Who suggested that squirrels like pumpkins?
AnnE
and they haven't come near my starting-to-shrivel pumpkin.
Wassup with that?
AnnE
Scott Smith
Not sure, but they definitely chewed on ours that were on the front
steps. One even chewed all the way through to get at the seeds
inside. Some squirrels definitely like them.
.
.
- Scott Smith: scott...@iphouse.com
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/choppersmith
Wayne Marsh
<ae330e7b-182f-4dc6...@l2g2000yqd.googlegroups.com>,
AnnE <austina...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I put mine out in the back to watch the antics of the squirrels
> and they haven't come near my starting-to-shrivel pumpkin.
You missed a step. First smear the inside of the pumpkin with peanut
butter, then put it where the squirrels can get at it. Preferably where
they have to cross a busy street to get at it.
Wayne Marsh Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
wayne...@mac.com
AnnE
> On Sun, 8 Nov 2009 12:23:40 -0800 (PST), AnnE <austinanne2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> ><g> I put mine out in the back to watch the antics of the squirrels
> >and they haven't come near my starting-to-shrivel pumpkin.
> >Wassup with that?
>
> Not sure, but they definitely chewed on ours that were on the front
> steps. One even chewed all the way through to get at the seeds
> inside. Some squirrels definitely like them.
>
> .
> .
>
> MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/choppersmith
Well, heck, my pumpkin doesn't have any seeds, I threw them away
before carving.
Now you tell me.
AnnE I did take the candle out tho
AnnE
> In article
> <ae330e7b-182f-4dc6-b7d9-07aeba677...@l2g2000yqd.googlegroups.com>,
>
> AnnE <austinanne2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I put mine out in the back to watch the antics of the squirrels
> > and they haven't come near my starting-to-shrivel pumpkin.
>
> You missed a step. First smear the inside of the pumpkin with peanut
> butter, then put it where the squirrels can get at it. Preferably where
> they have to cross a busy street to get at it.
>
> Wayne Marsh Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
LOL I wouldn't waste my PB on a squirrel. But if I do that and the
dern cats who live next door get stuck, will I be responsible?? I'm
thinking of a live trap but don't think this will work accordingly.
AnnE
Bert Hyman
<wayne...@mac.com> wrote:
> In article
><ae330e7b-182f-4dc6...@l2g2000yqd.googlegroups.com>,
> AnnE <austina...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I put mine out in the back to watch the antics of the squirrels
>> and they haven't come near my starting-to-shrivel pumpkin.
>
> You missed a step. First smear the inside of the pumpkin with peanut
> butter, then put it where the squirrels can get at it.
If that's what you want, you don't need a pumpkin. Put peanut butter on
ANYTHING and the squirrels will go after it.
> Preferably where they have to cross a busy street to get at it.
--
Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN be...@iphouse.com
Melba's Jammin'
<7fe9a53d-a091-4f2d...@w19g2000yqk.googlegroups.com>,
AnnE <austina...@gmail.com> wrote:
Live trap. . . hmmm. What would you do with them if you live-trapped
them, AnnE? My sister and her HUD-sponsored Catch and Release
Squirrel Relocation Program live-trapped more than 70 this summer and
relocated them to various locations in the north suburban area.
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
http://web.me.com/barbschaller - Who Said Chickens Have Fingers?
10-30-2009
Mike O'Brien
> Live trap. . . hmmm. What would you do with them if you live-trapped
> them, AnnE? My sister and her HUD-sponsored Catch and Release
> Squirrel Relocation Program live-trapped more than 70 this summer and
> relocated them to various locations in the north suburban area.
which most likely thrilled the residents in the north suburban area...
Hell Toupee
Not to mention the squirrels themselves, who promptly engaged in
territorial warfare.
Do this at the wrong time of year, and the trapped/relocated squirrels
starve or freeze to death. Hardly humane.
AnnE
> In article
> <7fe9a53d-a091-4f2d-afc9-697ed77d1...@w19g2000yqk.googlegroups.com>,
> 10-30-2009- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
Live trap the CATS next door. I would then take them to the neighbors
and show em. I have witnessed one of the cats climb the
tree.....spread legged and just waiting to pounce. Naughty naughty
kitty. The next door neighbors told me that is what cats do. "Chase
my birds?", I asked. She said she hates birds. We put up a big
fence, but that's another story. <G> I have thought of using the
live trap and taking them to the city so that the owners would have to
pay to get them back. Maybe money counts.
AnnE
Tony Calguire
news:barbschaller-5D2A...@news.iphouse.com:
>
> Live trap. . . hmmm. What would you do with them if you live-trapped
> them, AnnE? My sister and her HUD-sponsored Catch and Release
> Squirrel Relocation Program live-trapped more than 70 this summer and
> relocated them to various locations in the north suburban area.
To which, the residents of the north suburbs say, thanks a hell of a whole
lot!
Sponsored by HUD? I say give the squirrels to C.H.U.D.!
Craig A. Finseth
>news:barbschaller-5D2A...@news.iphouse.com:
>
>>
>> Live trap. . . hmmm. What would you do with them if you live-trapped
>> them, AnnE? My sister and her HUD-sponsored Catch and Release
>> Squirrel Relocation Program live-trapped more than 70 this summer and
>> relocated them to various locations in the north suburban area.
And, of course, does nothing in the long run about the squirrel
problem: if there was good squirrel habitat there before, new ones
will expand right back into it quite soon.
To get rid of squirrels, you need to change the habitat (probably to
something that humans don't like, either).
Craig
AnnE
> >Melba's Jammin' <barbschal...@earthlink.net> wrote in
I don't want to get rid of the squirrels...Barb does. Or did.
lol I like squirrels but was complaining that they didn't like my
pumpkin. Maybe I carved too scary of a face. Anyhoo it is now gone.
Today is garbage day.
AnnE who found lots of cones from blue spruce tree which was
about 3 huge black bags full of cones in the shed a couple years
ago. Did we leave them for the critters? Heck no. And they haven't
put any back in there since. It must have taken them months to get as
many as they had in there.
Melba's Jammin'
Tony Calguire <calg...@tcfreenet.invalid> wrote:
> Melba's Jammin' <barbsc...@earthlink.net> wrote in
> news:barbschaller-5D2A...@news.iphouse.com:
>
> >
> > Live trap. . . hmmm. What would you do with them if you live-trapped
> > them, AnnE? My sister and her HUD-sponsored Catch and Release
> > Squirrel Relocation Program live-trapped more than 70 this summer and
> > relocated them to various locations in the north suburban area.
>
> To which, the residents of the north suburbs say, thanks a hell of a whole
> lot!
:-) I don't know where they wound up; she lets them go in public parks.
My brother, otoh, takes them swimming. The squirrels aren't very good
at holding their breath under water, though. :-(
> Sponsored by HUD?
No, that part was made up. A joke. :-)
> I say give the squirrels to C.H.U.D.!
I don't know what that is, Tony.
Melba's Jammin'
Of course it doesn't change anything, Craig. I think, though, it gives
my sister (she's 80) a sense that she's fighting back at them � they
wreak some havoc in her vegetable garden � that she's not just sitting
there and letting the little bastids get away with it. ;-)
Melba's Jammin'
<cd1bf043-3964-4460...@v30g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,
AnnE <austina...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Nov 9, 12:23�pm, Craig A. Finseth <n...@finseth.com> wrote:
> > To get rid of squirrels, you need to change the habitat (probably to
> > something that humans don't like, either).
> >
> > Craig
>
> I don't want to get rid of the squirrels...Barb does. Or did.
Not me. My sister. I think the tree rats can be very entertaining to
watch. Squirrel races. Turf wars. Gymnastics. Aerial acrobatics.
Tony Calguire
420d2a...@v30g2000yqm.googlegroups.com:
>
> AnnE who found lots of cones from blue spruce tree which was
> about 3 huge black bags full of cones in the shed a couple years
> ago. Did we leave them for the critters? Heck no. And they haven't
> put any back in there since. It must have taken them months to get as
> many as they had in there.
About 7 or 8 years ago, my father found a squirrel's nest in the engine
compartment of the Buick station wagon, and the mechanic cleaned scores of
black walnut out of the ventilation system. It happened twice, actually!
As I recall, the car hadn't been driven in a while, but not *that* long...
perhaps a week or two.
Tony Calguire
>
>> Sponsored by HUD?
>
> No, that part was made up. A joke. :-)
>
Well, that's a relief. I'd still like to know what she considers a "north
suburb"... East Bethel and Isanti? Or St. Anthony and New Brighton? We
have enough squirrells up here already.
>> I say give the squirrels to C.H.U.D.!
> I don't know what that is, Tony.
>
Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers-- basically, zombie-like movie
monsters from the 1980s.
AnnE
> In article
> <cd1bf043-3964-4460-a8bf-420d2af9b...@v30g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,
>
> AnnE <austinanne2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Nov 9, 12:23 pm, Craig A. Finseth <n...@finseth.com> wrote:
> > > To get rid of squirrels, you need to change the habitat (probably to
> > > something that humans don't like, either).
>
> > > Craig
>
> > I don't want to get rid of the squirrels...Barb does. Or did.
>
> Not me. My sister. I think the tree rats can be very entertaining to
> watch. Squirrel races. Turf wars. Gymnastics. Aerial acrobatics.
> --
> 10-30-2009
Yep, sorry about naming you as the culprit. lol I do get tired of
the critters burying those silly Ohio Buckeyes in the yard from the
neighbor's tree tho. (different neighbors)
AnnE
AnnE
> AnnE <austinanne2...@gmail.com> wrote in news:cd1bf043-3964-4460-a8bf-
> 420d2af9b...@v30g2000yqm.googlegroups.com:
Those buggers move fast, don't they? Wow, hang on to those black
walnuts and send em to Haagen Daz (sp?) as they haven't answered my
email in re: to finding that ice cream in the area. Ummmmmmmm.
AnnE that ice cream is NOT for me
Melba's Jammin'
Tony Calguire <calg...@tcfreenet.invalid> wrote:
She lives in St. Anthony, Tony. We used to pasture our cows 55+ years
ago where Apache Plaza was. And we used to pick asparagus along the
railroad tracks (I grew up a couple blocks off 37th & Stinson).
Here's the story: In late September I drove there to take a couple of
my sisters to lunch. I had heard earlier from another sister about
Julie's Squirrel Relocation Program. Time to get in the car and go to
the restaurant (we were headed for Keys on 83rd and University and Julie
innocently says, "Do you mind if we bring another passenger?" I'm
wondering who she's bringing � it was just going to be the three of us �
when I suddenly remembered Marge's telling of the SRP. I grinned and
said she could bring him but he'd better not pee on my car upholstery.
So she gets the cage-trapped squirrel into the back seat with her,
setting the cage atop her newspaper-covered lap and directs me to a
Fridley park (70th & University) where she set the little bugger free.
I noticed a wet spot on the newspaper that had been under the squirrel.
:-\
I like my brother John's swimming plan better. :-\
Melba's Jammin'
I'm pretty sure she doesn't think of anything other than not having to
dispatch them herself to squirrel eternity. All she's sure of is that
she's getting them out of her yard and back to nature. I told her the
squirrel's probably back in her yard within two days. :-) It's
possible she's only moved one squirred 68 times. :-)
Melba's Jammin'
Tony Calguire <calg...@tcfreenet.invalid> wrote:
> Melba's Jammin' <barbsc...@earthlink.net> wrote in
> news:barbschaller-5F4C...@news.iphouse.com:
>
> >
> >> Sponsored by HUD?
> >
> > No, that part was made up. A joke. :-)
> >
>
> Well, that's a relief. I'd still like to know what she considers a "north
> suburb"... East Bethel and Isanti? Or St. Anthony and New Brighton? We
> have enough squirrells up here already.
See? She lives in St. Anthony and she's trying to do her community a
favor!
WDS
Some years ago I rode with a buddy from a softball practice to his
apartment. When we got out of the car we heard this weird clicking
noise from under the hood. We opened it up and a squirrel jumped out at
us! It scared the heck out of us. It ran up the only tree at his
apartment building and proceeded to do that squirrel scolding thing they
like to do when upset. We looked around the engine and found some
leaves and stuff where it looked like it was going to make a nest.
Doc O'Leary
Melba's Jammin' <barbsc...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> I think, though, it gives
> my sister (she's 80) a sense that she's fighting back at them � they
> wreak some havoc in her vegetable garden � that she's not just sitting
> there and letting the little bastids get away with it. ;-)
I have a friend who used to hunt squirrels when he was a kid.
Apparently they can be quite tasty . . .
--
My personal UDP list: 127.0.0.1, localhost, googlegroups.com, ono.com,
and probably your server, too.
WDS
> I have a friend who used to hunt squirrels when he was a kid.
> Apparently they can be quite tasty . . .
Bleh! Squirrels taste gamey. REALLY gamey. I like almost every other
hunted thing I've tried but not squirrel.
Mike O'Brien
> I'm pretty sure she doesn't think of anything other than not having to
> dispatch them herself to squirrel eternity. All she's sure of is that
> she's getting them out of her yard and back to nature. I told her the
> squirrel's probably back in her yard within two days. :-) It's
> possible she's only moved one squirred 68 times. :-)
On a related note. My father-in-law used trap squirrels and spray paint them
to mark them to see if they came back. None did that I am aware of. I mean,
who wants to go near that crazy man with the spray cans!
Mike O'Brien
> I have a friend who used to hunt squirrels when he was a kid.
> Apparently they can be quite tasty . . .
yeah, but are they an efficient means of nutrition? ;>
Jules
> If that's what you want, you don't need a pumpkin. Put peanut butter on
> ANYTHING and the squirrels will go after it.
So we just need to cover Lutsen in peanut butter, and let nature run its
course? Volunteers?
WDS
Spray paint actually might not work that well but hair dye will. I did
a biology class project where we trapped rabbits and marked them with
hair dye then released them. Depending on how many rabbits you catch
and repeats you can estimate the population in an area. It was quite an
interesting project.
WDS
Dang, why didn't we think of that YEARS ago?
Melba's Jammin'
Doc O'Leary <drolear...@4q2009.subsume.com> wrote:
> In article <barbschaller-1CDF...@news.iphouse.com>,
> Melba's Jammin' <barbsc...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> > I think, though, it gives
> > my sister (she's 80) a sense that she's fighting back at them � they
> > wreak some havoc in her vegetable garden � that she's not just sitting
> > there and letting the little bastids get away with it. ;-)
>
> I have a friend who used to hunt squirrels when he was a kid.
> Apparently they can be quite tasty . . .
One morning at the farmers market my favorite vendor (a Hmong farmer)
was explaining his eagerness to go squirrel hunting. I crinkled my nose
at the idea and said it didn't sound good to me because I didn't grow up
eating squirrels. He remarked that they are "clean" because they are
vegetarians. I know some folks from the south who are familiar with
squirrel meat on the table. It's out of my comfort zone, though. :-o\
Melba's Jammin'
Doc O'Leary
"Mike O'Brien" <mikeo...@gmail.com> wrote:
Since it fattens itself up and (in this case) delivers itself to your
backyard, that's a pretty efficient protein source! Better than having
to pay to raise rabbits or chickens or the like. Probably not as
reliable, though, just like all "wild" sources of nutrition.
Still, that's no reason to let it go to waste if you're going to treat
it like a nuisance animal. Or impart further waste by just relocating
them; it's not like squirrels are endangered. Dogs seem to attack them
enough, so maybe they'd make a decent meal. I'm willing to give
squirrel a try; anybody know of a Minneapolis-area restaurant that
possibly serves them?
D.A.Tsenuf
"AnnE" <austina...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:ae330e7b-182f-4dc6...@l2g2000yqd.googlegroups.com...
> <g> I put mine out in the back to watch the antics of the squirrels
> and they haven't come near my starting-to-shrivel pumpkin.
>
We carved 4 pumpkins for Halloween.
The seeds and innards, were used as part of the "vomit" of one of the
pumkins.
That all disappeared within 2 days of Halloween.
Since then, the squirrels have been going at the pumpkins themselves with a
vengeance.
We've got a squirrel the kids now call "Chubbo", because he's so plump.
He's on the pumpkins tearing away all the time.
We expect him to be turning Orange real soon from all that Beta Carotene
he's eaten
D.A.Tsenuf
"Melba's Jammin'" <barbsc...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:barbschaller-5D2A...@news.iphouse.com...
>
> Live trap. . . hmmm. What would you do with them if you live-trapped
> them, AnnE? My sister and her HUD-sponsored Catch and Release
> Squirrel Relocation Program live-trapped more than 70 this summer and
> relocated them to various locations in the north suburban area.
>
What a waste of squirrels
Never heard of squirrel stew ?
Not to mention all that lovely fur to line gloves and make into socks.
D.A.Tsenuf
"Melba's Jammin'" <barbsc...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:barbschaller-C787...@news.iphouse.com...
> In article <droleary.usenet-72...@news.twtelecom.net>,
> Doc O'Leary <drolear...@4q2009.subsume.com> wrote:
>
>> In article <barbschaller-1CDF...@news.iphouse.com>,
>> Melba's Jammin' <barbsc...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>> > I think, though, it gives
>> > my sister (she's 80) a sense that she's fighting back at them < they
>> > wreak some havoc in her vegetable garden < that she's not just sitting
>> > there and letting the little bastids get away with it. ;-)
>>
>> I have a friend who used to hunt squirrels when he was a kid.
>> Apparently they can be quite tasty . . .
>
> One morning at the farmers market my favorite vendor (a Hmong farmer)
> was explaining his eagerness to go squirrel hunting. I crinkled my nose
> at the idea and said it didn't sound good to me because I didn't grow up
> eating squirrels. He remarked that they are "clean" because they are
> vegetarians. I know some folks from the south who are familiar with
> squirrel meat on the table. It's out of my comfort zone, though. :-o\
>
Great pressure cooker recipe
Works for squirrel and rabbit
Dredge the meat in flour spiced with garlic, pepper, paprika and some salt
Place in alternating layers in cooker with prunes.
Add bay leaves and cover with red wine
Cook
Make a light roux to thicken sauce
Serve on noodles with sour cream on the side.
AnnE
> "AnnE" <austinanne2...@gmail.com> wrote in message
LOL I think you got em coming to them with the seeds. Mine didn't
have any and the poor thing just shriveled up big time. It got dumped
after a few days.
Thanks for the laff re: your experience with them.
AnnE
Earnest Questioner
wrote:
> I'm willing to give
> squirrel a try; anybody know of a Minneapolis-area restaurant that
> possibly serves them?
C'mon, is there NO restaurant in the metro area that serves squirrel?
What do we have to do, drive to St Cloud? Bemidji? Hibbing?
Jules
Not seen it up here in Bemidji, just so you know ;)
Can it be sold commercially? Or are there all sorts of (FDA?) rules and
regs that say it can't be because of the diseases that the squirrels may
be carrying?
AnnE
wrote:
Ground squirrels can harbor diseases harmful to humans, particularly
when squirrel populations are dense. A major concern is bubonic plague
transmitted to humans by fleas carried on the squirrels. Ground
squirrels are susceptible to plague, which has wiped out entire
colonies. If you find unusual numbers of squirrels or other rodents
dead for no apparent reason, notify public health officials. Do not
handle dead squirrels under these circumstances.
Took this off the net from a CA site...can't remember which one. I've
been reading up on squirrels lately. <G>
Guess I won't be eating them any time soon. I have eaten some when
visiting relatives in the south. Tasted just like chicken to me.
AnnE
osmium
<WRT squirrels>
>Guess I won't be eating them any time soon. I have eaten some when
>visiting relatives in the south. Tasted just like chicken to me.
If you look at them prior to cooking they look just like rats. I brought
one I shot home and my poor mother cooked it, I guess someone ate it but I
certainly didn't, and I never brought one home again.
AnnE
Well, they ARE rodents, ya know! lol
Poor mother, is right. AnnE
Doc O'Leary
<0028f08f-4558-4cfc...@v25g2000yqk.googlegroups.com>,
AnnE <austina...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Nov 16, 3:03�pm, Jules <jules.richardsonn...@remove.this.gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Can it be sold commercially? Or are there all sorts of (FDA?) rules and
> > regs that say it can't be because of the diseases that the squirrels may
> > be carrying?
>
> Ground squirrels can harbor diseases harmful to humans, particularly
> when squirrel populations are dense.
Which I'd guess is true for wild animals in general, since I don't see a
lot of venison or other such things on menus, either. I suppose it's
asking too much to expect anyone to have a squirrel farm. :-)
> Guess I won't be eating them any time soon. I have eaten some when
> visiting relatives in the south. Tasted just like chicken to me.
I've sampled things like snake and turtle many years back, and they all
have that vague chicken-y taste. Certainly nothing special enough that
I wanted to eat more. Unagi, on the other hand, is the kind of
delicious that could make eels extinct.
Lutsen Lumberjack
> <g> I put mine out in the back to watch the antics of the squirrels
> and they haven't come near my starting-to-shrivel pumpkin.
> Wassup with that?
This is such a piss-poor region that people are going to start eating
squirrel on a regular basis
D.A.Tsenuf
"Doc O'Leary" <drolear...@4q2009.subsume.com> wrote in message
news:droleary.usenet-3A...@news.twtelecom.net...
> In article
> <0028f08f-4558-4cfc...@v25g2000yqk.googlegroups.com>,
> AnnE <austina...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Nov 16, 3:03 pm, Jules <jules.richardsonn...@remove.this.gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Can it be sold commercially? Or are there all sorts of (FDA?) rules and
>> > regs that say it can't be because of the diseases that the squirrels
>> > may
>> > be carrying?
>>
>> Ground squirrels can harbor diseases harmful to humans, particularly
>> when squirrel populations are dense.
>
> Which I'd guess is true for wild animals in general, since I don't see a
> lot of venison or other such things on menus, either. I suppose it's
> asking too much to expect anyone to have a squirrel farm. :-)
>
I thought there was one just outside of the city
Called Hazelden or something like that... :-))
>> Guess I won't be eating them any time soon. I have eaten some when
>> visiting relatives in the south. Tasted just like chicken to me.
>
> I've sampled things like snake and turtle many years back, and they all
> have that vague chicken-y taste. Certainly nothing special enough that
> I wanted to eat more. Unagi, on the other hand, is the kind of
> delicious that could make eels extinct.
>
Except that eels reproduce so fast, it would take an effort to achieve that.
Lutsen Lumberjack
>
> Guess I won't be eating them any time soon. I have eaten some when
> visiting relatives in the south. Tasted just like chicken to me.
Is that be in them thar Hills? Is one of your relatives named
Leatherface by any chance?
Doc O'Leary
"D.A.Tsenuf" <D...@Tsenuf.com> wrote:
> "Doc O'Leary" <drolear...@4q2009.subsume.com> wrote in message
> news:droleary.usenet-3A...@news.twtelecom.net...
> >
> > I've sampled things like snake and turtle many years back, and they all
> > have that vague chicken-y taste. Certainly nothing special enough that
> > I wanted to eat more. Unagi, on the other hand, is the kind of
> > delicious that could make eels extinct.
> >
>
> Except that eels reproduce so fast, it would take an effort to achieve that.
Well, according to:
<http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/cr/SeafoodWatch/web/sfw_factsheet.asp
x?gid=94>
it's not just an issue of reproductive speed. Since I only eat sushi
rarely, I don't feel too bad about my personal impact on the eel
population.
In general, I'm a terrible carnivore. The average American consumes
over 200 pounds of meat in a year, or roughly double the world average.
I probably eat under 50 pounds, of which probably 75% is fish.