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Keeping evil squirrels out of house.
"X" wrote in message om... The squirrel that lived in my atic and destoyed my house has died apparently of natural causes, it must have been something he ate. Anyway due to the large amount of damage that the S.O.B. rodent caused, chewing on three rafters, two floor joist, and the replacemt of insulation that was urinated on, I have gone to extremes to keep any further squirrels out. I have cut down all trees within 20 feets of house, and made sure there is no way for them to get to the roof. The last place that I need to block off is the power, phone, and cable wires. I've heard that using a 2 or 3 foor sections of pvc pipe on the wires will keep squirrels off the roof. Anyone tried this? Is there anything else I can do to keep the squirrels out? Thanks, Steve Get a dog! C.A. |
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Keeping evil squirrels out of house.
Keep a cat in the attic !!!
"X" wrote in message om... The squirrel that lived in my atic and destoyed my house has died apparently of natural causes, it must have been something he ate. Anyway due to the large amount of damage that the S.O.B. rodent caused, chewing on three rafters, two floor joist, and the replacemt of insulation that was urinated on, I have gone to extremes to keep any further squirrels out. I have cut down all trees within 20 feets of house, and made sure there is no way for them to get to the roof. The last place that I need to block off is the power, phone, and cable wires. I've heard that using a 2 or 3 foor sections of pvc pipe on the wires will keep squirrels off the roof. Anyone tried this? Is there anything else I can do to keep the squirrels out? Thanks, Steve |
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Keeping evil squirrels out of house.
Why just the evil ones???
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Keeping evil squirrels out of house.
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The squirrel that lived in my atic and destoyed my house has died apparently of natural causes, it must have been something he ate. Anyway due to the large amount of damage that the S.O.B. rodent caused, chewing on three rafters, two floor joist, and the replacemt of insulation that was urinated on, I have gone to extremes to keep any further squirrels out. I have cut down all trees within 20 feets of house, and made sure there is no way for them to get to the roof. The last place that I need to block off is the power, phone, and cable wires. I've heard that using a 2 or 3 foor sections of pvc pipe on the wires will keep squirrels off the roof. Anyone tried this? Is there anything else I can do to keep the squirrels out? Thanks, Steve Forget it. You'll never beat'm. They own you now. They will totally control your life. This, according to the other 1689 posters (www.google.com is bloated) who've bitched about this very thing here over the past 7-8 years.. |
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Keeping evil squirrels out of house.
"X" wrote in message om... The squirrel that lived in my atic and destoyed my house has died apparently of natural causes, it must have been something he ate. Anyway due to the large amount of damage that the S.O.B. rodent caused, chewing on three rafters, two floor joist, and the replacemt of insulation that was urinated on, I have gone to extremes to keep any further squirrels out. I have cut down all trees within 20 feets of house, and made sure there is no way for them to get to the roof. The last place that I need to block off is the power, phone, and cable wires. I've heard that using a 2 or 3 foor sections of pvc pipe on the wires will keep squirrels off the roof. Anyone tried this? Is there anything else I can do to keep the squirrels out? Thanks, Steve I would suggest blocking the entrance that the last sob was using. I'd also keep a rat trap up there just to be sure. Peter H |
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Keeping evil squirrels out of house.
"X" wrote in message om... The squirrel that lived in my atic and destoyed my house has died apparently of natural causes, it must have been something he ate. Anyway due to the large amount of damage that the S.O.B. rodent caused, chewing on three rafters, two floor joist, and the replacemt of insulation that was urinated on, I have gone to extremes to keep any further squirrels out. I have cut down all trees within 20 feets of house, and made sure there is no way for them to get to the roof. The last place that I need to block off is the power, phone, and cable wires. I've heard that using a 2 or 3 foor sections of pvc pipe on the wires will keep squirrels off the roof. Anyone tried this? Is there anything else I can do to keep the squirrels out? Thanks, Steve Seal all entries to your attic that the little beggars might be using to enter the attic. Then set out several boxes of "D-Con mouse & rat poison" in the attic. Cutting down trees is a waste of time. Putting guards on your power lines is a waste of time. |
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Keeping evil squirrels out of house.
"Patch" wrote in message ... Cutting down trees is a waste of time. Putting guards on your power lines is a waste of time. Pruning trees solved the problem for me. Bob |
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Keeping evil squirrels out of house.
Trap 'em, take then 10+ miles away and somewhere across a major highway and
let 'em go. If they make it back alive, repeat process. In the meantime, seal up every hole you can, prune trees and buy a pellet gun. Regards, Joe - VROC #8013 - '86 VN750 - joe @ yunx .com - 973.571.1456 24/7 Ask me about "The Ride" on July 26: http://www.youthelate.com/the_ride.htm $0.03 bargain: http://tinyurl.com/9sz6 "Bob" wrote in message news:3qGRa.76184$OZ2.13721@rwcrnsc54... "Patch" wrote in message ... Cutting down trees is a waste of time. Putting guards on your power lines is a waste of time. Pruning trees solved the problem for me. Bob |
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Keeping evil squirrels out of house.
Subject: Keeping evil squirrels out of house.
BRBR I assume the good ones will have free entry : ) zemedelec |
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Keeping evil squirrels out of house.
Ihad 3 in my attic, they put a hole in my facia board, underneath my roof edge. Near the hole ,on the roof I baited 5 rat traps, with good smelling peanut butter...3 dead squirrils in one day, they cant pass up peanut butter! They will chew on your electric wire...one chewed all the way threw, blew a fuse, I had a hard time finding that chewed up spot, no fire, we were lucky! This happened about 10 yrs. ago, before this latest episode! Andy "Zemedelec" wrote in message ... Subject: Keeping evil squirrels out of house. BRBR I assume the good ones will have free entry : ) zemedelec |
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