Support your local chipmunk

[versitile1]

I'm pretty sure that the chipmunks around the cottage are STD free.


(While they can be a bit of a nuisance in a cottage garage during winter with the storage of acorns, etc., it all depends how you allow them to find places to nest, otherwise, they are harmless and cute).

My point is that rodents carry diseases. Chipmunks fall under that category.

I live outside the city, so I see them everyday when it gets warm out. Sure, they're cute, but that doesn't mean I'm gonna start hand feeding them, and once they come in my garage/house/garden, I treat them like any other rodent trying to infest my property.

 

[versitile1]

Apparently an owner of Magnotta Wines in Vaughan died of Lyme Disease. It's a quiet killer.

Doctors regularly misdiagnose Lyme disease to the point that it's not unheard of for someone to have suffered for years without proper treatment.

 

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My point is that rodents carry diseases. Chipmunks fall under that category.

I live outside the city, so I see them everyday when it gets warm out. Sure, they're cute, but once they come in my garage/house/garden, I treat them like any other rodent trying to infest my property.

You kill them,...!!!

A lot of wild life, including people carry diseases,...so lets kill every form of life.

Once again,...chipmunks do NOT infest,...and how the hell would they even get in your house,...what do they do to your garden,...???

If you do live outside the city, they do not infest human occupied buildings.

And you do NOT get ticks from chipmunks,...you get ticks from walking in the bush were they live.

A tick is not going to jump from a chipmunk to you, while you hand it a peanut.

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[versitile1]

You kill them,...!!!

A lot of wild life, including people carry diseases,...so lets kill every form of life.

Once again,...chipmunks do NOT infest,...and how the hell would they even get in your house,...what do they do to your garden,...???

If you do live outside the city, they do not infest human occupied buildings.

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Do you allow mice and rats to live in your house? Let me guess, you don't consider that an infestation, either? Do you hand feed them, too? As long as they stay outside, there is no problem. And yes, they do get into houses and garages and will destroy a garden if you let them.

And you do realize there are ways to live trap rodents, right? Emotional, much?

Keep hand feeding them, and we'll find out.

 

[GPIDEAL]

Doctors regularly misdiagnose Lyme disease to the point that it's not unheard of for someone to have suffered for years without proper treatment.

I heard that too, and that's why it can be even more deadly.

The Magnotta Wine Family has started a foundation to support awareness and prevention.

 

[escapefromstress]

Do you allow mice and rats to live in your house? Let me guess, you don't consider that an infestation, either? Do you hand feed them, too? As long as they stay outside, there is no problem. And yes, they do get into houses and garages and will destroy a garden if you let them.

And you do realize there are ways to live trap rodents, right? Emotional, much?

Just because you don't like a certain species, doesn't mean everyone has to dislike them. Live and let live. Kill or be killed. Or something like that.

 

[GPIDEAL]

My point is that rodents carry diseases. Chipmunks fall under that category.

I live outside the city, so I see them everyday when it gets warm out. Sure, they're cute, but that doesn't mean I'm gonna start hand feeding them, and once they come in my garage/house/garden, I treat them like any other rodent trying to infest my property.

Understood.

They usually run away and not wait to be fed. We don't feed them, otherwise, they will get more cozy and may get inside the cottage. It's nice to see them in their natural habitat.

 

[Locogp40]

I have spoken to my chipmunk and told him some of the things that have been said, he was absolutely speechless. He found the allegations disgusting and false, he says he always is sure to groom and wash himself before all visits (incall/outcall) :nod:

 

[versitile1]

Just because you don't like a certain species, doesn't mean everyone has to dislike them. Live and let live. Kill or be killed. Or something like that.

I like chipmunks just fine. But you would never catch me hand feeding one or have one living in my house. I think they are best observed from a distance, in their natural habitat, performing their natural behaviour.

 

[wellhungone]

Many years ago we had a squirrel that would always hang around. So we started leaving food for it. It would return every night like clock work. Over the summer it got used to us in the backyard that it would actually come up to us.
We were eating dinner one night and it hopped up on the table.
Thats when I decided that I not feeding it anymore, it got too comfortable with us. They need to get their own food, I didnt want some furry over grown rat sharing my dinner.

 

[malata]

I'm sure we all love Chipmunks and I'm not insinuating anything by posting this info. - just FYI:

http://www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/c...nnel=a5737729050f0410VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD

Trapping and poisoning


Although trapping is a quick answer, it does not solve the problem. If one animal has found a way to get in, so will others. Trapping may also leave starving young behind to die, causing a bigger problem. Current Ministry of Natural Resources guidelines state that using body gripping traps or placing poison could result in criminal charges and/or provincial charges with fines up $5,000.


However:

https://www.ontario.ca/page/wild-animal-control-rules-municipalities

Municipalities can use licensed hunters or trappers to help deal with furbearing mammals (e.g., coyotes, beavers, skunks, etc.) within their municipal boundaries.


These animal control activities can only be carried out during the open season unless the animal is damaging or about to damage property.


The municipality:


sets the terms of arrangements with the hunter or trapper
pays for any services
A municipality does not need a special permit or authorization from the Ministry of Natural Resources to do this.


Hired hunters or trappers must:

comply with the conditions of their licence
follow hunting and trapping rules (e.g., use of pelts)
follow any local by-laws (e.g., when/where firearms can be used)

Types of furbearing animals
Hunters or trappers can be used to control:


beaver
bobcat
coyote
fisher
fox (Arctic, red)
lynx
marten
mink
muskrat
opossum
otter
raccoon
red squirrel
striped skunk
weasel (least, long-tailed, short-tailed or ermine)
wolf
Use a wildlife agent
You can also use a municipal employee to protect property from most species of wild animals on your behalf. The employee must have responsibilities related to animal control.

 

[versitile1]

http://www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=a5737729050f0410VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD

Also, from the website:

Feeding wildlife can be harmful to both people and animals and is not allowed under the Municipal Code. The city educates and warn residents first, but if this does not stop the behaviour, further action can be taken.

 

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Do you allow mice and rats to live in your house?.

I don't allow ANY wild animals to live in my house,...that's an ignorant unfounded insult.


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Let me guess, you don't consider that an infestation, either? Do you hand feed them, too? As long as they stay outside, there is no problem. And yes, they do get into houses and garages and will destroy a garden if you let them..

How the hell would I consider it an infestation,...if they are not in my house,...I keep it clean,...YOU,...???.

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And you do realize there are ways to live trap rodents, right? Emotional, much?.

I don't need to trap and kill anything,...I do not,...and never will have an infestation,...it may happen in garbage strewn neighbour hoods, but not in mine.

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Keep hand feeding them, and we'll find out.

There is nothing for me to find out,...we have been doing this for 12 years,...and if you knew anything about wild life,...the ones we feed 12 years ago, are all dead.

I lived on a farm until I was 13, ( poor), with buildings not much more than shacks and a not so great house,...we NEVER had an infestation of any sort, let alone from chipmunks.

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[drc75]

What are the odds that a thread about chipmunks eventually gets locked?

 

[versitile1]

Fuck Alvin, fuck Simon, and fuck Theodore. There, I said it, ok.

 

[Mod42]

What are the odds that a thread about chipmunks eventually gets locked?

I'd say there's a good chance.

To those posters who can't get along, TERB is providing a handy picture:

Feel free to punch your monitor if it will relieve your stress.

Sweet fuck, I had to close a goddamned CHIPMUNK thread.