Hot, Spicy & Loud

Threatening Squirrel with a stick did not work. The trap did not work. Plugging the holes in the roof did not work. Pounding on my ceiling did not work. I don’t really like the direction this is going.

Squirrel sure seems to like my attic. This little fact triggered a thought (a rare treat in my head). Perhaps I will make Squirrel’s attic experience unpleasant. If I make it unpleasant enough, Squirrel will decide that the outside is really a superior location.


Off to the store I went. I purchased 3 big bags of red hot chile peppers. I crushed them up and coated the entire attic with them. My lips were stinging from the chili-heat by the end of the task.

Then I took an old radio and placed it near where I believe Squirrel hangs out. I turned it on full blast to an AM talk radio station.


We’ll see how much Squirrel enjoys that attic while feeling a bit of burning fire and being subjected to constant annoying jabbering with a steady high-pitched hum (it is an old radio . . .).

Oh yea - while I was up there, I did a thorough inspection. I did NOT find a nest or any new evidence of babies. So that is a mystery.



But, I did find my trap flung to the ground (with nothing in it). Squirrel
did a number to the trap. It had been knocked off of the flat air duct and was upside down. I am not sure if I should take this to mean that Squirrel has a renewed interest in the trap, or if she is just sending me a message that she can dump the food out of the trap and toss it to the side.