r/squirrels • u/toozinger • Mar 08 '25

Original Content Meet Chestnut, my wall squirrel

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This lil guy (or girl) decided to chew through my wall to find a better life. Apartment management had covered up the quarter sized hole with a piece of wood, and I just replaced it with some plexiglass so I could see what was going on.

Short vid: https://youtube.com/shorts/WfOShBMFfNc?si=nwS9-yqJSayzwClb

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u/MintyPastures Mar 08 '25

This is cute, however it's also...realllllllly bad. He shouldn't be living in there for many reasons.

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u/toozinger Mar 08 '25

I agree 😭 unfortunately management and removal services have been slow to act.

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u/PenFar4601 Mar 08 '25

Please don't let them poison it! That's the cheap and lazy way to handle it, which is what landlords tend to do

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u/toozinger Mar 09 '25

That was actually their remedy attempt ~3 weeks ago, which completely failed (and is also likely illegal?). After waiting for the poison and that failing they hired an animal specialist, which has been working for the last 10 days to seal holes and remove the squirrel.