Glis Glis

[d17 len]

Hi Guys unless you recognise the name of this little critter from the title you may live outside the "Tring Triangle"  so here is a brief description of this little pest, Glis Glis were first introduced to our country by the Romans as a tasty treat, cooked then dipped in Honey..yum yum,  they resemble a cross between a squirrel and a door mouse, a big one is roughly a third to half the size of a squirrel, but the damage they cause in your Attic/loft is huge, of late they were part of the Rothchild family zoo collection , hence the Tring connection, until some escaped (along with Muntjac deer, but you know about that) apart from the damage they cause they also like a barn dance in the attic during the hours of darkness, up till this year the only solution to this problem (march to October) as to employ the services of a pest control firm ( as you need a license to kill them, or so we are told) and as we know that comes at a pretty penny, on average 40ish were caught every year...….but no more.... after handing over enough cash for a Caribbean holiday,  the purchase of two good quality sonic scarers has done the trick, placed at different levels the little ******* after 7 years decided to give up residence, so for a little over £80 or two visits from the "pest controllers" peace returns at last.!!!!☺️☺️ 

[JDog]

I've never seen one and I would like to but I wouldn't want them in my roof spaces.

[FOXHUNTER1]

Edible dormouse , apparently a big threat to the British countryside.

[CaptC]

We had them in France, infested the loft/attic but some tasty "treats" soon saw the end of them. Their speciality was the plastic waste pipe from the shower, as the piping was between the floors considerable flooding was not uncommon! 

Great sport was had on a summer's evening as they skitted up and around the fireplace chimney. The .177 Webley accounted for quite a number.

[Longstrider]

I used to know a fella in Tring who had a licence to trap Glis Glis as part of his Pest Control business. He used to make a killing with them as householders had to pay him to catch the little blighters, and then posh London restaurants payed him top dollar for them to put on the menu as a speciality item.

[Dekers]

They have been around quite a long time now.

The Glis Glis falls under the W&CA regulations, it is a non indigenous species and any trapped animal can NOT be returned to the wild as that is an Offence.  The Licence to deal with them is only a small step away from the GL terms of many species, https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/edible-dormice-licence-to-trap-them.

You don't need a University degree, but there are terms and conditions, frankly, only half a step further than most GL conditions, lord knows why, I think this is to monitor their progress with a view to putting them on the GL, as far as I'm concerned they should be on the GL anyway!