Outwitting Critters: The Humane Guide for confronting Devious Animals and Winning

by Bill Adler Jr.

Offers advice on dealing with pests, including deer, raccoons, dogs, squirrels, cats, gophers, cockroaches, ants, bears, and bats

256 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

Bill Adler Jr. is an American writer living in Tokyo.

He's the author of Outwitting Squirrels (The Wall Street Journal: "A masterpiece"; Boing Boing: "One of the funniest books I've ever read"), Boys and Their Toys: Understanding Men by Understanding Their Relations With Gadgets, Tell Me a Fairy Tale: A Parent's Guide to Telling Mythical and Magical Stories, and No Time to Say Goodbye, a time travel novella, and other books.

Reviews

[Nancy Chambers · Rating 4 out of 5]

I only wanted the part about squirrels. I didn't read the rest of the book but if I ever have problems the other critters I'll definitely read it.

[Kathrynn · Rating 5 out of 5]

This a neat little book that I picked up in a zoo gift shop! It's very well organized and easy to read.

The table of contents: (there aren't any chapter numbers, only page numbers, which I omitted here).

Alligators and Snakes
Bats
Big Animals: Bears, Moose, and Sea Lions
Beavers
Bugs, Slugs, and Scorpions
Cats, Dogs, and the Neighbor's Pets
Coyote and Mountain Lions
Deer
Diggers: Moles and Company
Mice and Rats
Pigeons and Other Birds
Raccoons
Skunks
Squirrels

I learned that if you want to find scorpions, go out at night and shine a flashlight on the ground. Oh boy! Lots of neat advice and tidbits here. Some funny, some serious.