Re: [MBZ] OT: New England Squirrel Boom

2019-03-18 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
> And before you call them rats with bushy tails, consider that your furry > little rabbit pets are rodents all the same! Rabbits (and hares and pikas) are Lagomorphs, not Rodents. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] OT: New England Squirrel Boom

2019-03-18 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
> animals that dive into the snow and catch rodents. Saw our cat with a snow face and a mouse in its mouth the other day. Snow about a foot deep at the time. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To

Re: [MBZ] OT: New England Squirrel Boom

2019-03-18 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
We don't have near the squirrel problem that we used have, since I dusted off and cleaned the .410 shotgun ... On Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 5:50 PM archer75--- via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > We once had many squirrels, but since a small hawk moved into the > neighborhood, we see very

Re: [MBZ] OT: New England Squirrel Boom

2019-03-18 Thread archer75--- via Mercedes
We once had many squirrels, but since a small hawk moved into the neighborhood, we see very few. I seem to remember reading about foxes and other animals that dive into the snow and catch rodents. I wonder if artic foxes have ever been tried in New England for squirrel control? Gerry

Re: [MBZ] OT: New England Squirrel Boom

2019-03-18 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
It's the living "in harmony" part that trips them up - eating car wiring is not harmonious. On Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 3:22 PM Dimitri via Mercedes wrote: > Doesn’t mean they don’t have a right to live in harmony with the rest of > us! > Never heard of tetanus shot given for an animal bite. Rabies

Re: [MBZ] OT: New England Squirrel Boom

2019-03-18 Thread Frederick Moir via Mercedes
Ocean rat = Lobster On Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 5:12 PM Curley McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > Dimitri via Mercedes wrote on 3/18/19 3:21 PM: > > ... > > Never heard of tetanus shot given for an animal bite. Rabies maybe. > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > now we know what's

Re: [MBZ] OT: New England Squirrel Boom

2019-03-18 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
Dimitri via Mercedes wrote on 3/18/19 3:21 PM: ... Never heard of tetanus shot given for an animal bite. Rabies maybe. Sent from my iPhone now we know what's wrong!    Maybe the squirrel was eating rusty nails! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list

Re: [MBZ] OT: New England Squirrel Boom

2019-03-18 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
tree rat = squirrel Field rat = bambi hole rat = rabbit all are tasty    PETA= people for eating tasty animals Dimitri via Mercedes wrote on 3/18/19 2:20 PM: Hey the squirrels have a right to our land as well! I saw a documentary on squirrels a month or so ago. They are pretty intelligent

Re: [MBZ] OT: New England Squirrel Boom

2019-03-18 Thread Scott Ritchey via Mercedes
ay, March 18, 2019 12:05 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Cc: Andrew Strasfogel > Subject: [MBZ] OT: New England Squirrel Boom > > Curt already knows about this. > > NEW ENGLANDSquirrel boom does a number on maple syrup > operationsPublished: > Friday, March 15, 20

Re: [MBZ] OT: New England Squirrel Boom

2019-03-18 Thread Dimitri via Mercedes
Doesn’t mean they don’t have a right to live in harmony with the rest of us! Never heard of tetanus shot given for an animal bite. Rabies maybe. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 18, 2019, at 3:47 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: > > I once got bitten by a squirrel in Central park as a kid when feeding

Re: [MBZ] OT: New England Squirrel Boom

2019-03-18 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
I once got bitten by a squirrel in Central park as a kid when feeding it a peanut. Had to get a tetanus shot afterwards. On Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 3:21 PM Dimitri wrote: > Hey the squirrels have a right to our land as well! I saw a documentary on > squirrels a month or so ago. They are pretty

Re: [MBZ] OT: New England Squirrel Boom

2019-03-18 Thread Dimitri via Mercedes
Hey the squirrels have a right to our land as well! I saw a documentary on squirrels a month or so ago. They are pretty intelligent and resourceful creatures. And before you call them rats with bushy tails, consider that your furry little rabbit pets are rodents all the same! Sent from my

Re: [MBZ] OT: New England Squirrel Boom

2019-03-18 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Brilliant! On Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 2:18 PM OK Don via Mercedes wrote: > I found a Toyota electrical tape that has capsaicin in it for rodent damage > under the hood - might work for your lights as well. I got it from Amazon. > > On Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 12:41 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < >

Re: [MBZ] OT: New England Squirrel Boom

2019-03-18 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
I found a Toyota electrical tape that has capsaicin in it for rodent damage under the hood - might work for your lights as well. I got it from Amazon. On Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 12:41 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > When I first read this I thought you meant pepper

Re: [MBZ] OT: New England Squirrel Boom

2019-03-18 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
When I first read this I thought you meant pepper sauce after an application of the pellet gun. ;) I don't care enough about the lights to bother but it'd probably work up until it rained a couple times. The last 9 months its rained every frickin week so I don't see that as a great solution,

Re: [MBZ] OT: New England Squirrel Boom

2019-03-18 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
Pepper sauce, or something vile-tasting as a paint-over? -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] OT: New England Squirrel Boom

2019-03-18 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Angie put solar powered lights on the trees in our backyard, think Christmas lights with little solar panels. The squirrels are plastic deficient and love to eat the wires so we've got these lights with sections that work and some that don't. Last fall I went through and spliced a bunch of

Re: [MBZ] OT: New England Squirrel Boom

2019-03-18 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
I see a market for autonomous raptor models that can fly around their properties providing hours of fun --FT Sent from iPhone > On Mar 18, 2019, at 12:05 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > wrote: > > Curt already knows about this. > > NEW ENGLANDSquirrel boom does a number on maple syrup

[MBZ] OT: New England Squirrel Boom

2019-03-18 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Curt already knows about this. NEW ENGLANDSquirrel boom does a number on maple syrup operationsPublished: Friday, March 15, 2019 Maple syrup producers have more than the weather to worry about. Frenetic squirrels are chomping on equipment, crimping the flow of sap at some operations. Damage