A critter ate my duraflame log

[Jayne]

I've been making my own fire starters by taking bits of a duraflame log and wrapping them in newspaper. They work well enough and by using a walnut sized piece of the duraflame I'm not introducing any more creosote than the little $5 fire starters they sell in the store (or so I'm theorizing anyway, those things look like a duraflame log bit with a fancy paper wrapper which is where I got the idea).

Anyway, I left the log out where I was working on the patio and this morning I noticed the log had moved out onto the lawn. Last night some critter decided to drag it around and gnaw the end of it for a while. I suspect there is a dead critter somewhere now, that can't be good for you.

 

[Pack72]

I've been making my own fire starters by taking bits of a duraflame log and wrapping them in newspaper. They work well enough and by using a walnut sized piece of the duraflame I'm not introducing any more creosote than the little $5 fire starters they sell in the store (or so I'm theorizing anyway, those things look like a duraflame log bit with a fancy paper wrapper which is where I got the idea).

Anyway, I left the log out where I was working on the patio and this morning I noticed the log had moved out onto the lawn. Last night some critter decided to drag it around and gnaw the end of it for a while. I suspect there is a dead critter somewhere now, that can't be good for you.

Does your neighbor raise miniature goats?

 

[fieldgrade]

I use wadded up heavy-gauge aluminum foil to plug a few small holes that are too big for steel wool around my roof vents. The critters push it out of the holes into my attic and tear it to shreds. I don't know if it's a warning or what.

 

[Jayne]

Does your neighbor raise miniature goats?

We're the only house on the block with goats, so no, it's gotta be one of nature's pets that came by.

 

[Bailey Boat]

That's gonna be a BAD case of heartburn.... (pun intended).....

 

[Trevillian]

Maybe it'll be like a little propane tank on an rc car. Moving targets of explosive entertainment during your next nuisance elimination session

 

[Inglis]

Hillary did it.

 

[Lawless]

Hillary did it.

Nobody I know would let Hilary gnaw their log....

 

[Howland]

I use wadded up heavy-gauge aluminum foil to plug a few small holes that are too big for steel wool around my roof vents. The critters push it out of the holes into my attic and tear it to shreds. I don't know if it's a warning or what.

It is nothing so threatening. They just enjoy that tingly feeling when they chew it with teeth that have fillings.

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[Jp8819]

Leave it near a camera. My guess coon

 

[Fullboost21]

My guess is squirrels. I know a guy that used to keep a spare riding mower under his back deck, they chewed through the gas tank and ate the plastic. They also chewed off the spout on a gas can.

 

[Windini]

I use wadded up heavy-gauge aluminum foil to plug a few small holes that are too big for steel wool around my roof vents. The critters push it out of the holes into my attic and tear it to shreds. I don't know if it's a warning or what.

They're makin' chaff to defeat your Rodent Radar.

 

[Ghost1]

My guess is squirrels. I know a guy that used to keep a spare riding mower under his back deck, they chewed through the gas tank and ate the plastic. They also chewed off the spout on a gas can.

This^ We've seen squirrels eat through gas hoses running to propane grills at vacation homes where the gas was left on....we find out when the owners call because their tank is empty.

 

[Jayne]

I use wadded up heavy-gauge aluminum foil to plug a few small holes that are too big for steel wool around my roof vents. The critters push it out of the holes into my attic and tear it to shreds. I don't know if it's a warning or what.

Just shoot the.... oh wait... you live in Cary.

 

[fieldgrade]

Just shoot the.... oh wait... you live in Cary.

I have a 1966 Sears .22 air rifle that is deadly.

...and also illegal to discharge in the Containment Area.

When you get tired of the chickens, how about rent me that chicken palace as a winter cabin.

 

[Jayne]

...and also illegal to discharge in the Containment Area.

Don't make me laugh and point a second time.

When you get tired of the chickens, how about rent me that chicken palace as a winter cabin.

The wife got a 2nd batch of birds to go with the first, so it's getting kinda busy out there. I can offer you the donkey stall (currently being used to hold lumber) or a prime camping spot on the far side of the pond. Reservations for 2017 are filling fast, reserve your spot early for the best selection.

 

[Short Fuse]

My guess is squirrels. I know a guy that used to keep a spare riding mower under his back deck, they chewed through the gas tank and ate the plastic. They also chewed off the spout on a gas can.

The frickin squirrells eat the gas cap off my tiller almost every winter and usually one more thing of their choosing. I wonder what they like about them?

 

[Fullboost21]

The frickin squirrells eat the gas cap off my tiller almost every winter and usually one more thing of their choosing. I wonder what they like about them?

I have only head of them eating fuel containers or fuel system componets in the past few years. Wonder if they can smell the corn in the ethanol thats in pump gas now..

 

[Zedhound]

if it doesnt kill whatever ate it, its sure going to have some "fiery' poops

 

[fieldgrade]

I used to hang my yard tools and a wheelbarrow on a back wall of my last house under the eaves. Danged rodents would chew the plastic handles off the wheelbarrow and some of the yard tools. I keep all that stuff in the basement now at the current abode.

 

[Jp8819]

Squirrels are ruthless we had them eat plastic, chew building wiring insulation and worst was eat lead battery terminals and cable ends off a piece of equipment we had parked in shed over the winter.