How do I get rid of squirls between the roof and the celing?

Question

the made a hole next to the gutter and got in between the celing and the roof (where the insulation is) I got afew of those rodent sonic repelers that ARE SUPOSE TO DRIVE THEM CRAZY BUT I STILL HEAR THEM .I can not use chemicals since i run a day care and is dangerous for the kids....PLEASE HELLLLLP!

Answer 1

The outside of the building I live in has siding made of cedar planks (its an old building) and every year we get squirrels setting up a nest in the walls after they chew through the outer wall.

We have to call a professional pest control company and they come out and mount traps near the hole to catch the squirrels then they patch the hole. You'll most likely have to do the same.

Until you can get the money together to call one of these pest control companies you may need to move the sonic devices into the roof space. I think the reason they're not working is because the sounds aren't penetrating through the drywall along your ceiling into the roof space, so the squirrels don't hear it. The sounds are bouncing off the walls and ceilings of the rooms in your house, which works against rodents completely (i.e. have made holes through the inner drywall and can creep around at night or while no one is there) inside the house.

Try placing the sonic devices in the roof space. There should be an access panel in the ceiling (in a hallway or garage) that leads to the space. Your home may not have a formal attic (with floors and storage room) but the access panal is supposed to be somewhere in the place so that homeowners and contracters can install new isulation and/or run additional electrical lines from above without having to tear up the walls.

Like I said we gets squirrels in our building all the time and I talk with the guys that come out to set up the traps. I mentioned to the guy that when I ride my bike down the street the squirrels I see in the road instead or running away they actually run toward me and across my path like they have a deathwish and want to get run over. He told me that squirrels have a natural instinct to first charge at a threat before turning tail and running off. They're even more aggressive if the threat approaches their nest, and he once had a squirrel jump right at his face the moment he stuck his head into an attic to get at a nest.

So BEFORE you open the access panel in the ceiling keep one of the devices ON and in your hand when you get up on the ladder to reach for the panel. Open it just a crack (about 1/2 an inch) and put the device close to it so that the sound starts going into the roof space, with any luck you'll hear scampering away from you and the panel as they try to get away from the sound. Raise the panel slowly until you can get the device just inside. Make sure the device's speaker is face up, so that the sound waves can bounce off the roof and reverberate through as much of the space as possible. If the speaker is placed facing a particular direction it may not be very effective, and will be completely useless if it falls (or is knocked over) and the speaker is directed into the insulation.

This might be enough to get the squirrels out, then all you have to do is patch the hole in the outer wall, but before you do that you might want to have someone crawl up there with a flashlight and make sure that there's not a set of babies that are too young to move on their own. One of the nest we had actually had 4 baby squirrels that needed to be pulled out of the wall because they were only a few weeks old and only the mother was able to leave the nest and get caught in the traps.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Use a rag soaked in amonia. Put it in the attick where they are coming in. Put a couple of rags soaked up there. This will stop them from coming in. You then need to repair the hole a.s.a.p.
Good Luck.

Answer 4

this sounds like a job for the professionals, i know of a company, i believe are nation wide, called "critter controls" or something like that. they will live catch they critter and may even seal the hole if you ask em nicely. good luck to you.

Answer 5

chicken wire and duct tape and a thick board works pleasantly