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[RedKing]

Nope, I finally confirmed what I saw. It's an Eastern Chipmunk. The dark corner it was scuttling in confused me as to colour and the tail, but the pattern in the fur is distinctive, and the size is right.

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[alway]

Ah, we have chipmunks in our house too. Though they only nest in the walls and actually do their living outside.

[Mushroo]

That's what I'm sayin'; if it's in your living space it probably doesn't want to be there--chippies are not household vermin like mice & rats; just open the door and chase it outside...

[GlyphGryph]

They WILL regularly make homes in your walls and basements though. It definitely means live trapping is an immensely preferable action though, since it's not going to turn into a swarm.

Also, RedKing, I guess its probably different where you are, then. A lot of the laws are local ones, so although live-traps are the standard for racoons in the vast majority of cases in the US, I guess I can see there being a few places that go in the other direction. Its a bit disturbing to know there are places that mandate kill traps, though.

[alway]

They WILL regularly make homes in your walls and basements though. It definitely means live trapping is an immensely preferable action though, since it's not going to turn into a swarm.

And if anyone sees you with a dead chipmunk they will think you're evil.

You could probably just show it the door, quite literally, and it would bolt outside.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

Shoot into your walls with fully-automatic firearms of questionable legality. I am certain that this will leave you without a chipmunk problem.

I cannot guarantee that this will leave you without other problems, such as the ones involving police sieges, however. 

[Nadaka]

The only chipmunks I have had in my house were the halves that my cat would leave as a present under my pillow when I was young.

On mice/rats: Kill em all. Snap traps are more humane than glue or poison because they generally kill a lot quicker. But I have also had "opportunity" to shoot them with a pellet gun after I woke up one night to see a mouse chewing on my toe. Took all night to spotlight him with a flashlight away from fragile items, but I eventually got him.

[Grakelin]

Can't just show it the door, it is in my basement den.

Might have left, though. I set up a trap for it a while ago and it hasn't even taken the bait leading up to it.