I mean it’s freezing out so i wasn’t too worried and may tell the landlord about it when it was warmer but my only concern is, is that insulation safe for him to nest in? He spends a lot of time scratching at himself with his back paws and I worry it’s irritation or something. Also it looks like he may have torn open the duct or something at some point. It’s interesting watching him but I’m just not sure if it’s safe for him to be living in there
That looks like cellulose insulation, little guy should be fine. That said, I hope someone has enough respect for you some day to do the right thing and let you know a rodent is destroying your property unimpeded. They can literally cause thousands of dollars in damage if left unchecked, and there are numerous other things that can kill or hurt him within the home that he now has access to.
Good on you for looking out for em though, seriously.
You have a point there, I’ve been checking up on him pretty regularly with motion alerts and the only reason I haven’t really done much yet is cause it literally just seems like he’s sleeping and then going out in the morning to come back in the afternoon, but it does look like at some point he was chewing on stuff and that should be addressed, I will call my landlord and let him know the situation, I’m sure that if anyone goes up there he’ll just immediately scamper out anyways, cause his nest seems to be right against the entrance portal