Squirrels

[wheelhorse]

I have to of them living in the walls of my 200 hundred year old farm house I finally found the hole and patched it and found out later that they were sleeping so they made another hole to use what can I do drive these things out so i can patch the hole after they leave?

- thank-you very much for any help that i get.

[Bearfootfarm]

A large rat trap baited with peanut butter, and tied down so they cant run off with it. They will come out to feed in early morning and late afternoon

[AngieM2]

I'd say get something with a very high frequency and see if that doesn't run them out, like a monitor ossociation or somethnig.

Angie

[suburbanite]

Would smoke blown into the hole do it?

[uncle Will in In.]

Drop a couple mothballs in their hole.

[posifour11]

Originally Posted by Bearfootfarm

A large rat trap baited with peanut butter, and tied down so they cant run off with it. They will come out to feed in early morning and late afternoon

i second the plan, you have a cleared wall and supper with one stone....

[doohap]

DON'T POSION THEM ...

Hubby did ... against my wishes ... died in an inner wall ...

First came the smell ... a LONG couple of weeks!

As the smell waned, small wiggly maggots made their way from underneath the baseboards ... EEK!

Then THEY came ...

THE FLYS!!!!!!!

BY THE HUNDREDS ... HUNDREDS! I SAY!

Hmmm ... sorry! Just a cautionery tale.

Smiles, not smells --
doohap

[debra in ks]

I sure can sympathize as I'm having the same problem at my house. Had brand new fascia installed last spring and the little buggers chewed a hole in it within 2 weeks! I have tried patching the hole with metal, but they just move to the end of the metal and start chewing on the fascia again. If I didn't have fibergalss insulation in the attic I'd just let my 18 pound tomcat come and go in the attic space. I don't think they'd like his company very much!

I've finally decided that trapping them and taking them to a woods at least a mile or two away is the way to go. I have a humane trap up there now, but haven't caught one yet. When the weather warms up this week, I'm going to set a second trap outside. My plan is to catch every one I can and relocate them. The boyfriend had the same problem at his house and when he replaced the damaged fascia he put it inside a downspout and folded the metal flat then reinstalled fascia. They have yet to get back in his house. Wonder if I can get him to do that here? Good luck and let us know if something you try actually works.

[Big Dave]

I had mice under the house(cousins) and as soon as the rat snake took up hibernating quarters there the chewing stopped??????
TRUTH & MERCY Big Dave

[wheelhorse]

Thanks for all the help The hole they travel through is pretty far from where they live , I tried rat traps , and live traps with no luck It sounds like 2 moved in and plan to have kids, years ago when I ripped down a wall I found hundreds of pine cones and I feal this is what has happened again
I feel like cutting a hole in the wall with a saws all so I can get a trap closer to them sorry for taking so long to get back to all of you,s

[BaronsMom]

From a Wildlife Damage Web site

http://icwdm.org/handbook/rodents/TreeSquirrels.asp

(don't waste your time or money on any electronic devices - they don't work - for anything!)

[js2743]

a good shotgun will work for ya just sit out side and watch for them to come out and take care of your problem.

[Farmerwilly2]

I second the shotgun---they gotta come out at some point. DON'T use the peanutbutter---bad enough if they died in the wall from poison, can you imagine putting them through a bout of salmonella first, what with the puking and squirts before the fever took them.

[RedneckPete]

This works for me.



Pete

[zukgod]

how about a little snare trap around there exit hole, when they come out it catches em, you really can't loose with this route.

[wheelhorse]

Really good idea,s I have a dog and he keeps them up the HUGE 200 year old spruce that is beside the house I thought of the snare but it is in a real bad spot against the chimney at the soffit and the hydro wire has to be their as well. The gun is the answer tonight is going to be minus 30 here but it will warm up next week I got a 22 and a 303 I will get my son to try the 22 first , kinda funny I am legally blind so I better let him do it
A shotgun would be better up here in Canada very few people own guns anymore

[js2743]

yeah the 22 would work if not i sure wouldnt use the 303 lol

[wheelhorse]

I had to let you all know the problem is GONE We used two methods one was a live trap we got 6 total
I filled in their entry hole with old screen .
My wife swore the ones in the house were the big black ones , well they ended up being the small red and brown ones that played outside most days

[Old John]

Oh yeah.........
Get them with a .22 or a shotgun.

The younger ones are good fried with a few onions, then put a little water in the skillet, cover it & steam them about 15-20 minutes.

For the older ones, just clean them, soak in salt water.
Bread them & Brown them.
Then just stew them, 'til the meat falls off the bone.
A few taters, carrots & onions with a couple stewed squirrels,
cooks up to a nice little meal, with fresh biscuits.
Yumm.......

[bqz]

They make traps to catch them .You can find them at the co-op or some hardware stores.Trap them then take'em outside and shot'em,I promise they won't come back.After this skin and cook or freeze for later.