Wee Furry Beasties - The Follow Up

After about 10 days, our humane trap in the attic wasn’t having much success so unfortunately we decided something more drastic would be needed. We weren’t going to put poison down because if the creature left the loft and then was eaten by a cat, the cat would suffer as well. Plus we didn’t want it rotting in the attic. We bought 2 very strong rat traps, so now we had 3 traps up there. Nothing caught after a week but a couple of days ago we found a dead lérot. Richard checked again today and bingo, the humane trap had something in. When we looked closer, the beast in question was a rat. We took the cage down the road and released him in the ruisseau. I hope that he doesn’t return.

I do wish that the lérot had managed to find this trap!

Wee Furry Beasties!

We know that we have little furry creatures around the garden, the cat has brought some in and we have heard them chomping nuts in the hedges. We have even heard nuts rolling in the guttering, but in the last week or so, they have been more obvious. When the house is all quiet and especially at night, we have heard little footsteps scampering above us in the attic. As it was particularly noisy 2 nights ago Richard decided to have a closer look. He thought that he saw little piles of “poo” and what looks like a nest in the insulation so we decided that something drastic had to be done. Not too drastic. Someone suggested putting Tabby up there for a couple of days but I think that she would be more frightened than our little guest. We don’t want to kill them if possible, so we bought a humane trap. We have duly baited it and are now waiting for the results. So far nothing has been tempted. We think that the animal might be a Lérot (a garden dormouse) which are very sweet but we don’t want our wires and pipes eaten.

We will keep you posted.

Something else the cat brought in.

Whist having dinner the other evening, we realised that the cat wanted to come in after her meander around the garden. Not only did she come in, but also the little lérot in her mouth. Once inside, she duly let it go and it shot up the wall and then behind the curtains. We opened the doors hoping that it would make a quick get away, unfortunately, it didn’t take the hint. After a little light persuasion with a brush, it did disappear. We didn’t actually see it go out but there is no evidence of it in the house. We keep expecting to see its little face peep out over the top of the curtains. It was a sweet little creature with a very pretty face.