Squirrels and Chipmunks in yards ?

[Janna]

I have used the buydebug to put some butterflies in my yard for looks around my flowers, but no rodents.

But all of a sudden a squirrel showed up.  The next day there were two of them.  Later on, I saw the squirrels and a chipmunk. And it seems they keep growing and spreading in my yards.  This so far has been at two different lots, in two different towns, SV and MF.  In MF I could see them running around under the snow and they never leave, just keep growing in number.  I put out the butterflies soon afer I remodeled the house, before starting the family.  The rodents showed up some time later. 

Recently had my sim go and catch one, the rest stayed an she caught them all, nine of them.   A couple of days later they were back; there is four of them now, I think it has been a week since they showed back up.

Checked, and the boxes are there for the butterflies, but none for rodents.  So, why are they showing up and how do I get rid of them, if I can?

[Anna33]

Are they part of edit town mode? I know you can edit town and add trees so maybe you can use buy-de- bug to delete or place them.

[Ricalynn]

I have used the buydebug to put some butterflies in my yard for looks around my flowers, but no rodents.

But all of a sudden a squirrel showed up.  The next day there were two of them.  Later on, I saw the squirrels and a chipmunk. And it seems they keep growing and spreading in my yards.  This so far has been at two different lots, in two different towns, SV and MF.  In MF I could see them running around under the snow and they never leave, just keep growing in number.  I put out the butterflies soon afer I remodeled the house, before starting the family.  The rodents showed up some time later. 

Recently had my sim go and catch one, the rest stayed an she caught them all, nine of them.   A couple of days later they were back; there is four of them now, I think it has been a week since they showed back up.

Checked, and the boxes are there for the butterflies, but none for rodents.  So, why are they showing up and how do I get rid of them, if I can?

Are they under trees that at one point was dropping leaves?   I started getting spawns near the trees on my yard but it's only squirrels and chipmunks and never anything more than that.   They randomly appeared one fall day and now they're there even without the butterfly spawner being nearby

[MarianT]

If you rake up any leaves, you'll get a squirrel or a chipmunk in the pile. Maids rake leaves autonomously, so if you have a maid, you'll get the animals. You can have your Sims catch them and sell them; I don't know any other way to get rid of them.

[Janna]

ARGGGGHHH,  had a response all typed, was doing a correction and hit a button, don't know what one, and went from here to another area, so lost it all.

Okay, shorter version, in the guide there is the cheats info on how to do the buydebug, the steps needed to get to it, and you have to go through edit town.  I don't know what you (Anna33) know so I won't try (this time) to give the steps.   I have checked and there are no spawners for rodents anywhere on the lot.  So, that can't be the reason.

I have a Boney in every game and she has a thing for raking leaves, and I have lots of trees, flowers, rocks, a pond, and other items for my landscaping, so I guess that explains why the critters. 

On the bright side, my family can go and catch the critters and get some money for them, compensation for the aggrevation of them.