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Mags22 | 16:44 Mon 12th Oct 2020 | Gardening
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I have a young weasel in my courtyard, despite no food to attract it. Is there any kind of trap I can entice it into so it can be freed in the countryside? Or any other suggestions? Thankyou
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Leave it alone, it will be fine.
//despite no food to attract it//

Mice it will keep down the mouse population. If you catch it can you send it up to us? We had a resident for some years in a wall, now sadly moved on.

Plus are you sure is is a Weasel or a Stoat. The best way to tell is the tail. A Weasel has a short stubby tail that is the same colour as the body, where a Stoat has a long tail(about half it's body length) with a black tip. Both are beautiful creatures.
Why would you want to get rid of a weasel?

I was well naffed off that a visiting stoat didn't set up camp in my garden.
I'm not joking...if I had a weasel in my garden I'd be delighted and making all sorts of fun things for it to play on.
How lovely, I envy you. Can it not get out itself if it's not happy in your yard Mags?
Togo:
//Plus are you sure is is a Weasel or a Stoat.//

One is weasely identified - the other is stoatly different.
^^ Haha.
Mags, when I saw your question title I immediately thought that you were referring to one of our annoying AB members.
It's not totally clear from your post Mags, is the weasel trapped in the courtyard or can it get in and out?
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Yes, it can get out, my neighbour has two hens in her garden and I'd hate to see them hurt, so maybe I'll have to live with it then!
It won't attack the hens but it would perhaps take an egg if they are laying. Will keep the rats away as well.
Togo, I guarantee a weasel will kill a chicken without too much of a problem, I was a countryside Pest pest controller for 13 years and had to deal with them on a few occasions for killing hens.
That is a new one for me then Ratter. My grandad kept a few chickens on his allotment back in the day and there were Stoats/Weasels around that never seemed to bother him in the slightest. Perhaps he was seeing em off without letting on. I know they will take eggs cos the seagulls go mental if anyone is out with a ferret on a lead(I know, I know, but believe me we get all sorts on the promenade down here) Rather have the Weasel than the Chickens myself.
Anyway ... why would Mags take it upon herself to catch it and rehome it? Let the neighbours do it if it bothers them.
This is weasely solved. Leave it alone.
So it's a "resident weasel" why would you want to evict it?
I wish I could have more wildlife of the cute furry variety in my garden. I do get a few grey squirrels running across my fence though and that's about it.

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