Originally Posted by
WhyFi
A chipmunk has been pissing me off by eating all of the tomatoes in the garden, about a week before they'd be ripe enough to pick. So, I done caught it.
It would scurry to the gutter downspout extensions when threatened, so I just plugged it up inside there. Then I disconnected the extension (taking care to ensure that the chipmunk was in there and not scrabbling up the elbow) and then upended it in to a 5 gal bucket with lid.
Now, I'm undecided on what to do with the annoying little bugger. The kids know about the chipmunk but are unaware that I've trapped it. Do I just off it and give the kids the classic, "well, it must have ran away"? Or do I take it, and the kids, to release it at a nearby (but far enough away) park?
Decisions, decision.
I mean, it's cat food. Why be squeamish?