Not What I Expected Coming Home to Sunday Morning

Ok so anyone who knows me knows I have a very old house..over 100 years old in fact and that it needs some work and that the hubs wells he's not exactly a handy man.We've made it nice in many areas so far but it's a work in progress..with an old home you are bound to have some issues and boy we got a dousy! Over the last several years we've had a squirrel make its home inside ours somewhere in the wall and have babies. Hubs doesn't do well with this..but the first time we discovered what was happening I decided I was going to get a live trap and take care of it before the damn thing ate a wire and caught our house on fire. I was TERRIFIED of course but so was he lol. He's not so into wild animals and tends to procrastinate so I took matters into my own hands. Each time this has happened I have caught the baby squirrels but I have never captured the mother. Well one year none came in and then again this year one did..we must have some sort of hole or something where they are entering but we can't find it so all we can do is try and catch them. This year for some reason the squirrel came in very early and I tried over and over to catch it but it kept getting the bait out of the trap without actually setting the trap off. I was getting frustrated especially with Miss Gracie arrival now because it is disgusting to me that this thing is in the wall and drop ceilings at times.

Funny thing happened the other night. Sophie the giraffe arrived and we were sitting in the den and I started to squeak it and I heard the squirrel who I call Rocky lol..above running about but it sounded as if there were more than one. I assumed she had her babies and these are always relatively easy to capture. I got the Cage down Saturday and baited it up again..my previous bait was gone..probably taken by momma. I thought I'd have a baby by Saturday night but I kept hearing action in the ceiling by the trap but nothing.

Yesterday upon arriving home after church and breakfast I came home to find the shield missing from the light area in our restroom and this

Needless to say the hubs was not happy.My mind raced..was it in the house..were we about to relive the movie Christmas Vacation lmao????? Just then I glanced into the other room and saw this nasty site


I was not happy about this disgusting thing on my carpet..ewww..but happy that he was eliminated because of my hero

The momma has left and the babies are behind. I know I hear at least one and so now I am totally freaked out. I have never had one fall thru one of the light shields..I am so thankful we weren't home and so thankful that Payton is on the ball around here. I think when I placed the trap in the ceiling I may not have had the shield in correctly the little squirrel walked on it and bam fell thru..utterly disgusting but one down and hopefully only one more to go...RIP Rocky I.