soffit, down spouts. Find where they are getting in. Their entry hole can be very small and well hidden.
You need to get some metal (galvanized) and get up on a ladder, nail it over the hole.
Second, a cat (at least mine) won't tackle a squirrel. Mice, yes.
Third, get a few conibear (size #1) traps at your local sporting goods store, or go to a small (mom and pop) hardware and get some rat traps. They look like big mouse traps. Set in your attic, on the roof near the entry hole.
For bait, I use peanut butter. After you catch one, keep resetting until they don't show up anymore.
The rodents can cause lots of problems...disease, chewed wiring...
Good luck with getting rid of them.
I hope my advice helps you.
DTS

Low yield explosives. You may lose a portion of your home but the alternative is to let the terrorists win.

God is back!!! Are you related to Grits? I have a sneaky feeling you are. I believe the ESPN riff raff is back. Or ghosts.

:eek:

wanna find out what it is.....call an exterminator and get some of those peanut butter scented glue boards....put those things up there and you'll find out what it is.....

Watch your mouth!!!! You hand me any junk and I'll put more joo-joo in that squirrel's head than you can ever believe possible.

I'll make him tear out your insulation all over that attic. Then, I'll send him downstairs and make him throw insulation all over everywhere, even your bed. When he's finished with that, I'll make him chew all the wiring.

Before he leaves for his new digs though, I'll make him turn on every water faucet, --WIDE-OPEN-- in the kitchen and every bathroom in your house. Flood the bathtubs, the sinks, the tub'll fall through the ceiling, the carpet comes up, water soaked wads of fiberglass insulation floatin' everywhere.

But I promise, I won't tell him to set anything on fire. That'd be unkind!!

General contractor's can handle all kinds of problems with squirrels. Used to 'em. You don't need a bug man and trap RS. You need a physopath that orders squirrels around, with a long background in construction.

Call me.;)