I live in the city and the grey squirrels and ground squirels are distroying my potted plants. I have several hundred plants (flowers, bushes, bulbs and trees) and the squirrels dig them up several times a day. I have no pets. I do not want to use anything poison! Just want them to either go away or leave my plants alone. I have tried using a fake owl but they figured it out. Any other scare tatics would be great.
2006-06-14 18:29:06 · 15 answers · asked by gettingsmarter 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Some pet stores carry animal repellents.
Just call around the local ones and ask.
You can even buy it online.
Here's a link for one.
2006-06-14 18:36:40 · answer #1 · answered by lovingfeathers 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You definitely need some sort of repellent. Trapping them may provide temporary relief, but they outnumber us, and you wouldn't be able to trap them all. Same thing with poisons. You might kill a few, but then others will come. Also, poisons will create a poison dead squirrel body that a hawk or owl might eat and get poisoned from, so definitely a bad idea. Anyway, many of the repellents that work really stink when you spray it on, but once they dry, you can't really smell them. Luckily, most animals have a keener sense of smell that us, so they still can. Just search for "squirrel repellent". Make sure you follow the directions and continue to apply it even if they stop coming. Typically once they find something that they don't like they won't come back, but it'll take a little while before they all "learn" to stay away. (And they will figure out when the repellent is gone and come back!)
2006-06-15 02:14:10 · answer #2 · answered by Ant 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well seeing as you want humane I guess getting a cat is out! I have heard of people using motion detector lights and sounds to scare them away. Having a mannequin sitting where they go the most with the motion sensor might help. Just remember you will have to change locations every couple of days to keep them guessing.
I think they may have a odor "something" that you can put out around your yard to help keep them out. Call your local vet or farm bureau (the government one) and see if they have any suggestions.
I still say a cat is the best. It worked for me.
2006-06-15 02:12:05 · answer #3 · answered by Cynda 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try to cut off their food supply. This is hard, they will eat just about anything (we call them tree rats). If you have an over-abundance, your neighbors are probably feeding them. I don't know why people think this is doing them a favor. All it does is support unnaturally large squirrel populations. Try setting mouse traps where they dig. They won't be big enough to hurt them, just startle then when they set them off. Also, try putting chicken wire over the areas where they dig.
2006-06-15 02:40:21 · answer #4 · answered by pg1955 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might try puting out some thin strips of cut cloth that will blow in the wind around your plants and see if that works. Or set out one trap and that will almost scare the rest off if one gets traped in it.
2006-06-15 01:47:32 · answer #5 · answered by g3010 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Borrow a friends' dog, get a pet, or do what you can to attract predatory birds to your place. Maybe a nesting box for red-tail hawks?
Alternately you could get a live trap and 'relocate' them out of town.
2006-06-15 01:40:07 · answer #6 · answered by Roadpizza 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Powdered fox urine is a great product for the little guys. One whiff and they disappear. Get it at some large pet stores or google it.
2006-06-15 01:41:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Peppermint oil adn water in a spray bottle and spray yr pots.
2006-06-15 03:46:38 · answer #8 · answered by mjfluffy420 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bloodmill purchsed from local coop for farmers
2006-06-16 10:18:40 · answer #9 · answered by weezzie23 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to home depot and ask for deer off they ll explain the rest or or go to a nursery and pick up some coyote urine
2006-06-15 10:06:04 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋