this sound has woken me up before... it's a light scampering right above my bed. i've heard it before, but in the past i've been better able to ignore it. since i'm sick, though, i'm having trouble sleeping and the noise pissed me off so much that i finally got out of bed to investigate.
as i put my slippers on and bundled up in ray's bulky winter coat i kept hoping i'd find a cute little squirrel sitting on the roof. one that could be easily shooed away. nope. nothing at all on the roof. but i did see a big hole in the screen of the soffit vent.
so there must be a squirrel in my attic. and i haven't the foggiest idea how to get him out.
clearly i need to fix the hole in the screen, but i don't want to trap the squirrel in there. how do i make sure he's out first? i guess i could go up there and try to flush him out, but i've heard bad stories about this. i'm scared.
maybe he'll leave on his own during the daytime. that makes sense, right? he'll want to go out for food? maybe this afternoon i can put the cats in a bedroom (to minimize chaos should the squirrel actually get into the house), open the back door (just in case) and run up the attic stairs like a crazy person, trying to scare him out.
god, i don't want to do this.
Posted by xta at January 22, 2004 04:29 AM | TrackBack