09-05-2012, 10:47 AM
Duchess I will gladly accept any and all ideas, of course!
LadyCop Sweet suggestions. And maybe a phone call to one of those agencies is in my near future. Liz once called over a sparrow that was fluttering around the entrance to your gym as it had gum stuck to its feathers. Others just looked at it and walked by but she was determined to get it help. They arrived (I forget which government agency and she's not here to ask...) within twenty minutes and caught the bird. They promised their mission was to save the bird and not euthanize as an option.
Ilyanna, I'd post picks but then [g]Gear[/i] would make fun of me for being too soup kitcheny (I know that's not a real word, but no other adjective fits as well). Perhaps though when all is cleaned up I'll post in the "We Don't Give a Sh..." forums or something...
As far as the bleach- I wasn't thinking they'd drink it but rather the smell would detour them/it from messing around.
I like your video camera idea and if I wasn't so lazy- but may get to that point. And, lastly, with our neighbor? Liz and I think he's gay. Sure, retired CHP and all, but he spends too much time polishing is cars and motorcycles and we never see female company over at his place. He's also one of those quiet guys who barely mutters any salutation when you walk by him. Best left alone really.
pspence, We though of an Possums. If it ends up being one of those, they can have had it. Those are nasty creatures I'd be frightened to mess with. We have a lot of full sized trees outside our property line and I can just imagine them living up in there, looking down and laughing at us. "Mess with a bull and expect to get the horns". I'd think getting bit by a possum would be nasty business indeed.
SIXFOOTERsez, I think we've narrowed it down, as you've suggested, to a skunk as the smell was pretty strong this morning and Leucadia is a haven for these creatures as there are many flower orchards around here.
LuciferLynn, I hadn't thought about moth balls (insert joke here) and will give that a try too as what I've read is to attempt various methods at once- it confounds them.
Sally, I assume it wasn't a pleasant experience for the armadillo neither.
Jimbone, Just leave the antifreeze out and let the odor drive them off or do you suspect the skunk will drink it? I know dogs have died from sipping antifreeze on the garage floor as the taste is sweet to them.
Another idea gaining in popularity around here is an electric fence.
LadyCop Sweet suggestions. And maybe a phone call to one of those agencies is in my near future. Liz once called over a sparrow that was fluttering around the entrance to your gym as it had gum stuck to its feathers. Others just looked at it and walked by but she was determined to get it help. They arrived (I forget which government agency and she's not here to ask...) within twenty minutes and caught the bird. They promised their mission was to save the bird and not euthanize as an option.
Ilyanna, I'd post picks but then [g]Gear[/i] would make fun of me for being too soup kitcheny (I know that's not a real word, but no other adjective fits as well). Perhaps though when all is cleaned up I'll post in the "We Don't Give a Sh..." forums or something...
As far as the bleach- I wasn't thinking they'd drink it but rather the smell would detour them/it from messing around.
I like your video camera idea and if I wasn't so lazy- but may get to that point. And, lastly, with our neighbor? Liz and I think he's gay. Sure, retired CHP and all, but he spends too much time polishing is cars and motorcycles and we never see female company over at his place. He's also one of those quiet guys who barely mutters any salutation when you walk by him. Best left alone really.
pspence, We though of an Possums. If it ends up being one of those, they can have had it. Those are nasty creatures I'd be frightened to mess with. We have a lot of full sized trees outside our property line and I can just imagine them living up in there, looking down and laughing at us. "Mess with a bull and expect to get the horns". I'd think getting bit by a possum would be nasty business indeed.
SIXFOOTERsez, I think we've narrowed it down, as you've suggested, to a skunk as the smell was pretty strong this morning and Leucadia is a haven for these creatures as there are many flower orchards around here.
LuciferLynn, I hadn't thought about moth balls (insert joke here) and will give that a try too as what I've read is to attempt various methods at once- it confounds them.
Sally, I assume it wasn't a pleasant experience for the armadillo neither.
Jimbone, Just leave the antifreeze out and let the odor drive them off or do you suspect the skunk will drink it? I know dogs have died from sipping antifreeze on the garage floor as the taste is sweet to them.
Another idea gaining in popularity around here is an electric fence.