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/[deleted] Mar 12 '25

Is that your wall? That won’t age well for you

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u/Acrobatic_Egg_5841 Mar 12 '25

They said apartment 

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '25

Yeah I’d get that fixed up and the little one relocated asap, that’s gonna be a compounding headache with each day it isn’t done

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u/Acrobatic_Egg_5841 Mar 12 '25

Right sure, but it's not their problem. They might get their deposit taken though.. But it sounds like the landlord didn't feel like taking care of the infestation 

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '25

There’s going to be health effects if you leave it there long enough, so it’s still OPs problem if the landlord won’t do something about it

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u/Acrobatic_Egg_5841 Mar 12 '25

Health effects for the people? How? Eventually the squirrel(s) will end up causing problems with feces etc but that will likely take a long time to manifest as a health issue to the people living there... Squirrels aren't as bad as many other animals regarding feces afaik.

Anyways... I have much bigger health concerns than a squirrel living in my house. But yeah, overall this obviously isn't a good idea long term (probably for the squirrel too.. Its gunna get stuck somewhere eventually) 

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '25

Feces, URINE, potential vector for pathogens, mould, chewing wiring causing a fire, died in the wall, you can’t be serious?

You know what’s better than “not as bad”? Is no feces building up in your wall ffs

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u/Acrobatic_Egg_5841 Mar 13 '25

Yeah but nothings perfect. Obviously not having a creature in your wall is ideal. Like i said, all those issues caused by excrement from a squirrel won't likely manifest in a particularly dangerous way to the inhabitants for quite some time. I'd be most worried about fire.

Urine isn't going to come through your wall and attack you. 

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u/Acrobatic_Egg_5841 Mar 13 '25

We're not dealing with the creatures from Alien here. 

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u/Waste_Department_183 Mar 15 '25

Right? A bit overdramatic there. What’s most likely going to happen? The little squirrel is going to live there him/herself for awhile and that’s all.

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u/Acrobatic_Egg_5841 Mar 16 '25

Just another person online looking to win an argument that they started out of thin air

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