I played a fun game with one years ago. He liked stealing my gardening utensils from my shed. I found his nest in my woodshed. Filled with all my shiny utensils. I stole them back . Put them back in my garden shed. He would steal them again . We did this several times. To me it was a fun game to see how stubborn he was.

Then one morning I heard a scuffling noise and saw him on the wood beam inside my cabin, staring down at me from the small hole he found to enter.

Well that was the end game . I didn't want him exploring anymore, I set a rat trap on the shelf where me garden tools were. I caught him in under 20 minutes.

Eating water lines isn't good...you'll get him, Pete.

One year Bob Jameson wanted me to catch him a bunch of pack rats. I built about 30 weasel boxes. Couldn't hardly get a rat in the wild go in one no matter what I tried. Still got them out in the shed. Even tried removing the end and top. Still didn't have much luck. Had to go back to the #3s to fill the order. Kind of humbling. Could catch coyotes pretty well but was getting schooled by a rodent