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| Woman called Nutt over-run by squirrels |
| 2009-03-30 |
| A woman in Northern Ireland says her home has been over-run by grey squirrels. "Faith! And look at all the cute little tree rats!" Oonagh Nutt, from Moira in County Down, says the animals first came into her garden from an adjoining park six years ago, but in the last 18 months they got too close for comfort. "I thought it was lovely, I called one of them Hazel but then the next thing they'd got into the house," she said. "What's that yer watchin', Miz Nutt? Looks like Animal Planet!" "It's always Animal Planet with that lot!" Mrs Nutt says the squirrels have caused serious damage: "They chewed their way through my roof in several places, they tunnel through the cavity walls, they live under the floor boards, they go to the toilet in the attic. "Up close they are quite frightening - they look like puppy dogs with big hands, they growl and bark at you, they're vicious things. They'll go for you. "That was why I had to start packin' heat!" "I have a small child in the house and regularly at night the scratching and chewing and moving about will wake him up." "Grandmaw! Grandmaw! The tree rats are comin' to get me!" Mrs Nutt says she's spent thousands of pounds trying to tackle the problem. "I've had pest control round putting poison down in the roof space and travel routes through the house. But then they died inside the cavity walls and the house is infested with flies. It's a nightmare. We've had squirrel catchers, traps, lights, sonar. Everything but the kitchen sink." "I see yer problem, Mum. May I suggest a garbage disposal?" Mrs Nutt is unhappy with the attitude of her local council to the pest problem. "I rang Lisburn City Council three times and have been told in short to go away. They say they're not a pest so there's nothing they can do." "They're nothin' but cute little tree rats! Don't you go bein' mean to them!" Ian Woods from Grey Squirrel Control says it's an increasingly common story. "Every year it's becoming more and more of a problem around this time of year. People really don't understand the damage they cause." Lisburn City Council said any resident who experiences a pest problem should contact its pest control unit on (028) 9250 9417. |
| Posted by:john frum |
| #6 Less permament than a good rimfire rifle, but perhaps more humorous. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjhsZdebxOk |
| Posted by: no mo uro 2009-03-30 17:00 |
| #5 Una Nutt, you say? I suggest body armour, m'dear... |
| Posted by: mojo 2009-03-30 16:23 |
| #4 I'd say she needs a brace of terriers or a passel of cats, but since she's already gone in for poison in what sounds like a pretty big way, that probably wouldn't work out well. Tear the sucker down & rebuild. Once you've got rotting carcases in the crawlspaces, you're fucked. |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2009-03-30 16:04 |
| #3 I'm very disappointed this article wasn't accompanied by a picture of the woman in question. It's obvious she's got some serious animal magnetism! |
| Posted by: Dar 2009-03-30 14:07 |
| #2 http://www.vi-r-us.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/squirrel.jpg "That's the most foul, cruel, and bad-tempered rodent you ever set eyes on! Look, that squirrel's got a vicious streak a mile wide! It's a killer!" "I *warned* you, but did you listen to me? Oh, no, you *knew*, didn't you? Oh, it's just a harmless little *squirrel*, isn't it? |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2009-03-30 13:40 |
| #1 A .17 HMR bolt gun is the obvious solution to Ms Nutt's troubles. |
| Posted by: no mo uro 2009-03-30 12:43 |