This morning - we had a RACOON in the trap!! Pictures to hopefully follow (although Jamey made fun of me for both blogging about it yesterday and then wanting pictures today). I know Jamey was thrilled (insert heavy sarcasm here) to be awoken with the news of the critter capture - as that meant he had to get up out of bed to deal with it before work! And last night, I had asked his plans for critter removal and his response was "I will cross that bridge when I get to it". I don't think he was anticipating arriving at that bridge so quickly! :) Jamey also announced that I should not be so excited that it may not be our roof living creature, but instead "some random neighborhood raccoon that was sniffed out the food in the trap." However - last night, before bed - when he checked the trap - the door had been sprung shut and the trap moved a bit, but was empty. When I went to bed - I heard the roof scuttling/digging noises - so I knew critter had returned to the roof. Then this morning, no noises and full trap - which to me indicates a strong possiblity that this is the offending raccoon. Either way - one potential roof resident down - we will see if we get more tonight!!
UPDATE:
Critter has been released into the wild in rural Scott County. Apparently, critter did NOT enjoy time in cage or car ride - Jamey reports the raccoon ran quite quickly when freed. Received a phone call from Richard tonight, who was a bit disappointed that his services were not needed in "racoon disposal".
