I hate f'n squirrels....

[1911ly]

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This is the first winter that I have not had a squirrel get in to the attic. This fall we had a pair of falcon's hanging around the area. They seem to have developed a taste for Squirrel. I am not b*tching. I am happy!

 

[AngryRooster]

Bump:

This is the first winter that I have not had a squirrel get in to the attic. This fall we had a pair of falcon's hanging around the area. They seem to have developed a taste for Squirrel. I am not b*tching. I am happy!

Good to hear. I was looking at the thread the other night and had a good laugh again.


On a related note, I'm pretty sure we have a raccoon that moved into the basement because of the cold.

 

[patience0830]

Will need to get microscope fixed first.

Moth balls. Very difficult to collect enough to deter the squirrels.

 

[1911ly]

Good to hear. I was looking at the thread the other night and had a good laugh again.


On a related note, I'm pretty sure we have a raccoon that moved into the basement because of the cold.

This thread did get pretty funny! lol
We had one get in to the attic about 15 years ago. I am not sure exactly how it got in. But I know how he came out. It was not pleasant for him! And not a lot of fun for me.

When I was a kid we lived in the country. They would pry there way in threw the screen door and sometimes a window. I remember my sister screaming one morning. She had been sleeping on the coach and a racoon woke her up. Kind of funny now. But not then. We would chase them out the front door with a broom. If you gave them a exit point they weren't to bad to get out of the house. One of my dads friends brought over some live traps. We would give them to him when we caught them. I think he was selling the firs. We were glad to be rid of them when we caught them.

 

[AngryRooster]

This thread did get pretty funny! lol
We had one get in to the attic about 15 years ago. I am not sure exactly how it got in. But I know how he came out. It was not pleasant for him! And not a lot of fun for me.

When I was a kid we lived in the country. They would pry there way in threw the screen door and sometimes a window. I remember my sister screaming one morning. She had been sleeping on the coach and a racoon woke her up. Kind of funny now. But not then. We would chase them out the front door with a broom. If you gave them a exit point they weren't to bad to get out of the house. One of my dads friends brought over some live traps. We would give them to him when we caught them. I think he was selling the firs. We were glad to be rid of them when we caught them.

We've got a couple lie traps but I haven't taken them down there yet. I hear it stomping around on top of some of the ducts and chittering under the floor. He's got an exit through the window if he wants it. I'm going to leave him down there for now. I've heard him get a hold of a couple mice too. As long as he's doing that I'll leave him be for a while. Once the arctic crap is over I'll take a trap down there then deposit him in an old abandon park 10 miles down the road. There's a couple of old buildings, shelters, creek & a woods he can live in.

 

[Cameramonkey]

A squirrel finally discovered our bird feeder after 5-7 years.

Wife and kids think its cute. I refuse to refill it until they let me shoot the damned tree rat. He eats too much. They of course complain about the cold and just nag me to refill it. NOPE!

 

[Cardsfan29315]

That’s how I feel about moles. My backyard is in shambles because of them

 

[churchmouse]

Bump:

This is the first winter that I have not had a squirrel get in to the attic. This fall we had a pair of falcon's hanging around the area. They seem to have developed a taste for Squirrel. I am not b*tching. I am happy!

I have seen one Falcon around here and the Ferrell cat issue is seriously declining.....
Also the squirrel's.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

This thread did get pretty funny! lol
We had one get in to the attic about 15 years ago. I am not sure exactly how it got in. But I know how he came out. It was not pleasant for him! And not a lot of fun for me.

When I was a kid we lived in the country. They would pry there way in threw the screen door and sometimes a window. I remember my sister screaming one morning. She had been sleeping on the coach and a racoon woke her up. Kind of funny now. But not then. We would chase them out the front door with a broom. If you gave them a exit point they weren't to bad to get out of the house. One of my dads friends brought over some live traps. We would give them to him when we caught them. I think he was selling the firs. We were glad to be rid of them when we caught them.

So she was into sports, huh?

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

So she was into sports, huh?

 

[1911ly]

I have seen one Falcon around here and the Ferrell cat issue is seriously declining.....
Also the squirrel's.

They were cool to watch. I was hoping they were going to stay around. But I am going to guess that they depleted their food source. They are more then welcome to come back!

 

[Mark-DuCo]

Just saw this thread and figured I'd post about the squirrels we raised this fall. Found them after cutting down a tree that we didn't know had a nest in it. After we put the nest back together and waited a day we figured the mother wasn't coming back because of what we read on the internet.

We bottle fed them puppies milk replacer and sugar water and then moved onto normal foods just like the guides on the internet said to. we turned them loose about a month and a half ago. They were fun to have and they still come to visit once in a while. All three are healthy and happy today.

We do supply them with acorns and hickory nuts, which they bury just in and store out in the woods and in the yard due to them not being able to gather them during the fall.

 

[Thor]

A squirrel finally discovered our bird feeder after 5-7 years.

Wife and kids think its cute. I refuse to refill it until they let me shoot the damned tree rat. He eats too much. They of course complain about the cold and just nag me to refill it. NOPE!

Mix some cayenne pepper powder with the seed. Doesn't bother the birds but the squirrels and deer hate it...unless you've got some Cajun squirrels.

 

[churchmouse]

Just saw this thread and figured I'd post about the squirrels we raised this fall. Found them after cutting down a tree that we didn't know had a nest in it. After we put the nest back together and waited a day we figured the mother wasn't coming back because of what we read on the internet.

We bottle fed them puppies milk replacer and sugar water and then moved onto normal foods just like the guides on the internet said to. we turned them loose about a month and a half ago. They were fun to have and they still come to visit once in a while. All three are healthy and happy today.

We do supply them with acorns and hickory nuts, which they bury just in and store out in the woods and in the yard due to them not being able to gather them during the fall.

OK now that is too cool.
We had one years ago when my kids were young that would come to the door and want them to play. Seriously. They had an orange nerf football and she would push it around and come scratch on the door. We put out food for her as well. 2 years and then she was gone.
The little bastages we have around here now are some destructive little crap eaters.

 

[Route 45]

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[Chase515]

Thursday night on my home from work, wife called and said the boiler quit working. I was irritated because the boiler is only 4 years old. Long story short a good friend talked my through a diy boiler tear down and cleaning. He works hvac professionally. Found the problem in the flew pipe where it elbows into the old chimney. Squirrel soup I counted three skulls amid the nasty mess. Vent cap blew off the chimney back in October. I called a mason to come out and repair the chimney and replace the cap. He took the cap and I haven't seen him since.