Thursday, January 30, 2014

Motorhome Stowaway

It was fall, 2013 and we were beginning to prepare the motorhome for our trip South.  As Kathy opened the towel drawer in the bathroom, she found a surprise...there among the towels (now chewed and torn) was a cozy nest!  In the drawer below was a stash of acorns...looked like someone besides us was planning for a long winter.

We set out to discourage the stowaway...nest and nuts were removed, repellents were added, and still more acorns kept appearing. In desperation we set out baited live traps, as by then we had determined the culprit was likely a little red squirrel seen disappearing under the motorhome on several occasions.  Our efforts paid off...we eventually caught the squirrel and moved him to a local park with lots of oak trees. Then we continued our packing...