Something squirrely's going on

Over the past few months, squirrels have managed to burrow their way through a hole in one of the shingles on my roof and have made themselves a little home. At first I thought the scratching noise I've been hearing above my bedroom window was birds, but no... they're squirrels. This was confirmed when I called my friendly neighborhood Critter Control. They pointed out a rather large squirrels nest in the tree next to my home. In fact, the branches are so close to the house that the squirrels have been able to easily go from the nest to the hole in the roof.

Well over the past week and a half, Critter Control has come by to set traps and so far have caught two squirrels. Since the last squirrel was caught and Derrick sawed off the branch with the squirrels nest, we haven't heard any more scratching (YAY!). Although I love, love, love this, I don't love what it's done to my pocketbook:

$250 for the trapping
$310 for repairing the damage the "critters" left behind, and
$50 for each squirrel caught (so far $100)
= TOO DAMN MUCH!

This week the Critter Control guy will be stomping around in my attic to make sure no squirrels have managed to get in there. The idea of this is BEYOND GROSS!! I once witnessed birds in an attic, when I was house hunting and it was the nastiest thing I'd ever seen. I can just imagine what kind of nastiest squirrels can leave behind.

Oh yeah, the Critter Control guy also mentioned that this is the time of year for squirrel babies. Babies, ya'll! Baby squirrels in my attic! I need some smelling salts, because the thought of this is just making me want to faint. UGH!

Pray for me and my pocketbook, ya'll...sigh.