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Squirrel in house

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Terrystred Wed 12-Dec-18 16:07:45

Got home from my class this morning to find a squirrel on the curtain rail in a spare bedroom. Panicked and shut the door on it and rang Pest control. The man managed to trap it and shot it in the head with an air rifle! Quite a shocking experience. My whole house feels contaminated now. No idea how it got in, so worried its chums might follow!

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callgirl1 Sun 16-Dec-18 21:13:18

Yes Elegran, I know they are vermin, and I definitely don`t want them in the house, but I would spare a rat. Many`s the time that I made my husband stop when a rat was in the road, I didn`t want them run over. There was a rat in our yard a few weeks ago, but it toddled off of it`s own accord. I`ve also rescued mice from Mia and released them on the bank around the front of the house.
Now shoot me down in flames everyone!

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MrsEggy Mon 17-Dec-18 09:51:21

Surely if grey squirrels are rats with fluffy tails (they are a different genus) then red squirrels are red rats with fluffy tails?

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janeainsworth Mon 17-Dec-18 11:03:59

MrsEggy Vermin are defined as species which are pests, spread disease or destroy crops.
Red squirrels don’t fit any of those criteria.

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MissAdventure Mon 17-Dec-18 11:13:11

Moral of the story, if you want to get up to no good, dress up as a squirrel.

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