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Need advice. I've got squirrels in the attic. Been killing myself
trying to get rid of them. Anybody have any suggestions. Traps,
mothballs, fox urine, electronics, strobe light, playing the radio. I
need something that you've done, and has worked, not just something
you've read please. While battling these critters, I've come up with an
online game of how I'd really like to handle the situation, to help
alleviate some of the frustrations. Check it out.
www.geocities.com/squirrelcrazy99.

[Murray Peterson]

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I've got squirrels in the attic. Been killing myself
trying to get rid of them. Anybody have any suggestions. Traps,
mothballs, fox urine, electronics, strobe light, playing the radio. I
need something that you've done, and has worked, not just something
you've read please.

If you just trap them, that just means the next one in line will move in.
You need to get your roof, soffits, vents, etc. all fixed so that squirrels
can't get inside. As part of that fix, you can install a one-way exit so
the current squirrels can exit, but not get back in.

This can be a daunting job -- I gave up and hired a roofing repair company
that specializes in exactly this. Check your yellow pages for one in your
area.

--
Murray Peterson
Email:
URL: http://members.shaw.ca/murraypeterson/

[Sandra Loosemore]

writes:

Need advice. I've got squirrels in the attic. Been killing myself
trying to get rid of them. Anybody have any suggestions. Traps,
mothballs, fox urine, electronics, strobe light, playing the radio. I
need something that you've done, and has worked, not just something
you've read please.

I called an exterminator service when I had this problem. They
inspected all around the roofline, found the hole under the eaves
where the squirrels were getting in, installed a one-way door over the
hole, waited about a week to make sure the squirrels were really gone,
covered the holes with squirrel-proof hardware cloth to keep them out
for good, and put down some squirrel repellent on their access paths
to discourage them from coming back to start chewing another hole.
You can do all this yourself if you want, but I live in a 3-story
townhouse and wasn't too keen on doing all that ladder work myself.

-Sandra the cynic

[USA1st]

wrote:
Need advice. I've got squirrels in the attic. Been killing myself
trying to get rid of them. Anybody have any suggestions. Traps,
mothballs, fox urine, electronics, strobe light, playing the radio. I
need something that you've done, and has worked, not just something
you've read please. While battling these critters, I've come up with an
online game of how I'd really like to handle the situation, to help
alleviate some of the frustrations. Check it out.
www.geocities.com/squirrelcrazy99.

Get a cat and let it roam outside.