Help Me Foil The Squirrels

[tfudtuckerpucker]

We had a problem with squirrels getting into our attic, so we got a pair of barn cats. We haven't seen a squirrel since.

 

[rk911]

I think I may have found a solution. Plastic seems thick enough to foil 'Rocky'. We'll see.

 

[ncbill]

good luck

we just switched to a galvanized trash can after something ate through the bottom of our plastic one.

now throwing away garbage like our grandparents!

except we have to bag it...

 

[rk911]

I caught our squirrel trying to break into our metal treat box today. Clever little guy.

Video

 

[Gumby]

I wonder if basic rat traps like this would work on squirrels.

They eat all the developing apples on my apple tree, and it is annoying me.

 

[SecondAttempt]

We don't have squirrels here so I am replying to pest repelling in general. We live in Hawaii and pests were getting into everything a few years ago, even in air tight containers. After some searching I heard bay leaves are magic. I bought a huge bag of dried bay leaves about 6 years ago that is still almost full.

Any container with bay leaves in it is not bothered by insects or rodents. I can't say why or if it will work everywhere but is sure works for us!

 

[Badger]

I don't know about Bay leaves to keep out squirrels but I use them in things like rice, other grains and pasta, to repel weevils, roaches and other insects. They don't seem to like the smell. I wonder if Bay leaf extract would repel mosquitoes. That would make a good natural repellent instead of DEET.

 

[rk911]

We don't have squirrels here so I am replying to pest repelling in general. We live in Hawaii and pests were getting into everything a few years ago, even in air tight containers. After some searching I heard bay leaves are magic. I bought a huge bag of dried bay leaves about 6 years ago that is still almost full.

Any container with bay leaves in it is not bothered by insects or rodents. I can't say why or if it will work everywhere but is sure works for us!

Thanks for the suggestion. I eventually foiled the squirrels by ditching the plastic boxes in favor of an old metal toolbox.

 

[Qs Laptop]

You're going to need to find a 3-D pattern/template for the hat. Maybe a jumbo jawbreaker candy sphere or a medium sized walnut. Make several hats. Then you will need to put some kind of sedative on some bait--perhaps sunflower seeds dusted with a sedative. Once the squirrels are asleep you can foil them.

 

[rk911]

LOLOLOLOLOL. Now, why didn't I think of that?!

 

[anethum]

One man's attempt to foil squirrels. This is the 1st of 3 squirrel obstacle courses he's made and posted on YouTube. It's pretty ingenious and at times, hilarious.

 

[euro]

The squirrel like to live in my backyard tree, use the fence and house as a highway. That I do not mind, but inevitably they will chew on the house (eaves mostly). Tried a variety of things. Finally settled on trap and kill. Releasing them would just cause trouble for someone else, since we are all houses mostly.

To kill them, I simply drown them by dumping the trap and squirrel into a tub of water.

I don't know, man, but that seems (at least to me) like a really cruel way to kill a creature. To be honest, I agree that killing them is probably the best way to address the issue, but it seems there should be a better way?

 

[Walt34]

I don't know, man, but that seems (at least to me) like a really cruel way to kill a creature. To be honest, I agree that killing them is probably the best way to address the issue, but it seems there should be a better way?

Sure - squirrel rehabilitation camps. If the little buggers can be rehabilitated. Although I suppose some are incorrigible.

 

[Jerry1]

I don't know, man, but that seems (at least to me) like a really cruel way to kill a creature. To be honest, I agree that killing them is probably the best way to address the issue, but it seems there should be a better way?

Well if I load up my 22 and dispatch them, I might get a visit from the police for firing a gun in a residential area. The thing with drowning is that it’s safe and effective. When I lived in a rural area, the 22 was quite effective and probably the best way to do something that I don’t particularly like to do. No one there was calling the police and it was pretty much instantaneous.

 

[Qs Laptop]

"Squirrels are just rats with good PR."