A Weasel in the garage, that's different. They are kind of cute, but not in the garage.I did have a couple of 'coons try to set up shop in mine last year. They came in the old chimney flue and it was hard to persuade them to go.
Around 15 years ago, I kept seeing something darting around in the flowers while I was gardening. My husband had always been a trapper, so I asked him - what's smaller than a rabbit but twice as fast, long, and brownish? As husbands sometimes will, he thought I was crazy.
Until one day while he and some buddies were out in the garage... He ran in to the house and said my mystery critter was a weasel. The guys were all set to trap it, because that was their thing. I asked if it was doing any damage. One thing I knew for sure, there had been zero snakes, and the vole/mole problem that had been getting worse was suddenly gone. Dan added that there were no mice at all in the garage, and there was no sign at all of any animal, no damage, no poop, nothing. Like the weasel crawled under the tool bench to sleep, and that was it.
So I said leave it. If I had an issue with the dogs, I'd have him trap it. But my garage is kept closed so the dogs wouldn't meet up with the weasel in there, and so far, none have had an encounter in the yard. I do worry about Georgia, because she is territorial, and my prior dogs were not. They can be vicious though, and I do go out with G to keep an eye on her.
They're not like raccoons though. I'd call in the National Guard if I had one of those move in!
It seems like I'll see them some years, some not, hadn't seen any in a few years now. But I heard him in the garage, and I've seen new tunnels in the yard since the fence went up. This might be number 5 or 10, I doubt it's the same one for all these years. They're all Ron though.
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