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Charlie: We’ve got Adam in Cypress wrote to us. He says, “I’m renting a home and there are squirrels in the attic.”
Tom: Shoot them.
Charlie: Don’t we all know how that feels? I do every Sunday morning. Trust me.
“Does my landlord have to remove them, or is that something I have to handle myself?”
Tom: I think I would make a call to the landlord …
.. and find out what he wants to do. Now, here’s the deal. You can live in the house and the squirrels could be up there. Squirrels do a ton of damage.
Charlie: In fact, he says …
Tom: Since you’re renting and it’s not your house, eh (laughs)
Charlie: Tom, he says that they chewed through the soffit vent.
Tom: They’ve only started. Wait until they chew through the wires …
Charlie: Even better.
Tom: … and you hear this … You watched your lights go on and off, kind of dim down, and then all of a sudden you smell meat cooking in the attic. It’s the squirrel.
Charlie: You know, for some people that could be a buffet.
Tom: It could. I know guys that eat squirrels. Don’t eat city squirrels. They got lead in them. Anyway, they chew through the wires. They chew through all kinds of stuff. They chew through the duct work …
Charlie: I would think the …
Tom: … and have babies in it.
Charlie: … the landlord would want to get right down on this.
Tom: That’s what my point is. Have a conversation with the landlord. If he’s any kind of landlord at all, like say a Bruce over at Houston 4 Lease, do I have that right?
Charlie: Yes, you got it right.
Tom: He probably would take care of the squirrels if you’re renting from him because they got to take care of those homes.
Charlie: He’s nuts about squirrels.
Tom: Nice, you were waiting to say that, weren’t you?
Charlie: I was.