Re: O.T. Chipmunk in house. UPDATE

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Last night I was freaking out about this little chipmunk. I

couldn't sleep; every little noise I heard made me think that this

thing was upstairs with us. I started imagining this thing crawling

into bed with me or even worse, one of the kids. I start thinking

about those stories you hear about where rats bit babies while they

are sleeping at night and how mother put cloths baskets over the

babies to keep them safe. Boy, can my imagination get away from

me. All my neighbors tease me because I am the biggest worrywart on

the block.

I love the cat suggestion because yesterday my neighbor's cat was in

my backyard. It is an outside cat and comes to visit often. I

started think that I should snatch this cat up and put him in the

basement, I don't think the owner would mind if I borrowed her

cat. I didn't because I don't think I want " animal kingdom " in my

home.

Okay so the flour thing was a little odd, but I had consider

sprinkling the dust from the vacuum instead. No ants that way…I

didn't because even though I am half crazy, the other part always

slaps me back into reality. LOL

I stop at Home Depot after dropping the boys off at school today.

They had that humane trap called " HavaHart " . I have the trap set

up and am hoping the chipmunk is hungry.

Thank you all for the support.

Heidi

> Okay ladies, here is my problem. Tuesday I saw a chipmunk in the

> dining room. Of course is ran and hind behind the cabinets. I

had

> to go get my son from school. I left the back door open when I

was

> picking him up and hoped it would leave. When I got home I

search

> the house for the little rodent and found no sign. So I thought

it

> left. I was wrong, today I walk into the kitchen and the damn

thing

> was there, it ran into the mudroom and I assume down to the

> basement. Bad timing for me because my husband is out of town for

a

> wedding and I am on my own with trying to get rid of this thing.

So

> I got a piece of wood and screwed it to the kitchen doorway to

> prevent it from getting into the rest of the house. I spent the

> afternoon with the back door open again hoping the thing will

leave.

> I called animal control but they don't have traps small enough to

> catch something as small as a chipmunk. They told me to play a

radio

> really loud in the basement to scare it out. Surprise my portable

> radio it broken. So instead I went to the back of the basement

will

> a bat and started banging on all the boxes as I made my way toward

> the door. Still no sign of the chipmunk. I don't know how I will

> know if it has left. I for a moment thought about sprinkling

flour

> by the back door so I would see footprints leaving the house. But

> when I stop and thought about it, I decided that I don't want ants

on

> top of this problem, or even worse bring in another chipmunk.

> Now I am afraid to leave on the floor. Can you believe it?

I

> am thinking about getting a rattrap. Yikes.

> I used to think it was nice to have a family of chipmunks living

in

> my backyard, but not anymore.

> Help!