Chipmunk in the garage--any advice?

The Shadow do.

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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.

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. :wink:

Still, if we’re going down the Mad Scientist route, perhaps some kind of Albino Shouting Gorilla might be in order? :smiley:

Zucchini? Who are you trying to poison, the squirrel or me?
Bleh!
um…what does zucchini taste like?

WTF? Some Great Ape that ambles about crying, “Albino! Oh, perfidious Albino!” with it’s hand in it’s pocket?

A small/medium “Hav-A-Heart” trap or rat bait from the Big Orange Box Store.
Either one can be very effective.

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.

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!

This may or may not help.

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.

I’m sorry to hear that, but you seem to be dealing with it in a fair and rational way.

Bull snakes do a pretty good job of keeping the chipmunk population down.

No.
Too highbrow.
No highbrow monkeys.

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.

Yup.

Thaaaat’s why I don’t live in New Jersey.

The Zucchini Mafia.

YUP-yup-yupyuyup!

Which is why the Duke of Wellington warned Napoleon, “Do not monkey with the English Public School System!”

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.

Zucchini tastes sort of like crunchy air, unless it is overcooked, then it is more like jello brand jigglers gone wrong.

:rolleyes:

Fry in olive oil with garlic. Sprinkle a little shredded Romano cheese on it.

Fry in tempura batter. Serve with various dips.