Posted By: huntin86
Flying Squirrels - 12/10/14 04:06 PM
I have a customer who has a flying squirrel/s, and so far my trapping efforts are not sucessful. The activity is only happening at night, customer is hearing running and scratching in ceilings and door jams, and "chirping" noises, which Mike Hurley Identified for me in an audio clip as a flyer. I have never had a flyer call and have never seen a flyer in my 28 years in west central IL. Anyways I would prefer to trap them for the learning experience and just because I want to see them. so far I have 2 traps on the outside of the house at openings ( no chewing or scratches, insulating etc present) and have several other traps in the attic spaces i can access with no success for a week. The home is a hip and ridge roof with 2 porches only 1 porch attic i can access and the activity is around the porch with no access unless i open a metal roof vent. So i have found no toilet or any other signs. So far the activity is not every night night lows are between 25-35 degrees, is this normal? From what i have read they can be difficult to trap but i was assuming the activity would be heard almost every night. So far I am using PB, bird seed, WCS squirrel bait, and Jameson's night flyer lure.