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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2012 20:04:21 GMT -5
A .22 rifle, for us.
Kim, really interesting that you've never seen fleas or ticks. I wonder if that's one of the regional differences. I'm going to look over the next squirrel more closely. I know that when alive, they sure seem to itch and scratch a lot!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2012 1:40:18 GMT -5
Keri,
My ferrets itch and scratch a fair amount too and none of them have fleas.... come to think of it I scratch my scalp quite a bit, and don't have fleas, ticks, mites or lice..... being a hairy mammal means frequent itching and scratching relieves that!:-) ;-)
Once, with several squirrels waiting to shed their skins, a green bottle fly flew in and immediately laid its eggs on one of the squirrels nostrils! Needless to say, I eliminated them prior to offering the squirrel head.
Yes, a .22 calibre either long rifle slug, or sometimes a simple air pump pellet gun have been used to annihilate the tree rats. I suppose a well baited rat spring trap would suffice to capture some, but I haven't tried that method. Yet.
Interestingly my ferrets don't eat the paws or tails.
A bit of Pocket Fuzz from my A100 with Tapatalk
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Post by crazylady on Jul 9, 2012 15:09:23 GMT -5
Hi mine have eaten squirrel with no problems ( so have I cooked of course for me lol ) I normally skin them for my lot as the hair is really coarse and its easier to portion them up it all adds natural variety to the diet take care bye for now
Bev
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