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What to do with dead squirrel

Muse

Muse

Lifer
Last evening I saw it, traumatized by a blow to the head or neck from the rat trap it had hit in my backyard. The trap was tethered to a tree. The ah heck (or its cousin) has been digging up my newly planted squash seeds and this is the only way I've been able to control (somewhat) the problem.

This morning it's surely dead (I saw one, maybe the same one) that was evidently stunned from hitting the trap a few days ago, looking dead, but when I turned my back it darted away.

Warm weather is expected the next few days here in Berkeley, CA (~80 degrees) and wonder about putting it in plastic bags (nested) in my trash container, pickup being Wednesday morning. Call a city agency? Bury it in my back yard? What would you do?
 
I would scoop it up with a shovel and toss it into the woods.

I know some towns' waste management won't take animal corpses - too much of a disease threat.
 
I'd throw it in the trash. There's probably some ordinance against it, but I don't care.
 
1. Not sure I understand what you are saying as the OP isn't in English.
2. If I understand from the topic title, put the squirrel in a zip lock bag and place in freezer. When Dwight comes over for dinner, thaw the squirrel and serve it. Or just freeze it and throw it out on trash day.
 
I guess the one that makes the most sense is put it in plastic bags, nested (my idea) and freeze. Put in trash Wednesday morning, pickup day. Less gross than my first idea of in the refrigerator. At least I don't go into my freezer too often. Shouldn't be a problem. Legal? I don't know, but I figure that noone will ever know. That's what I always did when I had a rat problem in my attic. I must have tossed dozens of the critters into bags and then into the trash. Never put in the refrigerator, though. This critter is 5x bigger than any rat I've seen.
 
Originally posted by: amdskip
So cliffs, you killed a squirrel and now you don't know what to do with it?
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It seems like his plan wasn't well thought out.

Anyways, take a shovel and use it to drop it into a garbage bag. It will stink as bad as any piece of raw meat. Most of those laws against disposing of animal bodies in the garbage are because people were trying to dispose of dead large pets and things. They're not going to worry about something like a squirrel.
 
Originally posted by: ironwing
Decapitate it and post its head on a spike as a warning to the other squirrels to stay out of your garden.
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:laugh:

Those buggers are soooo dumb. That same squirrel (I figure it was the same one) was hitting my two rat traps out there for close to two weeks and never learned its lesson. That trap looks semi-demolished now, though. Don't know if I'll be able to fix it.
 
Originally posted by: Muse
Originally posted by: ironwing
Decapitate it and post its head on a spike as a warning to the other squirrels to stay out of your garden.
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:laugh:

Those buggers are soooo dumb. That same squirrel (I figure it was the same one) was hitting my two rat traps out there for close to two weeks and never learned its lesson. That trap looks semi-demolished now, though. Don't know if I'll be able to fix it.

Really, though, keeping squirrels away has been a problem. They dig up the seeds at planting time and late in the season when the winter squash are ripening on the vines last year (not in previous years) they developed a taste for the squash. They attacked several, eating half of many. I lost ~10% of my crop to them. Chicken wire would probably be effective in getting my seedlings going but I may have to rely on traps to control things late in the season. They even started climbing the vines to get the ones that were raised.
 
You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. Dey's uh, squirrel -kabobs, squirrel creole, squirrel gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple squirrel lemon squirrel, coconut squirrel, pepper squirrel, squirrel soup, squirrel stew, squirrel salad, squirrel and potatoes, squirrel burger, squirrel sandwich...

That- that's about it.
 
just take it and hurl it into the neighbor's yard

edit I do that with gophers all the time, but the neighbor has a couple acres and just lets wild tall grass and weeds grow on a big part of it, that's my critter burial ground.
 
I've put dead crows in the trash (like 5 times bigger then a squirrel) so I'd just put it in the trash. Look into how the traps are setup so it does not happen again. You could probably get fined if someone finds out and reports you.
 
Originally posted by: Amused
You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. Dey's uh, squirrel -kabobs, squirrel creole, squirrel gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple squirrel lemon squirrel, coconut squirrel, pepper squirrel, squirrel soup, squirrel stew, squirrel salad, squirrel and potatoes, squirrel burger, squirrel sandwich...

That- that's about it.
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:thumbsup::laugh:
 
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