Several of our blog readers follow me personally on Twitter and/or on Facebook, and for the past 9 months, I have been griping up a storm about the neighborhood squirrels. Let me explain to all of you again…what has been going on.
For the past year, we have noticed an over abundance of squirrels living here in our neighborhood. Matter of fact, I swear there are more squirrels, than humans here. I think the squirrels are indeed cute and fun to watch…but…and that is a big BUT…they also cause a lot of damage!
During the past year I have had my bird houses and bird feeders destroyed, cushions to my patio furniture destroyed, screens ripped out of my windows, outdoor cable & electrical wiring chewed up, rain spouts torn down and all kinds of other things. Seriously, this gang of squirrels has cost us a lot of money and have done a lot of damage around here!!!
I am a total animal and nature lover, so I don’t want any harm to come to the squirrels, but I do want them to find another place to call HOME! I have tried some of the “natural” remedies that I have found online and prayed that they would move out, but that hasn’t occurred.
Today, I am asking our blog readers if they have any recommendations? Shooting them or killing them is NOT an option for me!!! Please let me know if you have any suggestions for us that may drive the squirrels out to a new home.
I think the hot dry times most of us are having has had an effect. Normally the squirrels dont bother me much but this year they went wild in my garden. I just dont think they have enough to eat from sources they usually have and the competition is fierce where they know they can find something to eat and drink.
We had a problem a few years ago too when one got in between the soffit and the house- save your money coyote pee does not work 🙂 (yes they have it and it does reek) I dont think the squirrels fell for it a coyote made it up off the ground ha!
The only thing I have found is to feed them way out back under a tree and they seem to bother me less – they do act like little gangsters!
I don’t have any advice, sorry, but…I live in a small town (not rural, though) and in the fall, the squirrels are out of control! They are brazen, too…I’ve observed (multiple times) squirrels chasing each other across a patio while people were sitting on said patio. And the squirrels run all over the patio, up over furniture, across windowsills, etc. It’s nuts.
And, another thing…when I first moved here, I set up a super-sized Topsy Turvy (the ones with like 5 openings for different types of plants) and filled it with plants for strawberries, tomatoes, cucumbers, and peppers. The minute each plant blossomed, squirrels would run up the post and eat the veggies and fruits. I also was going to try my hand at growing watermelon (as if!) and had the plant in its biodegradable container sitting on the patio, and a squirrel ate the whole thing, container and all.
These squirrels make me NUTS. And, to top it off, one of my neighbors feeds them!! I think we could make a movie to rival The Birds.
ahhhh…sounds like you are having the same issue we are. They are destroying everything and I mean everything. We call it “gang of squirrels” as there are about 8 or 10 of them that regularly visit my yard and rip it to shreds. Nothing scares them off!
Last weekend they chased my 3 1/2 yr old grand daughter into the house. They are definitely brazen and not afraid of people at all. This morning, hubby caught one on the hood of his car so now we have nice claw marks and scratches on the hood. blah.
I am so damn tired of them now!
I’m going to keep checking back because I actually have the same problem and don’t know what to do. It’s actually worse because one got into my addict I have to get the landlord to close it off again the squirrel keeps getting in there I’m afraid of poisoning him and hi, dying up there and the smell getting into my home
I read on one web site to throw moth balls all around my yard. So today, I headed to the dollar store and bought 4 boxes of moth balls. Tomorrow, I am going bowling in my yard with them LOL
The only advice I can offer hon is to call Critter Control hon – The apartment complex where I live used them when we had an over population. They will set traps for them (they walk in and the door closes) and they come back I think its every other day and remove the squirrels from the neighborhood and take them to a local park or forest and release them. Worked well … for awhile … but once they started making babies again their numbers started going up once again.