Squirrly animals

We had a friend come visit us this last weekend for a couple days an she noticed in the bedroom it sounded like something was scampering on the roof. As it turned out it was in the attic trying to claw into the bedroom. Now the first reaction is mouse or rat and I really don't want to have to deal with one of those punks. So I do the walk around the house trying to figure out where he got in which turned out to be on the opposite side of the house. This morning I finally got up in the attic to see at least what it was and how easy I might catch the darn thing. Turns out its a stinking squirrel. At least its a young one but it has a heck of a lot of energy bouncing around up there. Unfortunately a squirrel is what you don't want to have up there. I would have been better off with a rodent as they are easier to catch and don't smell as bad when they die. I wanted to catch this stupid thing and release it back into the wild and not really interfere with nature but after talking with one of these animal trappers.... screw him. If you want him out, get him out by any means possible quickly. Once they pee up there its like the homing beacon for others, chewing and clawing through plastic, wood, or anything else that may stand between the outside world and their long lost buddy. Apparently raccoons are even dumb enough to take bait and be trapped. Squirrels require a maze built around the opening that in hopes of sometime within a couple weeks they will try to go through it and get trapped. No wonder he charges $275 for his services. I'm going to have to try myself first in hopes this damn squirrel didn't make it to squirrel school yet and is a sucker. I'm sending London out in the yard to round up as many as she can for interrogation and secrets for removal. Maybe one will defect to save its own life.