# Chipmunk in the garage--any advice? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 22, 2006, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chipmunk-in-the-garage-any-advice/365634 "2006-07-22T21:45:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chipmunk-in-the-garage-any-advice/365634/21 "2006-07-23T13:52:44Z")
[QUOTE=MsRobyn] One never knows, do one? [/QUOTE] _ **The Shadow do.** _ ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chipmunk-in-the-garage-any-advice/365634/22 "2006-07-23T15:43:34Z")
Boo Boop Be Do ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chipmunk-in-the-garage-any-advice/365634/23 "2006-07-23T15:50:37Z")
[QUOTE=moonstarssun] Could I interest you in some zucchini instead? [/QUOTE] There is no sadder sight than someone in the grocery store buying zucchini in July, because it is proof positive that the person has absolutely no friends. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chipmunk-in-the-garage-any-advice/365634/24 "2006-07-23T16:01:10Z")
[QUOTE=moonstarssun] A chipmunk got into our garage today, and it’s now hiding under some shelves. I left both doors open and put some sunflower seeds next to the closest one, hoping it would lure it out, but so far nothing. Any advice, preferably that doesn’t involve harming the chipmunk, calling a professional, burning down the house, etc., is welcome! [/QUOTE] There goes my suggestion, which involved a .22 calibre gun loaded with subsonic ammunition, or an air rifle… You could always create an Atomic Super Chipmunk to do battle with the Garage-Dwelling Chipmunk… of course, the amount of paperwork involved in getting the necessary toxic nuclear waste to create an Atomic Super Chipmunk is just mind-boggling, and it won’t do anything good to your insurance premiums, either. 😉 Still, if we’re going down the Mad Scientist route, perhaps some kind of Albino Shouting Gorilla might be in order? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chipmunk-in-the-garage-any-advice/365634/25 "2006-07-23T16:07:07Z")
[QUOTE=moonstarssun] Wow, so many good ideas. Thanks everyone! I was going to grab a specimen cup and go out looking for a coyote, but I think the chipmunk is back outside. The sunflower seeds in the garage are still untouched, and after this much time I think he’d have eaten at least some of them. Either that or he died of fright and in two or three days the garage will stink and we’ll be hauling everything out so we can find the carcass. **LOUNE** , I’ll do my best on those strawberries, but I don’t know if our little reticulated friend will leave any. Could I interest you in some zucchini instead? [/QUOTE] Zucchini? Who are you trying to poison, the squirrel or me? Bleh! um…what does zucchini taste like? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chipmunk-in-the-garage-any-advice/365634/26 "2006-07-23T19:03:43Z")
[QUOTE=Martini Enfield] perhaps some kind of Albino Shouting Gorilla might be in order? 😃 [/QUOTE] WTF? Some Great Ape that ambles about crying, “Albino! Oh, perfidious Albino!” with it’s hand in it’s pocket? ---
**Author:** ![spingears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@spingears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spingears)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chipmunk-in-the-garage-any-advice/365634/27 "2006-07-24T00:02:04Z")
[QUOTE=moonstarssun] A chipmunk got into our garage today, and it’s now hiding under some shelves. I left both doors open and put some sunflower seeds next to the closest one, hoping it would lure it out, but so far nothing. Any advice, preferably that doesn’t involve harming the chipmunk, calling a professional, burning down the house, etc., is welcome! [/QUOTE] A small/medium “Hav-A-Heart” trap or rat bait from the Big Orange Box Store. Either one can be very effective. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chipmunk-in-the-garage-any-advice/365634/28 "2006-07-24T00:22:56Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] Ooh. I am reminded of an ancient African chipmunk removal technique. Get a wild lion into the garage. The chipmunk will come out and play with the lion. Then, remove lion and the chipmunk will follow. [/QUOTE] For some reason, this reminds me of an old Looney Tune called, IIRC, _Dime To Retire_. Elmer Fudd (or Porky Pig, I forget which) is at a hotel where rooms are ten-cents a night. Daffy Duck is the manager- and of course, you can’t trust Daffy. He intentionally sneaks a mouse into Elmer’s room and charges Elmer more money for a mouse removal tool- a cat. So now Elmer has a cat in his room, so Daffy charges him for a cat removal tool- a dog. This goes on until Elmer has an elephant in his room and has to pay hundreds of dollars for an elephant removal tool- which is, of course, a mouse. So Elmer’s back where he started. Long story short, I think **Least Original User Name Ever** is trying to scam you. ---
**Author:** ![Canadiangirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Canadiangirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadiangirl)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chipmunk-in-the-garage-any-advice/365634/29 "2006-07-28T18:44:49Z")
Can you send your chipmunk to me? I miss my last one - he used to sit on my hand and eat peanuts until the stupid cats in my neighbourhood got him. I could just about shoot the owners! But their cat has come home soaked with the hose on more than one occasion since! ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chipmunk-in-the-garage-any-advice/365634/30 "2006-07-28T18:57:49Z")
[QUOTE=AuntiePam] I found a website that recommended coyote urine. So if you could just get your coyote to pee in the garage . . . [/QUOTE] [This may or may not help.](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001075/) ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chipmunk-in-the-garage-any-advice/365634/31 "2006-07-28T19:00:17Z")
Leave out a tiny top hat and cane, and set up a video camera. Once you’ve caught him singing “Hello, My Baby” on video, you can scoop him up and take him to an agent to make lots and lots of money. No, wait, that only works on frogs. E. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chipmunk-in-the-garage-any-advice/365634/32 "2006-07-28T19:00:59Z")
[QUOTE=Canadiangirl] the stupid cats in my neighbourhood got him. [/QUOTE] I’m sorry to hear that, but you seem to be dealing with it in a fair and rational way. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chipmunk-in-the-garage-any-advice/365634/33 "2006-07-28T19:02:48Z")
Bull snakes do a pretty good job of keeping the chipmunk population down. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chipmunk-in-the-garage-any-advice/365634/34 "2006-07-28T19:05:30Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] WTF? Some Great Ape that ambles about crying, “Albino! Oh, perfidious Albino!” with it’s hand in it’s pocket? [/QUOTE] No. Too highbrow. No highbrow monkeys. > [@](#): > > Professor Hubert Farnsworth: And now I want to shout our love from the rooftops. Perhaps I’ll breed some sort of albino shouting gorilla… ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chipmunk-in-the-garage-any-advice/365634/35 "2006-07-28T19:08:53Z")
[QUOTE=freckafree] There is no sadder sight than someone in the grocery store buying zucchini in July, because it is proof positive that the person has absolutely no friends. [/QUOTE] Or enemies. In these parts, you have to lock your door this time of year, or total strangers will come in and leave zucchini on your kitchen table. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chipmunk-in-the-garage-any-advice/365634/36 "2006-07-28T19:13:14Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] Or enemies. In these parts, you have to lock your door this time of year, or total strangers will come in and leave zucchini on your kitchen table. [/QUOTE] Yup. _Thaaaat’s_ why I don’t live in New Jersey. The Zucchini Mafia. YUP-yup-yupyuyup! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chipmunk-in-the-garage-any-advice/365634/37 "2006-07-28T19:21:36Z")
[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor] No. Too highbrow. No highbrow monkeys. [/QUOTE] Which is why the Duke of Wellington warned Napoleon, “Do not monkey with the English Public School System!” ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chipmunk-in-the-garage-any-advice/365634/38 "2006-07-28T20:53:20Z")
Well, you could just wait until the garage gets cold, and the chipmunk will climb up inside the engine of your car to get warm. Unfortunately, the last time we tried that one, the chipmunk got caught in an air-conditioning belt and got a little _too_ warm. Seriously, why are you feeding the chipmunk sunflower seeds? You’ll only teach it that this is where food comes from. Go for a live-capture trap- they’ll sell them at farm-supply stores. ---
**Author:** ![indecisive1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/41988e/32.png) [@indecisive1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/indecisive1)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chipmunk-in-the-garage-any-advice/365634/39 "2006-07-28T22:13:42Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] Zucchini? Who are you trying to poison, the squirrel or me? Bleh! um…what does zucchini taste like? [/QUOTE] Zucchini tastes sort of like crunchy air, unless it is overcooked, then it is more like jello brand jigglers gone wrong. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chipmunk-in-the-garage-any-advice/365634/40 "2006-07-28T23:13:18Z")
[QUOTE=indecisive1] Zucchini tastes sort of like crunchy air, unless it is overcooked, then it is more like jello brand jigglers gone wrong. [/QUOTE] :rolleyes: Fry in olive oil with garlic. Sprinkle a little shredded Romano cheese on it. Fry in tempura batter. Serve with various dips. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chipmunk-in-the-garage-any-advice/365634.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chipmunk-in-the-garage-any-advice/365634.md?page=3)