> Most cats won't bother with a squirrel, but mine were > abandoned by their former owner to starve so they learned > to hunt them My cat used to hunt squirrels in her younger days (she'll be 19 this fall). Used to eat them, and save the tail as a play toy. Sometimes she would only eat the brains out of the back of the head. I, too, hate squirrels. Dang things ravaged last year's corn and squash crops, along with the tomatoes. About the only thing they don't go after is the chiles. They haven't been a nuisance yet this year, but the tomatoes aren't ripe. I reserve the right to dispatch them with either the "high speed lead poisoning" mentioned before, or the "Have-a-Heart swimming lessons" technique. Scott... all squirrels must die... KCK