I sit in my basement and hear something running on top of the suspended
ceiling tiles. It sounds heavier than mice, I think it might be a chipmunk.
The pail method won't work as there is not enough space to put a pail up
there between the floor and the tiles. Is there a poison like there is for
mice that they eat and and it kills them turning them to dust. Please
advise.
Thanks.
How to Get Rid of Chipmunks
Summary:
Though it may be hard to believe, chipmunks can become little terrors to your garden or lawn. The people that know this best are those whose yards have been taken over by chipmunks. If you spend many hours each week perfecting your backyard and chipmunks eat all your handiwork, you may want to figure out ways to get rid of the critters. Here are some ideas that we have put together for the most effective way to get rid of these pesky little animals. (Note: If you ever have to handle dead chipmunks, make sure you do so safely. Wear proper gloves and make sure to wash your hands after disposing of them. Chipmunks may carry a myriad of diseases, so it is better to be safe than sorry.)
Sunflower Bucket Method
Take a large bucket, fill it halfway with water, and set it outside. Find a small piece of wood that you can use as a plank leading up to the bucket. Spread sunflower seeds in the grass, on the piece of wood, and in the water. The chipmunk will walk up to the grass, up the plank, and fall into the water, unable to get out.
 Walk the plank |
You may want to set up a few buckets in your yard. Also, if you find that squirrels are eating all the seeds and scurrying away, try putting a screen on top of the bucket. Make sure there is enough room for chipmunks to get in, but not enough that bigger squirrels would be able to eat up all the bait.
Outdoor Pets
Keeping your pet outdoors is a great way to scare off chipmunks. If you already have a doghouse outside, you are set. However, you may consider getting a cat for the outdoors. Both of these larger animals will intimidate the chipmunks. This technique is not recommended, though, if there are hawks, foxes, or other predatory animals living in your neighborhood. Your cats and small dogs are on the food chart for these larger animals.
Live Trap
A live animal trap like the Havahart 745, is a very easy way to get rid of chipmunks and it does not require much effort. Set the trap out in your yard. Throw nuts, sunflower seeds, or other munchies around and inside. The chipmunks will eventually get fooled into walking into the trap and set it off. This is the hard part. State laws do not allow for the release of captured wild animals. So, don't count on taking them to a park or your mother-in-law's yard to set free. You will have to dispose of the captured animal which may not agree with the tree-hugger part of your personality.
Plant Spray
If none of the above options work, try spraying your plants with something that will not harm the chipmunks, but will be distasteful to them. Try hot sauce or pepper solution, as chipmunks tend to resist these flavors.
Bait
There used to be a chipmunk bait product that could be placed in outdoor rodent stations or stuffed down chipmunk burrows. The manufacturer has stopped producing this product because of changes in the laws coming from the E.P.A.
Mousetrap
 Live Trap |
If you want a way to get rid of the chipmunks without putting them through too much pain, try setting out some mousetraps. Because chipmunks are such small animals the trap should do the job quickly and cleanly. Put a dab of peanut butter/oatmeal mix on the trap trigger. The trap I recommend is a one-handed model that is easy to use and keeps your hands away from the dead animal.
Mothball Trick
Setting mothballs around your yard will deter chipmunks, but will not eliminate them. The advantage to this is that mothballs may also deter pests such as bugs and other rodents. Try placing mothballs around the foundation of your home (one every few feet will do the trick). Also, if you have holes in your yard from the chipmunks, place about a half dozen mothballs in each hole. This technique will keep the chipmunks away from your house and farther back in your yard. Then, try setting up the sunflower bucket trap or mousetraps to get rid of Chip and Dale completely.
Watch this short video on trapping animals.
Comments
Mary
28 Aug 2010, 21:53
28 Aug 2010, 21:53
Ask the Exterminator
29 Aug 2010, 10:41
29 Aug 2010, 10:41
It's not likely chipmunks as they seldom invade homes. Inspect the inside
of the ceiling for droppings. Most professionals can identify a rodent by
its droppings. Take the droppings to a local pest control company for a
free ID. Then you'll know what you have running around and you can act
accordingly.
Amanda
08 Sep 2010, 11:32
08 Sep 2010, 11:32
The only thing worse than the destruction from the Chipmunks is the damage
my Lab is doing trying to hunt them!!! Trampling all of my bushes and
flowers and chewing through anything they go behind or under!! These
rodents need to GO!!!!!!!! Cant wait to try the bucket!!
Janie Lee
14 Sep 2010, 10:20
14 Sep 2010, 10:20
I have chipmunks in two of the outside walls. Have bate boxes- they get
emptied fast. I want to- have to try the bucket.
There is no place that I can set it up as your picture. Should I dig it into the ground a bit? I do need to use wire netting to keep out the squirrels. Should I make a "ramp" going up to the top of the bucket? I'm going to start out with 2 traps in different locations.
Sure hope this works.
There is no place that I can set it up as your picture. Should I dig it into the ground a bit? I do need to use wire netting to keep out the squirrels. Should I make a "ramp" going up to the top of the bucket? I'm going to start out with 2 traps in different locations.
Sure hope this works.
bob
14 Sep 2010, 18:07
14 Sep 2010, 18:07
I heard about the bucket trap and set one up today. My chipmunk population
is getting absurd. Anyway, within an hour I saw one scamper up the wood
plank and eat all the seeds without even coming close to falling in. Then
he (she?) straddled the edge of the bucket, dipped down, and ate the seeds
that had fallen into the water. Any other ideas?
Ask the Exterminator
15 Sep 2010, 10:20
15 Sep 2010, 10:20
The water is too high in the bucket if the chipmunk can reach down to the
floating seeds.
Rose Lyons
15 Sep 2010, 20:19
15 Sep 2010, 20:19
Am going to try all methods suggested to get rid of the chipmunks.
However, I am discovering that my grass is being dug up (probably to get to
the grubs) and the grass is dying. I am wondering if it is the chipmunks or
could I have another problem. Any help would be appreciated.
bob
15 Sep 2010, 21:47
15 Sep 2010, 21:47
Rick was right. My water level was too high. So I eliminated some of the
bucket water and caught my first critter. Funny thing is that it had
earlier knocked down the ramp and I didn't bother to set it back. An hour
later I checked the bucket and there was one drowned chipmunk. It obviously
didn't use the ramp but apparently just jumped up to the rim of the bucket,
tried to get to the seed floating in the water--and I guess fell in.
Ask the Exterminator
15 Sep 2010, 22:52
15 Sep 2010, 22:52
Rose,
Sounds more like moles than chipmunks.
Sounds more like moles than chipmunks.
Linda
17 Sep 2010, 14:18
17 Sep 2010, 14:18
I can't believe the horror stories I've just read. In fact, they made me
so sick I only read the first few. Chipmunks have a right to live just as
you do. Since you built your home on top of theirs, perhaps they see you
as the intruder. Can't you figure out a HUMANE way to coax them away from
your home? After all, you are SUPPOSED to be the more intelligent
creature. I'm beginning to wonder...
Fortunato
20 Sep 2010, 12:20
20 Sep 2010, 12:20
To Linda,
After spending over half million on the house and landscaping do you really think the chipmunks are so worthy? They reproduce exponentially and therefore there is no peril to extinct the species.
The steps leading to my patio are seattling and the bullnose getting loose because they dog underneath.
I will use the bucket...sorry
After spending over half million on the house and landscaping do you really think the chipmunks are so worthy? They reproduce exponentially and therefore there is no peril to extinct the species.
The steps leading to my patio are seattling and the bullnose getting loose because they dog underneath.
I will use the bucket...sorry
Paco
20 Sep 2010, 14:33
20 Sep 2010, 14:33
Linda, please tell us where you live so we can make chipmunk deliveries to
your place as the humane solution.
bob
22 Sep 2010, 10:18
22 Sep 2010, 10:18
Using the bucket method I've eliminated 5 of the chipmunk pests. I haven't
seen any in my stone wall patio area in a day. How would I know when my
patio area is rid of them? Could there be 20 more, 50, 100?
Ask the Exterminator
22 Sep 2010, 10:35
22 Sep 2010, 10:35
If you don't see any, they're gone. Activity is the only way to tell if you
still have them.
Jeff in WI
22 Sep 2010, 14:50
22 Sep 2010, 14:50
My wife and I just began noticing a chippie or two "waiting" for us on our
steps by our front door when we return home from work. Then today I
noticed one shimmy down a tiny hole between our concrete steps and our
foundation. I set up the bucket of doom over my lunch hour and am anxious
to see the results. Although I'm not looking forward to "emptying" the
bucket... Yuck.
Randall in KC
22 Sep 2010, 22:58
22 Sep 2010, 22:58
We too thought they were cute. Until I started hearing little scratching
noises on the outside of the house. Chipmunks or mice? Not sure, but I'm
setting a bucket tonight just to get rid of what we can. I've seen Chips so
it can't hurt (us that is).
Jeff in WI
23 Sep 2010, 13:56
23 Sep 2010, 13:56
UPDATE: Checked the bucket o' doom 24 hours later and, lo and behold,
there's our unwelcome guest. The bucket works perfectly, thanks for the
tip Rick. Now on to the worst part, emptying the bucket. Gross.
Greg in Illinois
29 Sep 2010, 11:14
29 Sep 2010, 11:14
Those striped little rats have become more prevalant since my wife's cat
died. Now I can sit in my recliner and use them for target practice with my
pellet gun. I've really improved my score over the past year.
They jump sooooo high when you hit them..
They jump sooooo high when you hit them..
Harry Callahan
04 Oct 2010, 22:37
04 Oct 2010, 22:37
I set up two Havahart 0745 live traps and caught 10 squireels and zero
chipmunks. Bait used was peanut butter, sunflower seeds, and shelled
peanuts.
Hmm. Some chipmunks were getting into the wall of the house, between the foundation and the wood siding. So I blocked all the holes I could see with bricks, temporarily. The next morning, they chewed a 2 inch hole in my wood siding!
So after dark, I placed the Havahart trap entrance right in front of the hole in the siding. There was nowhere to go but into the trap for morning feeding time. Woke up, and finally caught one! Brought that one to a nature preserve 10 miles away, and later on another came out of the hole and was also caught!
I am going to make a wood attachment so that I can place it over the burrows in the dirt, so they come out and walk into the trap each morning.
It's more effort, but the bucket trap is too mean for me.
Hmm. Some chipmunks were getting into the wall of the house, between the foundation and the wood siding. So I blocked all the holes I could see with bricks, temporarily. The next morning, they chewed a 2 inch hole in my wood siding!
So after dark, I placed the Havahart trap entrance right in front of the hole in the siding. There was nowhere to go but into the trap for morning feeding time. Woke up, and finally caught one! Brought that one to a nature preserve 10 miles away, and later on another came out of the hole and was also caught!
I am going to make a wood attachment so that I can place it over the burrows in the dirt, so they come out and walk into the trap each morning.
It's more effort, but the bucket trap is too mean for me.
Harry Callahan
04 Oct 2010, 22:40
04 Oct 2010, 22:40
I'll add, the squirrels were very dumb, going into empty Havahart 0745
traps without bait. I wouldn't be surprised if the same squirrel was
trapped several times.
I would catch two squirrels every few hours. Chipmunks are much harder to catch.
I would catch two squirrels every few hours. Chipmunks are much harder to catch.
Stupid chipmunks
06 Oct 2010, 10:25
06 Oct 2010, 10:25
Roger Tango Xray request airstrike in my sector
bob
06 Oct 2010, 12:00
06 Oct 2010, 12:00
A few weeks ago using the bucket method I eliminated in two days 5
chipmunks that had been destroying my outdoor patio. Then for days I never
saw any more until this past weekend when I spotted a few scampering about
the same area. I put the bucket back out but they never went near it. Do
they get wise to this trick? Does it begin to lose effectiveness?
Ask the Exterminator
06 Oct 2010, 14:49
06 Oct 2010, 14:49
I don't think a study has ever been done, but it makes sense that the older
adults would be more careful than younger chipmunks. That's how they got to
be older.
Jack
12 Oct 2010, 16:06
12 Oct 2010, 16:06
Jack: 9
Chipmunks: 0
Drowning pool works wonders :)
Chipmunks: 0
Drowning pool works wonders :)
Julie
16 Oct 2010, 18:56
16 Oct 2010, 18:56
I don't know if I have voles or chipmunks. I have tunnels in my yard that
cause the ground to "sink in". Do both of these animals do this? If so will
the bucket method work on both?
Ask the Exterminator
17 Oct 2010, 19:34
17 Oct 2010, 19:34
Voles are grass eaters. I don't know if the bucket method will work.
Lynn
18 Oct 2010, 14:21
18 Oct 2010, 14:21
I have a chipmunk in my house...will the bucket method work in this
situation?
Ask the Exterminator
18 Oct 2010, 14:28
18 Oct 2010, 14:28
Not likely. Chipmunks don't usually invade homes. If they happen to get
inside, the only thing they want to do is get back outside again. They are
ground dwellers.
Tim
24 Oct 2010, 11:29
24 Oct 2010, 11:29
I had a couple of chipmunks inside my house. The 1st one my wife got a
spoon of peanut butter put it into a 5 gal bucket, chipmunk went inside
within minutes rushed it outside tried pouring water in it, then it jumped
out. Next one got the black sunflower seeds in a bucket of water. 1/2 full
then black sunflower seeds covering all of the water works every time. She
doesn't like hearing them scream for help though, but when their inside all
she wants is them out
Deb Evans
03 Nov 2010, 13:41
03 Nov 2010, 13:41
How can I get rid of a chipmunk in my house...I think the cat brought it in
and lost it but I saw it this morning run right past me?
Suburban Los Angeles
07 Nov 2010, 02:44
07 Nov 2010, 02:44
I grew up in this area Glendale CA and couldn't believe my eyes to see a
chipmunk poking around my yard, right down here in the city. Does this
sound right to you all, or maybe I am looking at a different species? We
had tunnels last fall/winter, but saw no new activity over the summer. I
thought it may have been gophers. We have had flea problems in the past
with no pets (resolved for now), so I am taking all kinds of measures to
block mammal access to our yard and house. I set up the bucket trap just
now and I'm anxious to see what happens.
Liz
15 Apr 2011, 14:27
15 Apr 2011, 14:27
I put the buckets out last night. No luck so far but the squirrels were
having a feast! Moved that bucket. Concerned about losing more of my
driveway to sink holes.
SMJ
04 May 2011, 14:43
04 May 2011, 14:43
My nasty little critter is in my crawl space. I have set up 2 different
pools for it to go swimming in. So far, it eats seeds in ramp but no
swimming yet. What am I doing wrong? How do I entice the little critter
to take the plung????
Rich B.
09 May 2011, 22:00
09 May 2011, 22:00
Found a wad of tissue paper and a nest of baby chipmunks in my car's
dashboard...I vacuumed them all out, but they had eaten through the small
wiring I had put in (fluxed & soldered connections; do they like flux???)
and the car won't start (it was the VATS wiring)...I'll try to put out some
buckets & sunflowers; these were 4 or 5 babies but no adults...Really ticks
me off; took me a long time & $$$ to get my car running last year...
Liz
10 May 2011, 06:27
10 May 2011, 06:27
I finally found a solution. The bucket system didn't work. Ckipmunks on
LI are smart. I boought Sweenys poison peanuts. That seemed to have done
the trick. Sink holes have stabilized. I am waiting to see if things
start up again.
Ask the Exterminator
10 May 2011, 09:15
10 May 2011, 09:15
Stuff is super-toxic to fish. Don't put it near any water sources. It's
also not labeled for chipmunks.
Rich B.
17 May 2011, 11:59
17 May 2011, 11:59
I tried mousetraps (Victor; 2" x 4" w/yellow paddle) which I have had some
success on chipmunks before in a storage shed (and mice too); the
chipmunk(s) ate the peanut butter bait and dragged one mousetrap under the
car seat with their empty walnut shell...An other mousetrap was sprung,
half the bait gone...Rest of the traps (4 in all) untouched...Re-baited
w/PB and no luck in 3 days...
I got to the store and bought some sunflower seeds, and half filled a bucket with water...Set that in the car (took seats out)...Waiting now to see if it works...I'll move the "bucket trap" around the garage in case their 'main nest' is somewhere else...
I also am going to try the "Peppermint Oil" method for keeping them out...Once I'm convinced they're gone......
I got to the store and bought some sunflower seeds, and half filled a bucket with water...Set that in the car (took seats out)...Waiting now to see if it works...I'll move the "bucket trap" around the garage in case their 'main nest' is somewhere else...
I also am going to try the "Peppermint Oil" method for keeping them out...Once I'm convinced they're gone......
Debi
29 May 2011, 13:54
29 May 2011, 13:54
My husband and I knew we had a couple chipmunks around the yard. They have
really started destroying things. I found this sight and we immediately
went out and bought sunflower seeds and set up the buckets of doom. In a
day and a half and three buckets we have gotten NINE of them. No wonder
why we were starting to see them all the time! Thanks so much for the
information, it definitely works!
Patrick
03 Jun 2011, 14:22
03 Jun 2011, 14:22
Our house is on a dead end street with seemingly endless chipmunks etc.
Dont get me wrong its nice to have wildlife around but with thousands of
dollars in damage caused enough is enough. I have invested in an expensive
high power pellet rifle as a last resort(and it is very effective) however
the chipmunks seem to never end as im now finding more holes in the grass
and munks in the garage. Going to set up a few buckets of doom now. ill
keep you guys updated.
Jackie
21 Jun 2011, 15:23
21 Jun 2011, 15:23
I thought I was dealing with the wilderness by ignoring the mine fields in
my yard and the home they have underneath the steps. They made it personal
when one decided to come in the house and lounge on my couch! Bucket O'Doom
here I come! Thanks so much for all of the comments.
Bob
23 Jun 2011, 14:12
23 Jun 2011, 14:12
I did the bucket and 10 minutes later the chipmunk ate the seed took a dive
and then crawled back up the side of the bucket and ran away. Why????
Ask the Exterminator
23 Jun 2011, 17:16
23 Jun 2011, 17:16
It needs to be a 5 gallon bucket with straight sides.
ChipDip
25 Jun 2011, 20:21
25 Jun 2011, 20:21
Check out the Chipper Dipper in action.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsuL4-g52tY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsuL4-g52tY
wolftracks
28 Jun 2011, 14:16
28 Jun 2011, 14:16
I have found that my 22 caliber 22 rifle with scope and hollow point
bullets quite effective, not much left to bury.
DORIS
28 Jun 2011, 14:42
28 Jun 2011, 14:42
I HAVE A FAMILY OF ABOUT 8 OF THESE DARN CHIPMONKS...THEY ARE NOT CUTE TO
ME. THEY ARE SO DISTRUCTIVE IN MY GARDEN. LAST YEAR I USED THE BUCKET
METHOD AND CAUGHT 4. TRIED IT AGAIN THIS YEAR AND ZIPPO !! NOTHING, I
think they have been forwarned....NOW WHAT ??????????
Ask the Exterminator
28 Jun 2011, 14:56
28 Jun 2011, 14:56
Move the bucket to a slightly newer location and try a different seed mix.
Geno
29 Jun 2011, 17:10
29 Jun 2011, 17:10
Bucket method works! Taken out 10 so far (and hope that's all!!)
Ruth
30 Jun 2011, 17:19
30 Jun 2011, 17:19
Great site---I'm going to try the bucket method, my dog, lab and great dane
mix goes nuts over chipmunks and won't come back in the house, plus she is
digging and doing more damage!
Tricia
02 Jul 2011, 15:50
02 Jul 2011, 15:50
Chipmunks are under my foundation and I
hear them burroughing from 2 air ducts.
They ate my favorate plant. My back patio is like a rodent freeway. I had an exterminator come out 3 times.
Twice they put seeds with poison and
the last time a powder. I am afraid
to deal with the bodies with the bucket
method, but it sounds like a cheap and
effective method. Maybe that will be
next. I have nightmares of swarms of
them in my house. Thanks for the information.
hear them burroughing from 2 air ducts.
They ate my favorate plant. My back patio is like a rodent freeway. I had an exterminator come out 3 times.
Twice they put seeds with poison and
the last time a powder. I am afraid
to deal with the bodies with the bucket
method, but it sounds like a cheap and
effective method. Maybe that will be
next. I have nightmares of swarms of
them in my house. Thanks for the information.
Tricia
02 Jul 2011, 15:56
02 Jul 2011, 15:56
Chipmunks are under my foundation and they ate my favorate plant. My back
patio is like a rodent freeway. An exterminator used poison seeds twice and
then a powder. The mothballs didn't phase them. The bucket method sounds
like a cheap and effective method but the dead bodies!! I have nightmares
of chipmunks in my house. Thanks for the information.
Tim
04 Jul 2011, 22:47
04 Jul 2011, 22:47
I have declared war on chipmonks, I will smash them with a shovel if I can
get close enough! I just found out what they are doing to my house. They
will all DIE!
Liz
06 Jul 2011, 08:53
06 Jul 2011, 08:53
Well, tried the bucket method again. Only got local mice etc. Sorry, Long
Island chipmunks outsmart the bucket method.
wolftracks
11 Jul 2011, 12:28
11 Jul 2011, 12:28
r
Rifle and hollow point bullets lost to the Bucket of Death!
Rifle 4, bucket 20 over the last 3 days.
I live in the Manistee National Forest on two acres of woodland so you can only imagine how many of the little Evil Chippies we have. Everytime we walked out the door we could hear the them laughing at us, could see them hanging up their little hammocks, putting out their little lawn chairs, smell their little camp fires and smell their little barbies going.
the little buggers are so fast that even a hollow point bullet isn't fast enough most of the time as they never stop moving long enough to take a bead on them. Shells are expensive so no one wants to miss but miss we did and a lot though we are both fair shots.
After I found this site and explained the proceedure to my husband he resisted- that the method just wouldn't work- worried the buckets would look pretty ugly just sitting aroud (WHO CARES !!!! )but I urged him on inspite of himself.
3 days later and 20 Evil Little Chippies latter, no laughter, no smell of little campfires burning, just a few limp little hammocks blowing in the wind and a couple tipped over little lawn chairs- no Chippies.
Now therr has to be more than 20 Chippies on 2 acers of woodland so we are going to move the buckets out away from the house and continue to set the traps for the next several weeks to see what else we get. The War of the Chippies continues but with full faith the Bucket of Death works!
Thank you for the wonderful site you have created. I'm sure I will return many more times in the future for other pest problems.
Wolftracks, Newaygo County, Michigan
Rifle and hollow point bullets lost to the Bucket of Death!
Rifle 4, bucket 20 over the last 3 days.
I live in the Manistee National Forest on two acres of woodland so you can only imagine how many of the little Evil Chippies we have. Everytime we walked out the door we could hear the them laughing at us, could see them hanging up their little hammocks, putting out their little lawn chairs, smell their little camp fires and smell their little barbies going.
the little buggers are so fast that even a hollow point bullet isn't fast enough most of the time as they never stop moving long enough to take a bead on them. Shells are expensive so no one wants to miss but miss we did and a lot though we are both fair shots.
After I found this site and explained the proceedure to my husband he resisted- that the method just wouldn't work- worried the buckets would look pretty ugly just sitting aroud (WHO CARES !!!! )but I urged him on inspite of himself.
3 days later and 20 Evil Little Chippies latter, no laughter, no smell of little campfires burning, just a few limp little hammocks blowing in the wind and a couple tipped over little lawn chairs- no Chippies.
Now therr has to be more than 20 Chippies on 2 acers of woodland so we are going to move the buckets out away from the house and continue to set the traps for the next several weeks to see what else we get. The War of the Chippies continues but with full faith the Bucket of Death works!
Thank you for the wonderful site you have created. I'm sure I will return many more times in the future for other pest problems.
Wolftracks, Newaygo County, Michigan
The Plaid Penguin
28 Jul 2011, 12:17
28 Jul 2011, 12:17
I was a little squeamish about doing the Bucket 'O Death method, but the
more I kept finding the damage those little chippies were doing to my
prized flower beds, the more I was convinced that War was the only way
out!
Last night set up the Chipper Dipper and this morning hear one thrashing around in there. I forced myself to walk away, knowing I couldn't watch him drown, but am fed up with the destruction. I have two dogs who go crazy trying to catch these things and the predator smells don't seem to faze the creatures!
I will see what things look like tonight after work. Can I leave the dead one in there for one night or do I have to empty the bucket every time I catch one?
This site has been a great help! Thanks for everyone's suggestions and humorous comments - I've enjoyed them.
Last night set up the Chipper Dipper and this morning hear one thrashing around in there. I forced myself to walk away, knowing I couldn't watch him drown, but am fed up with the destruction. I have two dogs who go crazy trying to catch these things and the predator smells don't seem to faze the creatures!
I will see what things look like tonight after work. Can I leave the dead one in there for one night or do I have to empty the bucket every time I catch one?
This site has been a great help! Thanks for everyone's suggestions and humorous comments - I've enjoyed them.
The Plaid Penguin
29 Jul 2011, 08:50
29 Jul 2011, 08:50
Caught five more chippers in the dipper last night! This is all great
news, but I had to empty this foul smelling bucket this morning when the
heat was not so oppressive! Gag - yuck! My husband passed away from
cancer so no one to look to for killing spiders or emptying chipper dippers
- ahhh well . . . Spiders I can handle now - chippers . . . not doing so
well with those yet, but will keep at it! At least I know I'm eliminating
the population a few at a time in my yard. If you can get over dumping
them in a garbage bag, this is the best idea I've ever heard! Sending out
more chipper invitations to the pool party as I type this! Food and all
the water they can drink are provided - hehehehe!
