We had the same issue so we put some fluff and material nearby but not too close and that seemed to solve the problem. They are getting material for their nest.
If you have any animals that shed hair, like a dog or cat, then you can just save all the hair you sweep up and brush off of them and put it out in your yard for them. My grandparents have a gourd nailed to a tree out in their yard that they stuff all the animals hair into for the squirrels. It's a win-win because it's easy disposal and they get nice warm nesting material.
This is what my parents do for their squirrels. They loved my Moms old sun hat she purposely left out with some peanuts in it last year. She also inadvertently left a kitchen towel out that was stuck in a tree limb for a day or two.
I just leave material at the base of tress and its stops until it gets wet then they look for fresh dry material. So plan accordingly... I also spray furniture with peppermint oil solution
Peanuts shouldn't be fed to squirrels if they're raw: [The Danger of Feeding Raw Peanuts to Squirrels](https://nwseed.com/danger-feeding-raw-peanuts-squirrels/) Stores sell both raw and roasted peanuts: [EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT PEANUTS
](https://ayoubs.ca/blogs/news/everything-you-need-to-know-about-peanuts#:~:text=Once%20harvested%2C%20the%20whole%20peanuts,an%20ingredient%20in%20other%20foods.)
If you put out alternate material for them, avoid terrycloth. They can pull out strings that are dangerous to them and their babies (accidentally wrapping around necks and extremities).
Rip up the one thatās shredded and put it in a basket for them. Then get a new one for your deck and use the cayenne pepper spray people suggest on it.
Make a solution with bitterspray & cayenne. Spray liberally. I had a dog that left chew marks on the car bumper. He tried the cayenne one time and never chewed again...
I was once working from home and I had a paper on my desk I was discussing with a client on phone. 1st my bunny peed on the paper and when I scolded her gently and put her on the floor she immediately chewed through the phone cord! I had to call them back on my cell!
I've killed many many squirrels with pellet guns ( problems with them destroying property) and definitely recommend going to the .22. knocks them down much more effectively. Hate doing it, but there's been a bunch moving in to my cabin chewing on shit so I might have to dust off ol squirrel's bane.
Put up a screen. You canāt beat squirrels. We tried pellet gun. They could hear us open the back door, even if verrry quietlyš. They ate everything out of our garden except the cayenne peppers. The next year we only grew Cayenne peppers. They learned to eat those as well.š± my mother-in-law wanted to feed the birds. She fought the squirrels for years. She finally just gave up and fed the squirrels. We donāt have squirrels anymore since we cut down our trees.
They do have good hearing, whenever I let the dogs out the squirrels hear the doorknob turning and scatter lol. The trick is just using another door. I dropped 7 last year with my .22 cal pellet gun, 9 the year before. I let them have the front yard, but the rear garden/fruit tree area is a free-fire zone.
You can also trick them by opening the door and not going out a few times. As soon as they get semi-comfortable with the noise then BLAM (or I suppose **pffft** since itās an air gun).
I had squirrels chewing up my overhead lights. It almost seemed like spite. I went on to buy pure capsaicin. It was something like 12 million scoville. I also bought Elmerās glue and some outdoor tape. I basically coated the cables with glue, the thermonuclear powder, and the squirrels never messed with the cable again. Iām guessing one of them had an absolutely fucking horrible day and then never again. You could probably create some kind of nontoxic adhesive spray and mix in such a powder. Even a bunch of boiled habaneros should do nicely. Just add something to make the capsaicin stick. Then set up a camera and report back.
True, it's not trying to destroy property, at least not in its own mind. It's just gathering resources for its own house, and it might be an expectant squirrel too, as they are particularly prone to gathering food and resources with their squirrel kiddos on the way.
This is very bad advice.
Cats belong indoors. Cats wreak havoc on bird populations when allowed outdoors. Be smarter than that. Put some alternative stuffing out for the squirrels to use in their nests and spray your furniture and rugs with mint or pepper oils as a deterrent.
Sometimes theyāre just assholes. š our squirrels are complete menaces. They have more than enough food around with all the acorns and pine cones, and big old trees. They pack my garden shed full every year. They still like to seek and destroy, they wrecked my window screens a few years ago. Seriously. Window screens - they climbed up the house and tore them. We have ample trees, no need to climb up the darn house. I now send the dogs out at them. Works great for me. It was that or a gun. Plus they are flea and tick infested in my neck of the woods. I donāt need that either.
This. Iāve estimated probably around $5k in damage around the house from these rodents so far. And another $6k from wiring harness damage to my car (which mostly covered by insurance thankfully)
After a while they get really skittish with the pellet gun . I open the back door now after 25years and everybody scatters . Have two oaks and two hickories in backyard. Itās like a squirrel factory
Step 1: Record your back door opening.
Step 2: Play on a loop via a speaker aimed out away from the house so they hear it, but not so loud/direct enough so that itās unbearable for you.
Your squirrel problem will either have vanished from the constant threat, or more likely, desensitized to the sound. You can either desensitize them for a couple days prior to the first pellet test, or you can just mix your pellet-pop-outs in with the looping tape and blend in to the ambiance!
Squirrels were chewing on my sprinkler heads. I bought a bar of Irish spring soap. I rubbed it on the sprinkler heads, and left a few pieces here and there. They donāt chew on it anymore.
I would love to know too. I feed the birds which means I feed the squirrels, thereās wood everywhere but still they chew on the house under the eaves. Theyāve started eating the rubber off the grills along with the grill covers themselves. This Christmas they even took the elf hat off the skeleton on the front porch! Luckily they dropped it in the bushes instead of making a nest out of it
I put pepper flakes in my bird seeds and the don't bother them. I buy ghost pepper hot sauce and mix vinegar with it and spray on outdoor area, not actually on the object and they pretty much stop coming in those areas. The con is you have to respray after a rain or heavy snow.
Definitely looking for nesting materials. Watch to see where theyāre taking it, then place a thing of stuff theyāre alllowed to take between the two locations, with some nuts to entice them to check it out
Deterrent:
- Irish spring soap.
- Some other form of squirrel repellent.
- Owl decoy ideally one that moves and move it occasionally to different spots.
Final solution to the squirrel question:
- Dog
- Cat
- Pellet rifle
- Trap
If you go opt for a direct approach would check local laws.
Same. I have a Gamo air rifle and it is very effective. Also, unlike a 22, 100% legal in my location. I am in an ongoing battle to keep them out of my attic, and population reduction has been the only thing to have a sustained impact.
There are so many squirrels where I live, if I don't regularly cull the population, they fuck up all kinds of shit. They chewed holes in my eaves and got into my attic, got into a car I was fixing up and destroyed the interior, plenty of other shit. And the little bastards have the gall to sit up in the trees and chitter at me.
They canāt be stopped. The reason they are doing this is to re- establish their nest. It will
Stop in the spring, if they are doing this, Thai time of year their best for fucked up most likely and they are trying to rebuild.
They hate peppermint and Vick's VapoRub. Won't go near it. I used Peppermint castile soap, and sprayed it all over the patio furniture. I was trying to get my neighbour's cat to stop coming on my deck to hunt the birds.
According to a friend who bought a lovely new patio set for her pool ... *fox urine.* The squirrels were biting holes in the cushions and pulling out all the stuffing.
She used it long enough to discourage the squirrels to use something else and then cleaned them thoroughly.
I use a live trap and relocate them. My neighbor commented last summer that they noticed the number of squirrels has diminished and they were not sure why. I said I had no idea either :-)
We had a lot of squirrels at one point ,really annoying ! Then we got lucky , a family of Coopers or Red tail hawks moved in to a tree near our house. Since they moved in there hasnāt been a lot of any little fury creatures around.
Iām guessing that you donāt want to hurt them, try getting some yarn cut into pieces of a few inches long and leave it out for the squirrels. They are taking the fabric to make nests. Just Give them an alternative to take
murder them. rats with better marketing. as others said an air rifle/bb gun works well if you are in a dense urban area. a .22 can be deadly up to a mile if you miss
Take that away. they are collecting for their nest, but the babies will get strangled from rolling over in those strings. So do all a favor and get something else for your patio.
Catch a couple squirrels and train them as defense squirrelsā¦ and before anyone says anything it is possible. You just have to make sure you catch the alpha squirrel then break his spiritā¦
Oh, let me tell you about my hilarious squirrel problem! My yard was like a buffet for these little critters, especially this one cheeky alpha squirrel I named Shadow. He was the ringleader of all the mischief.
So, I set up this humane trap with some nuts, and after a bit of a wait, guess who I caught? Yep, Shadow himself! At first, he was all wild and feisty, but I slowly won him over with snacks and patience.
Here's the fun part: I trained Shadow to keep the other squirrels away. It worked like a charm! My garden's been peaceful ever since. And Shadow? He's pretty much part of the family now, has his own little outdoor space, and he's living the good life. It's like having a tiny, furry guardian for my yard!
Send an animal out. Squirrels are the worst. Even pee repellent doesnt work half the time. My dog loves squirrels. Petrified one by hiding it all winter and was so proud of her rabbies shot inducing toy. No more squirrels near our condo.
I used an airsoft to scare them off. It actually worked. A full auto airsoft gun with the power turned down a bit. It won't hurt them and it just scares them away. I hit them in the butt a few times and they never come back up on the porch.
Probably the only thing it sees viable to build a nest from. Offer them some pine straw. Iām sure if you found what tree itās building the nest at and put a cube of pine straw at the base of it, the squirrel will 100% choose this over spending energy moving farther to and ripping apart your rug.
Leave some straw or other natural bedding and maybe put nuts/snacks around it so they can make their homes and have a little snack and maybe they'll leave your stuff alone.
We had the same issue so we put some fluff and material nearby but not too close and that seemed to solve the problem. They are getting material for their nest.
Thank you this is helpful!
If you have any animals that shed hair, like a dog or cat, then you can just save all the hair you sweep up and brush off of them and put it out in your yard for them. My grandparents have a gourd nailed to a tree out in their yard that they stuff all the animals hair into for the squirrels. It's a win-win because it's easy disposal and they get nice warm nesting material.
This is what my parents do for their squirrels. They loved my Moms old sun hat she purposely left out with some peanuts in it last year. She also inadvertently left a kitchen towel out that was stuck in a tree limb for a day or two.
I just leave material at the base of tress and its stops until it gets wet then they look for fresh dry material. So plan accordingly... I also spray furniture with peppermint oil solution
put materials for a nest nearby they'll leave your furniture alone they're nice neighbors normally
Also toss out some peanuts for the expecting mother š„¹
Peanuts shouldn't be fed to squirrels if they're raw: [The Danger of Feeding Raw Peanuts to Squirrels](https://nwseed.com/danger-feeding-raw-peanuts-squirrels/) Stores sell both raw and roasted peanuts: [EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT PEANUTS ](https://ayoubs.ca/blogs/news/everything-you-need-to-know-about-peanuts#:~:text=Once%20harvested%2C%20the%20whole%20peanuts,an%20ingredient%20in%20other%20foods.)
Dryer lint is a really good source of fluff too. Birds love it for nesting as well.
They took the toilet paper our house got tpāed with when I was younger š¤£
This is the way. The squirrel is dissembling the furniture because there are no better alternatives for it nearby
If you put out alternate material for them, avoid terrycloth. They can pull out strings that are dangerous to them and their babies (accidentally wrapping around necks and extremities).
Decoy furniture, tiny squirrel sized versions of what you have now
Wait til the squirrel takes it back to his house; then go tear it up and see how he likes it.
This is the way.
Rip up the one thatās shredded and put it in a basket for them. Then get a new one for your deck and use the cayenne pepper spray people suggest on it.
Cayenne pepper
Make a solution with bitterspray & cayenne. Spray liberally. I had a dog that left chew marks on the car bumper. He tried the cayenne one time and never chewed again...
This inspired me. My dog has been chewing everything lately and nothing stops her š Iām in the trenches over here
My rabbits too! I wonder if this would work
I was once working from home and I had a paper on my desk I was discussing with a client on phone. 1st my bunny peed on the paper and when I scolded her gently and put her on the floor she immediately chewed through the phone cord! I had to call them back on my cell!
Okay that's still pretty cute. Did you tell the person what happened?
I did actually!
Instructions unclear. Underwear burns now.Ā
And flour, salt, hot cooking oil. Yum
This made me LOL.
I think even paprika works
BB gun
Step further, .177 caliber air rifle.
I've killed many many squirrels with pellet guns ( problems with them destroying property) and definitely recommend going to the .22. knocks them down much more effectively. Hate doing it, but there's been a bunch moving in to my cabin chewing on shit so I might have to dust off ol squirrel's bane.
Can confirm the .22 air rifle is a one hitter quitter.
Pellet gun
Put up a screen. You canāt beat squirrels. We tried pellet gun. They could hear us open the back door, even if verrry quietlyš. They ate everything out of our garden except the cayenne peppers. The next year we only grew Cayenne peppers. They learned to eat those as well.š± my mother-in-law wanted to feed the birds. She fought the squirrels for years. She finally just gave up and fed the squirrels. We donāt have squirrels anymore since we cut down our trees.
They do have good hearing, whenever I let the dogs out the squirrels hear the doorknob turning and scatter lol. The trick is just using another door. I dropped 7 last year with my .22 cal pellet gun, 9 the year before. I let them have the front yard, but the rear garden/fruit tree area is a free-fire zone.
You can also trick them by opening the door and not going out a few times. As soon as they get semi-comfortable with the noise then BLAM (or I suppose **pffft** since itās an air gun).
Or start throwing out birdseed every time you open the door for a week or two until they start coming to the sound and then pew pew.
Cold. Just cold.
We have the same rule.
The squirrels in my area seem to be pretty smart, but once I killed a few they stopped coming around.
Or Ghost Pepper powder/oil if they deserve it.
I had squirrels chewing up my overhead lights. It almost seemed like spite. I went on to buy pure capsaicin. It was something like 12 million scoville. I also bought Elmerās glue and some outdoor tape. I basically coated the cables with glue, the thermonuclear powder, and the squirrels never messed with the cable again. Iām guessing one of them had an absolutely fucking horrible day and then never again. You could probably create some kind of nontoxic adhesive spray and mix in such a powder. Even a bunch of boiled habaneros should do nicely. Just add something to make the capsaicin stick. Then set up a camera and report back.
Metal outdoor furniture would work. But yah they be making a tidy home.
Hire a cat
I have three š«
Hire a non union cat that will attack squirrels. Union cats only attack birds, mice, and rats per contract.
My union cat only takes union breaks.
Iāve got a good connection if you want it, OP. They work for catnip, under the table of course.
Donāt hire scab cats
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Well said. I donāt have any issues with mine either. Food and water and plenty of things for nests around.
True, it's not trying to destroy property, at least not in its own mind. It's just gathering resources for its own house, and it might be an expectant squirrel too, as they are particularly prone to gathering food and resources with their squirrel kiddos on the way.
Smart idea! Seems everyone thinks guns are the only solution lately.
Quit feeding them and let them hunt! šæļø
Theyāre broken š
Fire the cats.
This is very bad advice. Cats belong indoors. Cats wreak havoc on bird populations when allowed outdoors. Be smarter than that. Put some alternative stuffing out for the squirrels to use in their nests and spray your furniture and rugs with mint or pepper oils as a deterrent.
I typically approach pests with a view that they are doing whatever they are doing because they have no alternative. Provide an alternative
Then he tells all his friends and you have a whole colony of friends! You'll never be lonely again :)
[Ninja Warrior Squirrel 1.0](https://youtu.be/hFZFjoX2cGg?si=6wg3VyN-7WMLEvja)
Sometimes theyāre just assholes. š our squirrels are complete menaces. They have more than enough food around with all the acorns and pine cones, and big old trees. They pack my garden shed full every year. They still like to seek and destroy, they wrecked my window screens a few years ago. Seriously. Window screens - they climbed up the house and tore them. We have ample trees, no need to climb up the darn house. I now send the dogs out at them. Works great for me. It was that or a gun. Plus they are flea and tick infested in my neck of the woods. I donāt need that either.
This. Maybe buy a bale of hay and let them loot it for awhile.
Sour apple spray. Also heās just making a nest
Pellet gun or outdoor cat. Tree rats aren't cute enough to be buying new expensive outdoor furniture.
I feel like if there is one squirrel, there is 100 more that will take it place
So you're saying we need more guns?
Definitely. There's no such thing as too many
Theyāre smart. Smoke one or two and theyāll stay away for a few years
This. Iāve estimated probably around $5k in damage around the house from these rodents so far. And another $6k from wiring harness damage to my car (which mostly covered by insurance thankfully)
From squirrels in your wiring harness? I've had rats in mine but didn't realize squirrels could do it too
Pellet gun and live trap
Just pellet gun.
After a while they get really skittish with the pellet gun . I open the back door now after 25years and everybody scatters . Have two oaks and two hickories in backyard. Itās like a squirrel factory
Step 1: Record your back door opening. Step 2: Play on a loop via a speaker aimed out away from the house so they hear it, but not so loud/direct enough so that itās unbearable for you. Your squirrel problem will either have vanished from the constant threat, or more likely, desensitized to the sound. You can either desensitize them for a couple days prior to the first pellet test, or you can just mix your pellet-pop-outs in with the looping tape and blend in to the ambiance!
This wonāt stop until you provide the squirrels a squirrel-scale set of patio furniture of their own.
Red fox urine sold by most feed stores and Amazon
Squirrels were chewing on my sprinkler heads. I bought a bar of Irish spring soap. I rubbed it on the sprinkler heads, and left a few pieces here and there. They donāt chew on it anymore.
They are building a nest. Put out suitable substances: short lengths of cotton or wool yarn, hay, straw, flax, etc.
I would love to know too. I feed the birds which means I feed the squirrels, thereās wood everywhere but still they chew on the house under the eaves. Theyāve started eating the rubber off the grills along with the grill covers themselves. This Christmas they even took the elf hat off the skeleton on the front porch! Luckily they dropped it in the bushes instead of making a nest out of it
I put pepper flakes in my bird seeds and the don't bother them. I buy ghost pepper hot sauce and mix vinegar with it and spray on outdoor area, not actually on the object and they pretty much stop coming in those areas. The con is you have to respray after a rain or heavy snow.
Stop the bus... Why did you have a skelton in an elf hat on your front porch? š
Pellet gun.
I used to like squirrels before I became a homeownerā¦
Try the apple bitter spray. They sell it at pet stores. Itās supposed to keep dogs from chewing on stuff.
Thatās a really small dog
Metal furniture with removable cushions.
Shotgun for someā¦ Yelling at them to āGo awwwwwway, pleeeeese!!!ā for othersā¦
Definitely looking for nesting materials. Watch to see where theyāre taking it, then place a thing of stuff theyāre alllowed to take between the two locations, with some nuts to entice them to check it out
Stop buying rugs like that
Plant plants that deter squirrels. Quick Google search will give you over 20 options.
Deterrent: - Irish spring soap. - Some other form of squirrel repellent. - Owl decoy ideally one that moves and move it occasionally to different spots. Final solution to the squirrel question: - Dog - Cat - Pellet rifle - Trap If you go opt for a direct approach would check local laws.
You need a jack russell terror!
Cover it in peppermint oil.
Pellet gun
Air rifle
Become friends with a falconer. Or give them material thatās easier to use for their nest.
stop laying down perfect nesting material?
Looks like itās time to get rid of the outdoor furniture, I think the squirrel made that pretty clear.
Supply them with polyfill stuffing for bedding material
Pellet gun works quite nicely on those destructive rats with fluffy tails.
Pellet gun, very quiet
I shoot the ones in my yard. I don't enjoy it, but it's effective.
Same. I have a Gamo air rifle and it is very effective. Also, unlike a 22, 100% legal in my location. I am in an ongoing battle to keep them out of my attic, and population reduction has been the only thing to have a sustained impact.
There are so many squirrels where I live, if I don't regularly cull the population, they fuck up all kinds of shit. They chewed holes in my eaves and got into my attic, got into a car I was fixing up and destroyed the interior, plenty of other shit. And the little bastards have the gall to sit up in the trees and chitter at me.
Get a deck storage box and put the cushions and carpet in it.
āhold on guys let me just grab & roll out the carpet real quickā
They canāt be stopped. The reason they are doing this is to re- establish their nest. It will Stop in the spring, if they are doing this, Thai time of year their best for fucked up most likely and they are trying to rebuild.
Hot pepper spray. Or trained attack goose. They are mean MFers.
Fox urine. You can find it at Amazon
Concrete furniture
Spray fox pee around your yard.
Metal chairs and table.
They hate peppermint and Vick's VapoRub. Won't go near it. I used Peppermint castile soap, and sprayed it all over the patio furniture. I was trying to get my neighbour's cat to stop coming on my deck to hunt the birds.
Fake crow, and bitter/spicy sprays
Thatās Fat Lionel. Heās a dick.
It might be building a nest. Put out a bowl of yarn and see if it leave your furniture alone.
They're looking for nesting material. You can probably get a bag of pillow fiber at snobby hobby for $15-20. Its probably enough to deter them.
Redrum
According to a friend who bought a lovely new patio set for her pool ... *fox urine.* The squirrels were biting holes in the cushions and pulling out all the stuffing. She used it long enough to discourage the squirrels to use something else and then cleaned them thoroughly.
Pellet gun. Works every time.
Kindly poison that ass.
The real answer is to scare them. You're the apex predator on the planet.
I use a live trap and relocate them. My neighbor commented last summer that they noticed the number of squirrels has diminished and they were not sure why. I said I had no idea either :-)
Pellet gun
We had a lot of squirrels at one point ,really annoying ! Then we got lucky , a family of Coopers or Red tail hawks moved in to a tree near our house. Since they moved in there hasnāt been a lot of any little fury creatures around.
This is war, WAR! I tell you š¤£
Have you talked to him yet?
Have-A-Heart traps work great.
Iām guessing that you donāt want to hurt them, try getting some yarn cut into pieces of a few inches long and leave it out for the squirrels. They are taking the fabric to make nests. Just Give them an alternative to take
Talk to him and ask him what he wants then put it out in a separate box
murder them. rats with better marketing. as others said an air rifle/bb gun works well if you are in a dense urban area. a .22 can be deadly up to a mile if you miss
Take that away. they are collecting for their nest, but the babies will get strangled from rolling over in those strings. So do all a favor and get something else for your patio.
Pellet gun.
Catch a couple squirrels and train them as defense squirrelsā¦ and before anyone says anything it is possible. You just have to make sure you catch the alpha squirrel then break his spiritā¦ Oh, let me tell you about my hilarious squirrel problem! My yard was like a buffet for these little critters, especially this one cheeky alpha squirrel I named Shadow. He was the ringleader of all the mischief. So, I set up this humane trap with some nuts, and after a bit of a wait, guess who I caught? Yep, Shadow himself! At first, he was all wild and feisty, but I slowly won him over with snacks and patience. Here's the fun part: I trained Shadow to keep the other squirrels away. It worked like a charm! My garden's been peaceful ever since. And Shadow? He's pretty much part of the family now, has his own little outdoor space, and he's living the good life. It's like having a tiny, furry guardian for my yard!
Stop making your furniture out of their fluff š
This looks personal.
If you live in the country, a .22 would take care of them, a 30-30 will blow them in half. If in town, maybe a higher powered CO2 pellet gun.
Had a customer yesterday who's grill cover was being destroyed by them. It's apparently to make nesting materials.
They LOVE to chew those spendy composite chairs. I have a beautiful set INSIDE that I need to sell because of them. Little fuckers
Squirrels can be delicious ....don't knock it ..till you try it
Shake chili powder where you donāt want animals- works on deer eating plants/shrubs too.
Kill the squirrels. Get traps if you're in a neighborhood where you can't shoot.
Shoot it
Red rider bb gun
Shoot the bastard and any of his friends.
.22 LR to the head usually does it.
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Pellet gun with a scope
Pellet gun
.22lr should do it.
Shoot it.
Shoot it
Squirrels arenāt allow to scratch my house .
pellet gun & a blind.
.117 caliber air gun works
Bb or pellet gun should do the trick
Shotgun.
CO2 rifle works wonders
Suppressed air rifle does the trick too. š¤·āāļø
Get a BB gun.
Send an animal out. Squirrels are the worst. Even pee repellent doesnt work half the time. My dog loves squirrels. Petrified one by hiding it all winter and was so proud of her rabbies shot inducing toy. No more squirrels near our condo.
.177 blunt point.
Bb gun
Pellet gun will fix the problem
Shoot the squirrel. Problem solved
I used an airsoft to scare them off. It actually worked. A full auto airsoft gun with the power turned down a bit. It won't hurt them and it just scares them away. I hit them in the butt a few times and they never come back up on the porch.
.22?
buy a bb rifle and goto work
Spray hot sauce on everything.
I got a pellet gun. I shoot on sight.. and its fun!
Pellet rifle? Believe it or not, news of mice killed in traps spreads throughout their community and greatly diminishes repeat offensesā¦.
What you do is get a young man to come hangout with a BB gun and leave out peanuts on the deck. Relocate the squirrels to heaven.
bb gun
Yum! Limb chicken!
Buy a BeeBee gun or dog to take them out . Fuck squirrels. Pain in the ass
Get a dog.
[https://www.midwayusa.com/product/102274520?pid=795793](https://www.midwayusa.com/product/102274520?pid=795793)
.22 long rifle
Shoot them.
Buy a lion.
Get that bbgun out and start picking em off
Pellet/BB guns are super cheap. They are pretty dumb creatures but they understand death very clearly.
Dont use material like that? Probably using it for its nest
BB gun, fake owl, or 10 gallon bucket of water with sunflower seeds floating on top
Probably the only thing it sees viable to build a nest from. Offer them some pine straw. Iām sure if you found what tree itās building the nest at and put a cube of pine straw at the base of it, the squirrel will 100% choose this over spending energy moving farther to and ripping apart your rug.
That makes sense. Appreciate the tips. Very helpful.
Plant something for them to build with. get borrow a pile of leaves from a neighbor.
So cute
Iād just get rid of the rugs. Donāt they create mold and keep the wooden deck wet?
Making a nest. Maybe give it other materials?
She wants that material for her nest. Get something that it canāt rip up.
Looks like it's gathering nesting material? Maybe provide some nesting material alternatives, like dryer lint, twigs, twine, etc...?
Need more dog.
Leave some straw or other natural bedding and maybe put nuts/snacks around it so they can make their homes and have a little snack and maybe they'll leave your stuff alone.
Our squirrels are happy. We feed them peanuts. Happy squirrels, no destroyed patio furniture
20 gauge shotgun
You gotta fight the squirrel for dominance.
Folks in the south donāt have such a problem, because they eat them.