[Rhodes22-list] Squirrels - squirrel relocation program

[bobmellor]

Critters eating my fences, wicker chairs, shrubs etc, and making a general
mess of everything.   Being a non-killer type guy I bought 3 "hav-a-hart"
squirrel traps a few years ago...   started a squirrel "relocation" program,
taking them to  woods at least 5 miles away.

Was a much nicer neighborhood for the squirrels...  nearby parks for the
squirrel kids, close to squirrel schools, large wooded squirrel lots, etc...
left it up to squirrel mom and dad to design and build their new homes.

Using a sticky mess of a mix of molasses and peanut butter to attract, some
days i made 3 or 4 relocation trips (3 squirrels each) to their new homes.

Discovered for every dozen squirrels you remove from your neighborhood,
there are two dozen that replace them.  This quickly becomes exponentiial
and cost of traps, gas, and time becomes prohibative.

But.... it's fun watching those little critters walk into traps right next
to the one that just caught their buddy and sproing.. they are trapped too. 
Not quick learners!

With that image in mind, I might just start the program up again this
spring....

Bob M 



Brad Haslett-2 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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