What to do with dead squirrel?

Apr 19, 2009 56 Replies

Last evening I saw it, traumatized by a blow to the head or neck from the rat trap it had hit in my backyard. The trap was tethered to a tree. The bugger (or its cousin) has been digging up my newly planted squash seeds and this is the only way I've been able to control (somewhat) the problem.



This morning it's surely dead (I saw one, maybe the same one) that was evidently stunned from hitting the trap a few days ago, looking dead, but when I turned my back it darted away.



Warm weather is expected the next few days here in Berkeley, CA (~80 degrees) and wonder about putting it in plastic bags (nested) in my trash container, pickup being Wednesday morning. Call a city agency? Bury it in my back yard? What would you do?



Dan


In the trash with it. And, get a roll of chicken wire. Lay pieces on the ground over your seeds, slightly arched, and weighted down at the edges with bricks. Works like a charm.

Plastic bag in trash or bury it. Worst thing you can do is let it sit out where flies will get at it, lay eggs and maggots will cause a stink. My lot is big enough that I just throw in brush and let foxes or crows eat it but there is always smell potential.

Wondering if you ever soaked the cut up parts in brine first ? We did this with rabbit.

Bill

Got a neighbor you don't like?

...only in California....

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I use them in Brunswick stew.

Jimmie

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Vermin that get in my garden ususally become fertilizer for the garden if I catch them. I just pitch them in the compost heap. Ive never noticed any odor from it .

Jimmie

Mmmmmmm, GUMBO!

TDD

JOE! I've missed you big guy. Nice of you to pop in :)

Val

Standard chicken wire doesn't hold 'em back. You need the heavy electro welded square mesh stuff to do the job.

Scavengers, not predators. Predators want to KILL their meal.

Most sanitary solution in suburbia would be to throw it on the burn pile. If you dont have a burn pile then bury it under a tree you would like to see grow faster. Or just throw the damn thing in the garbage.

Oh sure, call 911 and I'm sure a crack squirrel disposal team will be knocking on your door within minutes.

Sautee with a little garlic and seasoning. Serve on a bed of rice with a little garnish.

Uh, don't you have to skin and clean it first? I hate picking fur out of my teeth.

TDD

It's called hardware cloth.

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