[Rhodes22-list] Squirrels - Help!

[Robert Skinner]

Brad, elle's right.  If there is access to the roof or 
soffit, the little darlings are in.  A hungry cat is 
also a good investment.  Up here in Maine, we like to 
see weasels and pine martins in the neighborhood.

While a pellet gun is quiet, an old 22 with shot ammo 
can be silenced with some PVC pipe, fiberglass, glue,
and a stack of 1/4" washers...

Personally, I like a 410 with a short barrel, but it 
is noisy.

/robert
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elle wrote:
> 
> Brad,
> 
> Robert is our resident squirrel expert but I suspect
> he's still under his double-batened hatches, not to
> come out for a few days.
> 
> The only real solution is to remove the squirrels'
> method of ingress , which is to say, the branches by
> which they access your roof. Cutting back the
> overhanging branches will deprive them of the ability
> to drop onto the roof. A skillful tree cutter should
> be able to do this w/o making the tree look deformed.
> 
> Squirresl are rodents which carry a variety of
> diseases...and their chewing can enable them to enter
> the house proper...it sounds as if they are a bit too
> close to the little one for comfort....in this
> contest, the tree loses big time.
> 
> Keep in mind that them varmints are supposed to be
> mighty good eatin.'  ;^)
> 
> elle
> 
> --- Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Dear List,
> >
> > Help!  We've been averaging about $300 to $500 with
> > the local squirrel
> > trapper for the last several years.  They generally
> > ate their way into the
> > house in the same area and we've almost completely
> > sheet metaled the soffit
> > closest to their access tree. Now they've moved to a
> > whole new area of the
> > house and have moved above Cora's bedroom.  Short of
> > cutting down the trees
> > they use for access to the roof, something I don't
> > want to do, what can be
> > done to encourage them to live at the neighbors?  Do
> > the ultrasound devices
> > work?  Are there chemicals that you can spray?
> > Since Gracie died the
> > squirrels and rabbits have taken over the yard.  I'm
> > happy to share but
> > enough is enough.  A WalMart high powered pellet gun
> > is next!
> >
> > Brad
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-- 
Robert Skinner  "Squirrel Haven" 
Gorham, Maine         04038-1331
s/v "Little Dipper" & "Edith P."