Home Improvement Asked by Jeannie Rawson-North on August 10, 2021
I’ve crushed rat poison into peanut butter/cracker balls. I’ve mixed antifreeze with peanut butter/crackers/sugar. Soaked pecan halves in antifreeze…they have chewed through a brand new garbage/storage bin, lid and inner rim to get to bird feed/seeds. I’m in a suburban area. I’m not sure a BB/pellet gun would be wise/safe. I can only think of one other method, extreme amounts of sleep aids. OD them, or the last thought, rat traps. Not wanting to go that route if not necessary. I LOVE the vast amounts of Cardinals, Robins, BlueJ,Finches, etc. that come to feed each day. I’m worried the birds will also go to the bait on traps, no need for explanation of possible outcome. Does anyone have any ideas or personal home remedies they can share with me? It’s become more like living in a big city with sewer rats. There are multiple dozens of squirrels in my FRONT&BACK YARD. Also, my surrounding neighbor’s yards as well. I’m trying to take in consideration that some of my neighbors may enjoy watching the tree rats. As a kid and adult, I too, find them funny, interesting, and sometimes, extremely smart. Smarter than the credit given. So, with as much information I can give, but also, taking into consideration…**WHAT CAN/DO I DO TO BE ABLE TO HAVE MY FRUIT TREES, BERRY BUSHES, BIRD FEEDERS, FLOWER GARDENS, PEACEFUL, CLEAN, PLEASANT FRONT/BACK YARD FREE OF THESE CREATURES? one more thing, they literally sit in the trees of both front/back yard and chews LARGE branches in half, which then, falls on my roof, in my yard, on my flowers, on my car, etc… #DEADSQUIRRELADVICENEEDED **
You should remove and dispose of (securely) all the poisoned bait, before you kill (or kill more of) your neighbor's pet animals, directly or through ingesting poisoned squirrels. Likewise the predators that would help you by eating squirrels, if eating squirrels didn't kill them because the squirrels were poisoned.
Removing the food source is the very first thing you should do to reduce squirrels.
The only "reasonable" approach to killing them (other than selectively hunting them) is to trap them in a live trap, so that you can release any birds or your neighbor's dogs/cats that inadvertently get trapped, and then kill the trapped squirrels as humanely as possible. [Transporting them elsewhere is often strictly illegal, and generally does not work.]
Answered by Ecnerwal on August 10, 2021
You cannot selectively rid your garden of squirrels. It's not possible.
My advice: Learn to love them.
Here: Here's a deer, a turkey, and a cardinal. I hate squirrels too, more because they get into my attic than my garden but anyway ... it is worth enduring all their mischief for rare moments like this.
Answered by jay613 on August 10, 2021
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