^bug eyed little varmit^

It’s an epic struggle between man and beast, and it’s taking place in and around my apartment. Like many places throughout the U.S., there are squirrels in CO. Some of these squirrels happen to live outside my apartment. However, there is one squirrel that is different.

Last Wednesday morning before school I heard a scratching noise coming from the bedroom. I went to investigate, and saw a squirrel about 3′ from my window. It turned around, and we had a good old-fashioned stare-down. I won. Or so I thought. I went to school and thought nothing more of that morning’s events.

Later that night I came home after Tony. He called me to see where I was, and I asked him if he had dinner started. He said, “No, I’ve been cleaning up poop.” Since we don’t have pets, I knew this was a bad thing. Apparently the squirrel had retaliated, chewed through two of my screen windows, and run all over my apartment, pooping as it went. Lovely. *addendum* We just noticed that the squirrel climbed about 3 feet UP the one screen window, in order to chew through it and get into / out of our apartment. This squirrel is crazy. And it was staring us down again, this morning. Interesting. *end addendum*

Fast forward to this morning. We hear pounding noises outside our window. It’s the squirrel, frantically running between the bedroom and kitchen window, trying to find a way to chew inside. Again. Even though the windows were closed. And we were home.

It’s a really healthy looking squirrel, great coat, bushy tail, so it doesn’t have the plague. It is a little crazed in the eyes, though. My boss suggested that I charge it rent. Honestly, though, I’d rather just shoot it. Anyone have a .22 (edit: though a shottie sounds good, too) I can borrow for a few days?