Price Per Pound

$300 later I am rid of three chipmunks. K thinks we still have at least one more. Jake is moping as if he’s lost all his friends.

I was curious as to the price per pound of getting rid of these chipmunks.

I found a Web site called Got Critters? They had a nice rundown of many different types of chipmunks and while I didn’t read each one in detail I did notice some of the weights. It appears that the lowest weight is 1 ounce and the highest is 5 ounces (and if there is something larger or smaller, I apologize – I read the information quickly).

So at 1 ounce it would take 16 chipmunks to make a pound. With the cost of trap setup and removal that would be $711 per pound.

At 5 ounces it would take 3.2 chipmunks to make a pound. Again, figuring in cost of trap setup and removal that would be $343 per pound.

My initial thought is that I am absolutely nuts for paying this kind of money to get rid of these critters. Or desperate. And I realize it is more desperate. I want them gone, but I don't want to "see" them leave.