Posted on 01/26/2019 7:07:07 PM PST by EinNYC
For the past few weeks, usually in the middle of the night, I have been hearing some kind of animal running around, scratching, etc. in my attic. I asked the maintenance guys to go up into the attic to have a look for damage, points of entry, etc. They went up there and reported no holes. They had put a small Havahart trap up there baited with peanut butter, but nothing was caught in there. I told them to remove that, as I didn't want anything getting trapped and then starving. I threw a bunch of bags of mothballs up there when they left.
This afternoon, at 5 p.m., I was sitting in my living room when my Maine Coon cat alerted. She jumped up onto the top shelf of her cat tower and then stood on her hind legs, allowing her to dab her paws against the ceiling. She heard something! A moment later, I heard a big THUNK! and then the sound of an animal dropping to the floor, in the attic. I banged around everywhere with the end of a broom handle, and then I didn't hear it any more.
Is this a raccoon or a squirrel? I have written emails to the management, urging them to get professional wildlife removal, but so far, they have not acted. I certainly don't want this thing having a litter of babies up there, as I know breeding season is just about here. A look around while standing on the ground has not revealed any holes, but there are solar panels all over the roof, and if the animal has chewed an entry hole under those, you wouldn't be able to see them just walking around outside.
Jut put a “Now hiring” sign in the attic, if it is ‘rats they won’t be back.
I had a bat once. Came down the chimney. Tired itself out and went to sleep, and then I bagged it and put it outside, leaving it to fate. Rarely do I let wildlife survive invasion of my territory.
Possums
can’t we all just be adults and say that critters should be given a quick and painless death....catching them to release them in other neighborhoods is not very effective....
Put a security camera in your attic. If something walks in front of it, the picture will be sent to your smartphone.
Our neighbor’s cat is always the star on our camera monitoring the driveway.
“I don’t speak Chinese. They have taken over this co-op development to the point where it’s like 90% Chinese now “
Well, there you go! Pandas!
LMAO!!
How can you be sure the critters will move with you?
There are people who know how to trap the beasts (without killing them). We had racoons in our attic once. They came used cage traps. Racoons love marshmallows, and that’s what they baited the traps with. It worked, they took them away to some wooded place and turned them loose.
Throw you cat up there
Try the Uncle Joe Biden method. Next time you hear the noise walk to where you think you heard it and fire your 12ga in the air. Repeat as necessary.
There are definitely more critter’s in the rural Wild West.
They may be less inclined to move in with you though.
They also tend to be larger.
I have yet to find a WhiteTail, Mule Deer nor Wild Turkey in the belfry...
Neglected to mention the Bobcats, Mountain Lions and Coyotes.....
You’re in NY City...hopefully it’s not pizza rat. You haven’t found any empty pizza boxes up there have you?
You cannot say or imply that.
There are a lot of elk in my neighborhood. I don’t think the drywall would support them. :)
LOL!
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