P is for Pest Control

I’m doing this blogging A to Z thing. Today is P.

I have a squirrel in the attic. Which sounds like it should be a euphemism for something, like bats in the belfry. But it’s not. I just have a squirrel in the attic.

Something no one tells you when you move to the country…critters get into your house.

Twice I’ve had to chase bats out. They stayed out. Years passed between incidents.

Cave crickets are a perennial issue. Bug spray around the perimeter handles that.

Ants. Traps.

Field mice. Steel wool in every hole.

Wasps. Called an exterminator.

Flying squirrel. That was an adventure. Actually woke up with it sitting on my chest one morning. Got the exterminator in for that one too. Rat trap got him.

Now I have a plain gray squirrel in the attic. I bought Critter Ridder animal repellent from Havahart and spread that around the attic. And I put the main overhead light on a motion sensor and put up some motion sensor night lights. I’m hoping between the repellent and the lights going on and off, it’ll scare him off.

Wish me luck.