houses are too close!!! I went down to check things out and the trapper was there. he got 1 last night. old guy been doing it all his life. learned a little in the 5 minutes I was there. was a 2 yr old beaver and he said this about the time the mother kicks them out on there own, because she's getting ready for new babies. They are very territorial so he said there is probably 1 or 2 more at this age and if we can get the parents then tht will really knock them back. so he said proabably 3 or 4 more then that should do it. I hope so they are a PITA!!! only took them 2 days to build up the dam and the culvert completely from what I broke up the other day. makes me nervous though the water which is usually pretty low can back up REALLY fast even with just a little rain when it can't get to where it needs togo and it went up 6" just last night alone!!!