Ah, ok, just a “tall” 5 gallon bucket. I was thinking perhaps you’d gone with a wider “mouth” to help endure the squirrel fell in.
A couple more of the big Opo leaves got chewed off while we were away to town and church, today. So, as sort of expected, I have more battle to do. That one poor plant is really in a bad way... :-(
That’s also the only plant in a pot, which wrecks my experiment of how much we might be able to get out of a potted Opo. I can’t move it because it’s too intertwined with the fence and trellis.
In this war, neither side may really win. Sounds familiar, eh?
BTW, for your water trap, how far below whatever the squirrel was climbing on high did you have the bait level / water surface, and how filled was the bucket?
Half full on the bucket. Float the seeds on top of the water. Just set it right next to whatever they are climbing on that’s vertical and touching it. Fence post, whatever. The ten gallon is tall enough they can’t get out. For dry for ice the smooth vertical sides are impossible for mice to climb. We never had a rat problem so I don’t now about them. The seeds last 4 or 5 days before they begin to sink and we would put in fresh ones.