Resident Weasel

[Mags22]

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

[Buenchico]

Take your pick:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=humane+weasel+trap&i=outdoor&ref=nb_sb_noss

[barry1010]

Leave it alone, it will be fine.

[Togo]

//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.

[Togo]

https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2019/02/stoat-or-weasel-how-to-tell-the-difference/

[royfromaus]

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.

[gness]

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.

[ladybirder]

How lovely, I envy you. Can it not get out itself if it's not happy in your yard Mags?

[198kHz]

Togo:
//Plus are you sure is is a Weasel or a Stoat.//

One is weasely identified - the other is stoatly different.

[Togo]

^^ Haha.

[wolf63]

Mags, when I saw your question title I immediately thought that you were referring to one of our annoying AB members.

[Mamyalynne]

It's not totally clear from your post Mags, is the weasel trapped in the courtyard or can it get in and out?

[Mags22]

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!

[Togo]

It won't attack the hens but it would perhaps take an egg if they are laying. Will keep the rats away as well.

[RATTER15]

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.

[Togo]

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.

[Togo]

Anyway ... why would Mags take it upon herself to catch it and rehome it? Let the neighbours do it if it bothers them.

[Tilly2]

This is weasely solved. Leave it alone.

[Chipchopper]

So it's a "resident weasel" why would you want to evict it?

[tiggerblue10]

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.