ChazzyP
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We had never seen any flying squirrels here on Cape in the over fifty years we've been here--just the usual grays and the occasional red. Our new neighbor had pest control remove what he said was one from his attic, but we were skeptical. Not that long after, we had a couple get into our attic and through a soft spot in our top-floor bathroom. We caught one in a towel and the cat got the other. We found and plugged the hole they got in, but a woodpecker opened another up under the rake that we missed, a pair got in and had a litter up there. We caught most of them in a trap and but one got in the house and was climbing and soaring around in our high-ceilinged loft until in landed on the floor in my wife's study and met with the wrong end of a pellet gun.We have a bunch of them out here in the woodlands surrounding our home .
Had a problem one time , with them climbing down a chimney and into a wood stove we rarely use anymore .
I guess they got trapped there , because some we found kind of mummified in the old stove ash .
Never smelled a thing either . Must have vented up the chimney . Had to seal off the top .
But before I could do that , a live one got trapped and sprung out when I opened the door .
Bounced allover the basement like Rocky ( the Flying Squirrel, not the boxer ) .
Opened the basement door and eventually got him / her outside .
They are very athletic critters . Mostly nocturnal and rarely seen in the daylight . Cute , big eyes .
They are cute and wicked athletic, but sure don't belong in the house.
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