The Squirrel Drama Continues. . . .

Well our squirrel resident has not been caught yet. Last saturday Brett climbed up there and found a huge nest. Apparently the little bugger had been quite busy creating the perfect home for itself. Brett pulled out as much of the nest as he could get to and also closed up the hole in the siding where the squirrel was coming in and out. I was so proud of Brett for all his work. Then--dum da dum dum--Sunday morning the scratching sound returned. Apparently the squirrel did not appreciate being evicted and began scratching out a new hole. This time it made the hole in the wood. Yesterday (Tuesday), our animal control guy,Tyler,came by and put a trap in the new hole. Basically it was the kind of trap where if the squirrel entered the hole at all--snap--it would be dead. I was a bit concerned because we would have a dead squirrel hanging from our roof until we called and had Tyler come take it down. I didnt think that would be the most pleasant sight in the world.(Although it might be a strong warning to any other squirrel who had thoughts of moving in). But I wanted the squirrel gone so we let the trap go in and began waiting. All day, each time I approached the house I would warily check out the top right corner of the roof and sigh with relief that I didnt have a dead squirrel hanging there. I figured it would probably happen this morning since we usually hear the squirrel working in the roof in the morning. Well this morning came and so did the usual scratching. The squirrel stayed away from the trapped hole and began biting and clawing a new hole
back into the siding. I couldnt believe it. Brett went outside and there was the squirrel, just sitting there watching him. It didnt even run away. We decided that if we had a bb gun that squirrel would be a great target so this morning we went and bought a bb/pellet gun. If we hear the squirrel tomorrow morning. . .we are going to settle this the true southern way.