Good kitty. Really.

[sosoclever]

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[alice_bunnie]

Once a baby squirrel got into the house in the middle of the night... the cats were harassing it, but no harm had been done. I got it locked into one of the bathrooms, however when I went to check in the morning it had drowned in the toilet. :O

A couple of times chipmunks have gotten into the house, I usually throw a towel over them then sweep them into a basket or hamper and take them outside.

[sosoclever]

Poor squirrel! Poor you finding it!

Jane caught a second one (another baby), and I just took it outside. The first one is still where I left it, breathing heavily, laying kind of upside down. I'm pretty sure its back is broken.

I really want to kill it and end its suffering, but I don't know what to do. What if I try and fail, and just make it worse?

At least I've secured the cabinet door in the kitchen, where they've been coming from. They get into the cabinet with the garbage and compost bucket, and they pretty much stay in there. Until a cat drags them out and encourages them to run around the house.

[stacye13]

Whack it with a cast iron pan.

[sosoclever]

I thought about something similar, but I just know I'd only make matters worse, and then I'd have really been a wreck. As would the mouse.

[retro_rider55]

I once found a mouse that not only had the misfortune to 'find' a mousetrap, but went at it from the wrong end. It had been caught acroos it's lower back, not on the neck. Poor thing was still alive.:(

[sosoclever]

That seems to happen a lot.:-(

[retro_rider55]

I've also mentioned before that one of our toms had caught a Tufted Woodpecker; one of it's wings was broken & it was generally roughed up. I had to break it's neck. I hope I did that quickly enough. They never do teach you the Vulcan Bird pinch in public schools...

[retro_rider55]

Ow; that's sad...